[ B E N E F I T S ] Make smarter decisions Work more efficiently and make more informed decisions by extending functionality with .NET applications and extensible Web Services that connect processes and enable real-time information sharing. Increase the value of existing IT investments Use the power of technologies such as Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, and the Microsoft .NET Framework, as well as industry standards such as Web Services and Extensible Markup Language (XML), to increase data sharing and integrate business processes throughout the organization Streamline data entry Eliminate data entry duplication by connecting systems to enable the smooth flow of information to and from your Web storefront, legacy application, or point-of-sale system and your back office applications. Simplify integrations Developers can include functionality in a program without having to fully understand the underlying business logic or complexity of the Web service they are connecting with, or having to reinvent their integrations each time a new Microsoft Dynamics GP version is released. Reduce development costs Let developers work within their existing development environment, using their tools of choice. Web Services help shorten development time and simplify system complexity for lower integration, development, and maintenance costs.

By taking advantage of emerging industry standards, you can extend Microsoft Dynamics GP to better connect information, people, systems, and devices, share data more easily, integrate processes, and manage

Eliminate duplicate effort by using web services to pass xml documents into and out of Microsoft Dynamics GP, helping to streamline data entry processes and tie your systems together.

With Web Services you can connect applications to your financial management data and support many different models for data access. The Web Services Layer allows you to create consistent, standardized integrations with Microsoft Dynamics GP.

The Web Services layer works with the Business Services layer to provide security, policy validations, defaulting, and exception management for consumers of the Web service. These two tiers interact with the Business Logic & Persistence layer within eConnect to provide scalable and reliable integration solutions.

Developer Toolkit for Microsoft Dynamics GP
Customize and further extend your Microsoft Dynamics GP solution with a toolkit that includes documentation, samples, and command-line tools and compilers to help developers create and deploy .NET Framework applications.

Industry-Standard Tools and Languages
Move data in and out of Microsoft Dynamics GP using tools and languages that are familiar to developers, including Microsoft Visual Studio, the .NET framework, and XML.

Consistent Event Model
Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Services enable easier extensibility across various scenarios. Multiple integrations can be built on the same service or service operation to allow many different integrating products to react to events happening within Web Services. For example, saving a customer record within Microsoft Dynamics GP could trigger an event to populate data within a third-party developer's table by utilizing Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Services eventing capabilities.

Versioning Support for XML Schemas
Versioning support enables efficient updating of integrating applications when they are ready. Moving to subsequent releases of Microsoft Dynamics GP does not require an immediate upgrade of third-party integrating applications.

Extensible Security Framework
ISVs can enable security for their own services and other third-party products, build their own Web Services security framework, and manage security from one centralized console. Web Services will also support integrated security for Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Extensible Policy/Behavior Model
By enabling specific defaulting behaviors for custom integrations or add-ons, developers can work flexibly to define how integrating applications create data within Microsoft Dynamics GP. Developers can utilize existing Microsoft Dynamics GP application policies and behaviors, and/or create their own within this policy/behavior subsystem.

XML Schema Extensibility
Efficiently move data within the context of the Web service call. This enables integrating products to use Web Services for their custom payload of data.

Existing Resource Integration
Integrate data from external data sources with Microsoft Dynamics GP -including Web Services, CRM applications, Web storefronts, and legacy applications-with developer tools that use a series of transactional business objects.

Microsoft Dynamics GP Logic Application
Ensure the accuracy and integrity of external data by processing data through business logic contained in Microsoft Dynamics GP, helping ensure that data meets the processing criteria before being committed to the database.
 

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