Many employees in organizations cannot access critical business data they need within business management solutions. Microsoft Dynamics Light User is a partial access license for users without full-client access to Dynamics GP. At only $195, it's a cost effective way to give your employees the financial, human resources, and operational information in Dynamics GP they need through Microsoft Office software they already use – Excel, Outlook, and Word.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 includes Dynamics Light User in both the Business Essentials and Advanced Management editions. Dynamics Light User contains a great deal of functionality at a low cost, including business portal solutions, reporting, and database accessibility.

Capabilities of Named Dynamics Light Users

• Management Reporter Viewer
• Microsoft SharePoint Foundation (formerly Windows SharePoint Services)
  • Workflows – 10
  • Web services – 350+
  • eConnect Procedures – 300+
  • Search
  • External Lists – 17
• Business Intelligence
  • Executive centers & dashboards – 15
  • Excel reports – 200+
  • SRS reports – 90+
  • SRS Report Models – 13
  • New charts and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) – 119
  • Analysis cubes – 6
  • Analysis cubes library
• Business Portal
  • Order management
  • Requisition management
  • Field service suite
  • Human Resources self service suite
  • Time & Attendance
  • Employee Profile
  • Employee Pay
  • Recruitment
  • Skills & Training
  • Project time and expense
• Microsoft Dynamics GP system database access rights for users

A Dynamics Light User Is Needed for These Capabilities

Some not available in Dynamics GP Business Essentials Edition:

• Business Portal Employee & Customer Users
• Analysis Cubes and Analysis Cubes Library
• Workflow
• Search
• Management Reporter Viewer (i.e. FRx Viewer)
• Business Intelligence Components: Executive Centers & Dashboards, Excel Reports, SQL Reporting Services Reports
• Order Management
• Requisition Management
• Project Time and Expense
• Field Service Suite
• Human Resources Management Self-Service Suite
• ISV products that access the Microsoft Dynamics GP database

Fees for Dynamics Light User Licenses

New Customers: A Microsoft Dynamics Light User license is $195.

Existing BRL Clients: If you use Business Portal today, you'll switch to Dynamics Light User when you upgrade to Dynamics GP 2010. You will receive: 1 Light User for each Business Portal User; 1 Light User for each FRx Designer User; and 1Light User for each FRx Viewer User. As of May 1, 2010 a Light User license is $195.

Existing MBL Clients: There are no Dynamics Light User options for MBL clients, and Business Portal Users are the equivalent of Dynamics Light User. As of May 1, 2010, Business Portal licenses for MBL cleints increases from $40 to $195 with no waterfall price breaks.