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0 pointscm21873y ago0 comments

Microsoft at one point wanted to become a full featured IT department for companies. From managing their infrastructures, active directory, issuing laptops, but also providing basic erp, kind of salesforce like. I am not sure where they went with that but it certainly an idea that has merit. A small or medium size company should probably outsource its IT department except for the parts that are specific to their business.

ERP are the mother of all vendor lockin for large companies. Not only you need to configure it, but you need to integrate it with the thousands of internal systems.

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skissane3y ago

> but also providing basic erp, kind of salesforce like. I am not sure where they went with that but it certainly an idea that has merit

Microsoft has a suite of ERP software – Microsoft Dynamics. They got it by acquiring a bunch of companies – Great Plains, Navision, Solomon, Axapta. Originally on-premise, now they encourage SaaS but some of it is still available on-premise for those who prefer that. Generally focuses on the small-to-medium enterprise sector, although they've been trying to make inroads on larger enterprises; but large enterprises are still dominated by SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, etc.

bbarn3y ago

Dynamics developer at my current job now. Can confirm, working with it is just as bad as SAP or Oracle development.

cja3y ago

I work with NetSuite. The UI is good and the customisation and integration experience is not too bad. Not all ERP software is horrible

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