Microsoft's AX Retail roadmap plans include a Universal Windows Platform POS, AX 2009 upgrade tools, and a range of other updates

A selection of announcements from the Dynamics partner channel

Cortana Analytics Suite is rebranded as Cortana Intelligence Suite with the addition of new bot framework, cognitive services.

Ignite is a six-day event for IT pros, with deep immersion into Microsoft’s business and productivity suites.

Development is identical, but regulated companies have the private cloud option.

Dynamics NAV MVP offers a kind of "starter-pack" of PowerShell scripts and functions aimed at making daily NAV use much easier.  

Taking a historical view of Microsoft's predictions and plans that led to the new AX release.

Simplified pricing, browser and Universal App interfaces, Power BI interoperability, and new Azure requirements for customers differentiate the "new AX".

Microsoft sees security as part-and-parcel with product design, outlines its new Operational Security Posture and demonstrated it in real time. 

In a sponsorship that began with Dynamics AX, Lotus F1’s use of Microsoft tech has expanded to CRM, Azure, Power BI, and Lumia, with even more on the way