Adapt your solution to meet the unique needs of your business
Running business-management systems that aren’t tailored to your particular needs can be costly, hamper productivity, and minimize efficiency. Microsoft Dynamics SL provides capabilities that help you set up the solution to meet your unique business needs and processes. That results in more efficient operations—including flexible reporting features that provide secure, reliable access to key business information.
Built on Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, and Microsoft Visual Basic technologies, it's designed to optimize system performance, help you maintain high levels of security, empower your IT staff to customize the solutions even further, execute tasks with precision, and help you reduce administrative overhead.
Set up the system to work with your business
See what elements of Microsoft Dynamics SL can be configured at setup to optimize efficiency at your company.
Application Server
Application Server allows you to offload the execution of Microsoft Dynamics SL CPU-intensive tasks—such as the printing of reports and execution of processes—to other machines on your network. This enables you to control when processes execute, whether centralized on the database server, on separate application servers distributed throughout the network, over a WAN, or over the Internet.
System Manager and System Integrator
Meet your specialized business requirements with a solution that adapts to the way your business works. Microsoft Dynamics SL System Manager and Shared Information application offers flexible control and capabilities to help you import and integrate information and optimize system performance across your organization.
Customize the system for your unique needs
Microsoft Dynamics SL offers a flexible foundation, open architecture, and customizable reporting and budgeting tools. Powerful customization capabilities let your IT staff enhance and extend functionality.
Customization Manager. Adapt your system to the specific requirements of your organization with Customization Manager. Quickly and easily modify any screen in any Microsoft Dynamics SL module without changing the underlying source code, and update screens as often as necessary to match the pace of your business growth.
Microsoft Dynamics SL Tools for Visual Basic. Build complete line-of-business applications with the flexible development foundation of Microsoft Dynamics SL Tools for Visual Basic. By enabling developers to work with familiar and widely used tools, you can minimize the programming effort required to develop applications that communicate with Microsoft Dynamics SL and Microsoft SQL Server 2000.
Compare Microsoft Dynamics SL editions and features
With assistance from your Microsoft partner, you can choose from two editions of pre-selected (packaged) software functionality available for Microsoft Dynamics SL. If you need functionality in addition to what's included in the edition you choose, you have the flexibility to add components. The table below compares what's available with the Business Essentials and Advanced Management editions, as well as add-on components.
Feature | Business Essentials | Advanced Management | Available to add on |
|---|
System Manager | | | |
Customization Manager | | | |
Microsoft Dynamics SL Tools for Visual Basic | | | |
E-commerce Gateway EDI | | | Advanced Management Enterprise only |
Web Order | | | Advanced Management Enterprise only |
Key
= Feature available with Advanced Management Enterprise options. You must have the Advanced Management edition to get features marked Advanced Management Enterprise only.
= Feature available to add on to either edition
