Configuration and development for Microsoft Dynamics SL

Adapt your solution to meet the unique needs of your business

Updated: July 20, 2007

Reduce the burden of costly disparate systems that hamper productivity and minimize efficiency. At its foundation, 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 solution even further, execute tasks with precision, and help you reduce administrative overhead.

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Set up the system to work with your business

View the fact sheets and demos in this section to see what elements of Microsoft Dynamics SL can be configured at set up to optimize efficiency at your company.

Fact Sheets

Crystal Reports 10

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Modify any existing report or create an unlimited number of custom reports to suit your needs with Crystal Reports Professional, an industry-leading report writer included with Microsoft Dynamics SL System Manager. Crystal Reports provides powerful reporting and query capabilities for both novice and experienced users. Use it to select, analyze, summarize, and present data in almost any way imaginable.

Application Server

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Application Server allows you to off-load 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

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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.

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Customize the system for your unique needs

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.

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Customization Manager

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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

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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 amount of programming effort required to develop applications that communicate with Microsoft Dynamics SL and Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

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