stoneridgesoftware: Big Changes Coming to Licensing for Dynamics 365 in October 2019

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Источник: https://stoneridgesoftware.com/big-c...-october-2019/
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Big changes are coming for Dynamics 365 Unified Operations apps and how they are licensed. At Inspire, a Microsoft partner conference, Microsoft announced Finance and Operations will be split into two standalone applications – Supply Chain Management and Finance. This change will begin October 2019. Microsoft’s goal with this change is to give more flexibility to users when choosing the applications that align with their business needs.

Currently, there are three plans available – Customer Engagement, Unified Operations, and Dynamics 365.

Current Dynamics 365 Plans as of July 2019




Moving forward, the Unified Operations Plan will split into Finance, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Talent, and Retail.

New Plans Coming for Dynamics 365 October 2019


Microsoft is pivoting their offerings based on information gathered from user data and usage that is hosted within the cloud. They found that less than 10 percent of users are taking advantage of all four areas of the plan. By splitting the Unified Operations plan into four components, Microsoft believes there will be an increase in the perceived value because companies are only paying for the functionality they need. Just like other plans within the Dynamics 365 model, companies will be able to start with their base solution and then “attach” on additional functionality.

This segmentation isn’t completely foreign from offerings that have been available in the past. Historically, many other Dynamics products used this same model that allowed customers to choose the packaged functionality they required and couple it with their base financials. Microsoft did state that these offerings are subject to change prior to their official roll out in the fall.

What does this mean for current Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Users?

Customers on existing license agreements will continue to use the existing price until their plan is up for renewal. At that point, all customers will transition to the new price model. There will be discounted licensing available for qualified Finance and Operations users during the plan transition.

The full and finalized pricing and licensing information is not yet available from Microsoft.

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Источник: https://stoneridgesoftware.com/big-c...-october-2019/

[gl00mie]

Непонятно... Ну, допустим, кто-то купит D365O в части финансов - и дальше что? Как исходные данные-то вводить, журналами ГК что ли? Тогда это, получается, продажа D365O как движка для заливки журналов ГК + Management Reporter (MR) как собственно движка отчетности? А как контролировать соблюдение бюджетов, если не вести связанные операции в D365O? Ладно, там, покупать пакет SCM ради сводного планирования, но покупать MR без SCM и получать в довесок все сложности по скармливанию ему первичных документов - как-то это странно.
Я, наверно, чего-то не понимаю, но больше похоже на наживку, типа купите недорогой пакет по финансам, а когда поймете, что нужно связывать его с хоз.операциями, докупите пакет SCM. Ну или попытка поднять цены, мол, раньше полная лицензия стоила $200/месяц, а теперь будет $150/месяц за SCM и еще $75/месяц за финансы - а что, это ведь уже два отдельных пакета, а не один, как раньше.

[raz]

It’s not personal, it’s just business…..

[skuull]

Говорят, что это просто 2 лицензии вместо одной, 2х отдельных продуктов не будет. На фотках слайдов было написано, что сейчас юнифайд 190, а будет финансы или склад по 180, типа 10$ экономия. Финансы + склад = 210, что уже дороже

[skuull]

А вот и страничка с FAQ и слайдами https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersou...ngandLicensing

[trud]

Ну т.е. просто надо было как-то аргументировать подъем цен, придумали эти заморочки с лицензиями