Microsoft Business Solutions Announces New Release of Microsoft Business Portal

Release 2.0 Offers Significant Ease of Customization With Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services at its Foundation, Helping Organizations Centralize Employee Access to Information and Tasks

Microsoft Business Solutions recently announced the availability of Microsoft® Business Solutions Business Portal 2.0. Integrated with Microsoft Business Solutions--Great Plains® and Microsoft Business Solutions--Solomon business applications, the new release will help organizations further extend their financial management solutions, providing opportunities for greater business information- and process-sharing for all employees.

The major enhancement to Microsoft Business Portal 2.0 is the adoption of Windows® SharePoint (TM) Services as its foundation, meaning Microsoft Business Portal can now offer SharePoint Web Parts such as document libraries, calendars, announcements and others to record activities, share and edit documents, track meeting notes, and provide links to other relevant sites. In addition, SharePoint Web Parts created by other developers can be deployed through Microsoft Business Portal 2.0, dramatically increasing the range of information and services that can be delivered through the portal.

"Microsoft Business Portal 2.0 represents a major step forward for our customers by offering them increased benefits from their financial management solution, using the latest standards for information delivery and collaboration," said Karen Engel, group product manager at Microsoft Business Solutions. "In release 2.0, Microsoft continues to deliver on its commitment to provide business solutions that help small and mid-market segment companies realize more value from their IT investments."

With Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Business Portal 2.0 provides a strong solution that delivers the applications, information and processes employees need to perform more efficiently. Employees will be able to share and collaborate on documents, create new pages more easily, add Microsoft Excel graphs to portal pages, add sites for projects and meetings, and connect with external data sources.

"Microsoft Business Portal 2.0, with Windows SharePoint Services, delivers greater value by enabling us to dramatically improve the ability of our clients to collaborate across the organization, helping them deliver on their mission," said Barry Culman, CEO of EYT Inc.

"Mid-market customers are always looking for ways to improve existing operations and better utilize current IT infrastructure," said Dr. Katherine Jones, managing director of enterprise business applications at Aberdeen Group. "The latest release of Microsoft Business Portal meets this demand with an affordable, collaborative tool that extends the benefits of a financial management solution to the employee desktop."

About Microsoft Business Solutions

Microsoft Business Solutions, a business group of Microsoft, offers a wide range of integrated, end-to-end business applications and services designed to help small, midmarket and corporate businesses become more connected with customers, employees, partners and suppliers. Microsoft Business Solutions' applications optimize strategic business processes across financial management, analytics, human resources management, project management, customer relationship management, field service management, supply chain management, e-commerce, manufacturing and retail management. The applications are designed to provide insight to help customers achieve business success. More information about Microsoft Business Solutions can be found at http://www.microsoft.ca/businesssolutions .

About Microsoft Canada Co.

Established in 1985, Microsoft Canada Co. is the Canadian subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. Microsoft Canada provides nationwide sales, marketing, consulting and local support services in both French and English. Headquartered in Mississauga, Microsoft Canada has 10 regional offices across the country dedicated to empowering people through great software - any time, any place and on any device. Visit Microsoft Canada's web site at www.microsoft.ca.

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