Microsoft Dynamics™ GP Business Portal Features

Provide secure, role-based access to information and processes from a single Web-based portal.
Share the right information with the right people by assigning role-based privileges.
Enable users to access information themselves, driving fast, informed decisions.
Extranet deployments provide customers with critical information views and the ability to set up their own pages to view information such as line-items and balances.
Timesheets, expense reports, requisitions and other tasks can be delivered through the user's Web browser. Eliminates related paperwork and data re-entry.
Provide access to information stored in other systems and Web-delivered applications. Use the role-based framework to deliver the right information to the right people.
Work with more than 30 custom scenarios that range from Absence and Vacation Schedules to Competitive Intelligence, IT Develop team sites to Professional Services contracts.
Business Portal is installed as a Windows SharePoint Services site, enabling you to store, share and edit MS Word, MS Excel or other documents.
Easily manage documents with check-in, check-out, and document version control.
Business Portal Web Parts are built as native SharePoint Web Parts. Drag and drop page design saves time and lets you create pages that work the way you want them to work.
Add Excel graphs to Portal pages, giving your customers new charting abilities for business data.
Create pages with all the resources team members need for projects and meetings. Include Calendars, Participant Lists, Announcements, Document Libraries and other Web Parts. Record activities, share and edit documents, track meeting notes and provide links to other relevant sites.
Enable Executives to assess current health of the business and respond quickly when conditions change with Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Business Portal.
Refresh KPIs as often as necessary so information is always current.
Allow employees to view and change personal information and enable managers to complete common tasks such as approving employee vacation requests, accessing vital employee information and creating and viewing status for internal job postings through the Human Resource Management Self Service Suite.
Facilitate internal purchase requisitions by creating flexible approval hierarchies that include line-item level approval.
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Microsoft Dynamics™ Business Portal Details

Increase Availability of Information throughout your business	Publish Microsoft Dynamics™ GP reports such as budget reports and financial reports. Deliver role-based information to sales people, purchasing agents, budget managers, customers or any other role you create. Add Windows SharePoint Services pages that include all resources necessary for team members to share information and collaborate on projects and meetings. Proactively manage compliance processes through integration with Microsoft Office Solution Accelerator for Sarbanes-Oxley, which offers a framework for managing disclosure and control documents and processes.
Enable employees to complete common tasks more efficiently	Deliver access to web-based applications such as Human Resources, time and expense entry and requisitions. Workflow management improves efficiency for routine processes such as timecard and expense report approval.
Deliver Web browser access to business applications	Eliminate the need to load Microsoft Dynamics™ GP on every user's desktop by delivering access to Microsoft Dynamics™ GP windows through Business Portal, via Windows Terminal Server. Enable users to easily access the Microsoft Dynamics™ GP windows they use most often by creating quick links within Business Portal pages.
Tailor Business Portal to your Business	Identify which tasks and information you wish to share by role. Add reports, queries and tasks to each role-based page. Include links to other web-delivered applications, intranets and external data sources. Enable users to design customized layouts and add Web Parts to their pages.
Streamline portal administration tasks	Streamline portal administration tasks. Browser-based delivery eliminates the need to load and update applications on each desktop computer. Deliver out-of-the-box access to Microsoft Dynamics™ GP data and processes. Free administrators from time-consuming user setup tasks with wizard -based processes that automate mapping of user names and domain aliases to corresponding Microsoft Dynamics™ GP user IDs. Track user and settings for adding roll-based groups.