With simple and predictable pricing, our core offerings include everything you need for your company to leverage Microsoft Dynamics business management software capabilities:
- Access to the most current version of the software at all times
- Remote access anytime, from anywhere
- All system infrastructure components
- All system administration/application maintenance
- 24/7/365 user technical support
- Nightly data backups
- Guaranteed availability of 99.9%
- Service level agreement guaranteed commitments
- Access to Microsoft’s Customer Source web portal (includes product knowledge base, free online training courses, and Dynamics community information)
- Electronic user training manuals
Some of the factors that drive which cloud service type is the best fit for your company include:
- Product (Microsoft Dynamics, ISV add-on, other)
- Preference to rent vs. own the applicable assets
- Desired billing model ( recurring subscription, usage based, one-time purchase)
- Need for a customizable dedicated vs. configurable multi-tenant applications
- Hosting topology preference (your on-premises platform, Armanino's platform, Microsoft's platform)
- IT platform/network management service level requirements
- Business application management service level requirements
Hosted ERP Solutions
We offer managed hosting services for Microsoft Dynamics and other software you own (via a perpetual license) on a monthly subscription basis running on our world-class, SAS 70 Type II certified data center infrastructure.
Our managed hosting services are a great solution when: 1) you prefer to purchase your new Dynamics software outright but want to outsource the applicable IT/network and application level management; or 2) you already own your license, it’s time for a technology refresh, and you want to avoid having to re-invest in your own IT infrastructure assets.
You provide the Microsoft Dynamics perpetual license and we provide the infrastructure and support. With simple and predictable pricing, our core managed hosting services include everything you need for your company to leverage Microsoft Dynamics capabilities:
- Remote access anytime, from anywhere
- All system infrastructure components
- All system administration/application maintenance
- 24/7/365 user technical support
- Nightly data backups
- Guaranteed availability of 99.9%
- Service level agreement guaranteed commitments
Advantages of our Microsoft Dynamics Cloud & Hosted Solutions include:
Pay Only For What You Use - You pay for only the number of named users you use per month. Different than a traditional perpetual license, your named cloud user count can be adjusted up or down as your needs change over time.
More Functionality at a Lower Cost - For one low price, you get access to the entire core bundle of Dynamics AX or GP Business Essentials or Advanced Management edition modules you need. Some additional modules are priced a la carte, but compared to other SaaS offerings you get much more functionality for your dollar and avoid the 'surprise' added line item charges. Since we don't offer teaser rates just to lock you in and then try to add charges to make up the margin, you get both more predictable pricing upfront and much higher total value overall.
Best of All Worlds - Our cloud solution combines the best of ‘renting’ from a SaaS provider with the control of 'owning' your own software license. You get the economies of scale and all the benefits of a subscription based cloud model running on a virtual server with the unconstrained flexibility to access, integrate and customize your own application and database instance as needed. That's simply not supported by proprietary, multi-tenant SaaS offerings where by design all customers are constrained by the same capabilities and therefore "must assimilate."
Easy Access Methods - Anytime, anywhere access to your applications. For Dynamics CRM, Dynamics AX Enterprise Portal and Dynamics GP Business Portal, users login via a web browser. For the core Dynamics ERP modules, users login via terminal services (or Citrix). The later providing the rich client user experience you get from a client/server Windows optimized application (like Outlook) and that most ERP software users prefer over an inherently limited browser interface.
Lowest Risk via Solution Portability - Avoid both the business capability and technology lock-in that goes with proprietary, sole-source SaaS solutions and that leaves you no viable contingency option other than an expensive data migration to an entirely different solution. With our cloud solution your data backup file is fully portable to any other Microsoft Dynamics deployment scenario; be it your own on-premises solution or another Microsoft partner's. That's simply not supported by any other SaaS offering and provides powerful built-in incentive for us to deliver you outstanding client service.
Customer Friendly Business Terms - No onerous contract terms, no termination charges, and only a 90-day advanced notice required in the event your business needs change or you ever become dissatisfied and we cannot otherwise resolve your concern(s). Again, you won't get that from any other competing SaaS provider.
April 2013 - Dynamics Newsletter
