Microsoft aims to make Dynamics more dynamic

Microsoft is looking to liven up its Microsoft Dynamics line of applications for midsize businesses.

Bill Gates, the company's chairman, is slated to outline Microsoft's strategy for these customers on Monday at its Convergence conference in Munich. The event, the first Convergence to be held outside the U.S, is for users of Microsoft Dynamics products.

The software maker has been touting a future in which its desktop applications for midsize customers will be augmented by a host of online services. However, it is still treading fairly cautiously when it comes to providing full-on hosted versions of its Microsoft Dynamics products, which include customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) tools.

With hosted services, companies buy access to software running on an outside server, rather than on their own in-house machine.
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