Microsoft Dynamics AX Business Ready Licensing editions
Updated: May 15, 2008
Get the right solution, at the right time, at the right price. With Business Ready Licensing, you can choose from two editions—Business Essentials and Advanced Management—as well as from additional components. Business Ready Licensing offers purchasing and upgrade options that help you save time, reduce unnecessary costs, and add capabilities when the time is right. Learn more about Business Ready Licensing.
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Business Ready Licensing options for Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0
Business Ready Licensing Editions
Business Essentials—For customers who need core financial management and trade functionality with integrated financial, supply chain, businesses intelligence, and reporting processes that can scale easily as your business grows.
Advanced Management—For growing organizations that need an adaptable solution with complex, highly functional financial, accounting, business intelligence, and reporting functionality. Advanced Management includes all Business Essentials functionality.
Advanced Management Enterprise—A rich set of additional components that extend supply chain management, field service, manufacturing, business intelligence and reporting, and development capabilities. Available to Advanced Management customers only.
Additional Components—Additional components available to Business Essentials and Advanced Management customers.
Business Intelligence and Reporting
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Preconfigured Data Cubes including RoleTailored KPIs | |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
Collaborative Workspace
Download the Collaborative Workspace fact sheet (789KB XPS document**)
Web-based expense management |
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Enterprise Portal Roles |
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Collaborative workspaces and document management |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
Financial Management and Compliance Management
Download the Financial Management fact sheet (789KB XPS document**)
Financial Management Role Centers |
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General ledger |
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Accounts receivable |
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Accounts payable |
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Bank management |
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Fixed assets |
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Country/Region-specific functionality |
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Dimensions |
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Reporting |
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Shared services support |
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Compliance management |
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Advanced Financial Support |
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Cost accounting |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
Human Resource Management
Download the Human Resource Management fact sheet (789KB XPS document**)
Human resource management Role Centers |
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Employee development |
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Competency management |
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Course administration |
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Integrated organizational and workforce management |
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Recruitment |
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Absence management |
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Performance management |
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Compensation management |
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Integration with Microsoft Office Visio 2007 |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Role Centers |
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Production order management |
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Production BOM |
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Production tracking and reporting |
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Forecast scheduling and master planning |
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Routing management |
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Scheduling |
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Cost tracking |
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Job monitoring |
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Product Builder |
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Shop floor management |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
Project Accounting
Download the Project Accounting fact sheet (789KB XPS document**)
Project accounting Role Centers |
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Project hierarchies |
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Project control |
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Expense management |
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Streamlined billing |
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Standard and ad-hoc reporting |
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Multiple project types |
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Revenue recognition and WIP |
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Project supply chain |
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Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 integration |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
Sales and Marketing
Download the Sales and Marketing fact sheet (789KB XPS document**)
Sales and marketing Role Centers |
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Unified communications |
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Global address book |
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Lead management |
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Opportunity management |
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Hierarchical process templates |
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Web-enabled CRM data |
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Microsoft Virtual Earth integration |
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Sales management |
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Sales force automation |
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Marketing automation |
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Telemarketing/telesales |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
Service Management
Download the Service Management fact sheet (789KB XPS document**)
Service Management Role Centers |
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Service agreements |
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Service orders |
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Repair management |
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Integration with Microsoft Office Project 2007 |
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Integration with Project accounting modules |
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Integration with the 2007 Microsoft Office system |
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Service subscriptions |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management Role Centers |
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Order management |
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Trade agreements |
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RFID support |
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Logistics and inventory management |
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Multi-site capabilities |
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Master Planning |
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Quality Management |
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Warehouse management |
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Demand Planning |
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Intercompany |
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Product Builder |
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*Advanced Management Enterprise available as additional components for the Advanced Management edition only.
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