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Leading global ERP consultancy to utilize new cloud-based Microsoft Dynamics AX™ solution as the organization’s global project management and accounting platform

Seattle, WA – January 11, 2016

sa.global, a leading global ERP consultancy focused on Microsoft Dynamics AX™ solutions and services for project-driven businesses, today announced that they have gone live on the new Microsoft Dynamics AX™, informally known as Microsoft Dynamics “AX7”. sa.global is now using the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics AX™ as their global project management and accounting platform in entities in their North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia-Pacific regions.

With roughly 500 employees in 15 countries around the world, sa.global is a global professional services organization dedicated to providing Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solutions and services. sa.global combines industry-focused software solutions, consulting services, and best business practices to help their clients improve operational efficiencies, optimize the use of their financial and human resources, and improve visibility across their businesses. A frequent winner of Microsoft President’s Club and Inner Circle awards, sa.global is also the only two-time winner of the Microsoft Dynamics Service Industries ERP Partner of the Year award.

“As sa.global has continued to expand our global footprint and our volume of multi-national client projects has increased, it has become critical that we utilize an integrated global project management platform that will help our distributed team better collaborate and execute our projects in a consistent manner,” explained Brian Lounds, Group CFO for sa.global. “Microsoft Dynamics AX™ provides an industry solution that has allowed us to automate and streamline key project-related business processes such as time and expense management and billing. And because it is deployed in the cloud, we’re able to minimize the overhead associated with maintaining our ERP system. Fortunately, our experience implementing Microsoft Dynamics AX™ for other global professional services organizations has made it possible for us to be a successful early adopter of this technology as part of Microsoft’s TAP program.”

Used by over 22,000 organizations around the world, Microsoft Dynamics AX is Microsoft’s flagship global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software platform. With integrated functionality for Financial Management, Project Management & Accounting, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Human Capital Management, Microsoft Dynamics AX helps organizations streamline important business processes and drive productivity throughout their business. The Service Industries version of Microsoft Dynamics AX™, the solution deployed by sa.global, provides a comprehensive industry solution for project-driven services businesses, allowing them to manage their finances, projects, clients, and resources all in a single, easy-to-use software system.

The new Microsoft Dynamics AX™ has been optimized for deployment in the Microsoft Azure™ cloud, helping organizations simplify their IT operations, become more agile, and drive costs out of their business. With a modern HTML5 browser-based user interface, a new Microsoft Office 365™ look and feel, embedded business intelligence via Microsoft Power BI™, next generation application lifecycle management tools, and offering the ability to natively leverage other Microsoft Azure™ cloud services such as Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Dynamics AX is poised to revolutionize how organizations deploy and utilize ERP software. The new Dynamics AX has been available for select customers like sa.global via the Microsoft early adopter (TAP) program, and is planned for general release in the first quarter of 2016.

Microsoft Dynamics AX™ is Microsoft’s flagship global Enterprise Resource Planning software system, with over 22,000 organizations around the world using Dynamics AX to run their day-to-day operations. Designed to work like and work with the broader Microsoft technology stack, Microsoft Dynamics AX™ provides industry-focused solutions for six key industries, and integrated functionality for Financial Management, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management, and Human Capital Management. For more information, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics/erp-ax-overview.aspx..