Great Plains Software Announces Dynamics C/S+ Immediate Support for
Microsoft SQL Server 6.5

San Francisco, CA, April 15, 1996--Great Plains Software announced today
that Dynamics C/S+, its 32-bit suite of three-tier client/server financial
applications, now supports the most recent release of Microsoft
Corporation's relational database server, Microsoft SQL Server 6.5.

"Immediate support for Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 along with logo compliant
certification on both Microsoft Windows 95 and Microsoft BackOffice
demonstrates that Dynamics C/S+ is the ideal solution for midrange
corporate customers seeking next-generation financial applications
specifically designed and optimized for Microsoft technologies," said Ray
August, chief technology officer at Great Plains Software.

"Offering the total client/server solution, Great Plains combines an
award-winning product line with undisputed leadership in customer service,
the industry's largest and most sophisticated VAR channel, and the
stability of 14 consecutive years of record revenue growth."

NEXT-GENERATION ARCHITECTURE

Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server is designed to uniquely deliver
next-generation accounting and financial management functionality based on
a scalable three-tier client/server architecture. Through this
next-generation architecture, customers can exploit the performance of
Dynamics C/S+, increasing the productivity of every user on the network
and maximizing the use of all network resources.

Digital's hardware for Microsoft Windows NT on the Intel or Alpha platforms
is the optimal solution for superior performance in this distributed
computing model and can be deployed as database servers, application
servers and even at the desktop for power users.

TIGHT INTEGRATION WITH MICROSOFT BACKOFFICE Dynamics C/S+ delivers tight
integration between a corporation's financial applications and Microsoft
BackOffice components. This tight integration includes:

 - Support for both Microsoft Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT
   Server 3.51.
 - Use of advanced database functionality in Microsoft SQL Server,
   such as stored procedures which optimize performance by processing
   appropriate functions on the server.
 - Implementation of transaction logging and rollback which heightens
   the security and data integrity of mission-critical financial
   data by resuming interrupted tasks, such as posting, from the
   interruption point.
 - Integration with Microsoft Mail Server, which allows reports to
   be sent through electronic mail systems, including the Internet,
   using MAPI.
 - Support for System Management Server, which eases the installation
   and upgrade process.
 - Smoother installation through a fully automated installation
   wizard.

DYNAMICS C/S+ MODULES AND AVAILABILITY

Shipping since July 1994, Dynamics C/S+ has earned the trust of more than
200 customers on Microsoft Windows NT Server, and the January issue of
Personal Computer Magazine recognized Dynamics C/S+ with honors as the
premier client/server financial application.

The following nine Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server modules are
shipping:

 System Manager
 Report Writer
 General Ledger
 Receivables Management
 Payables Management
 Multicurrency Management
 Advanced Financial Analysis
 Frx
 Modifier

Currently in beta are four Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server modules:

 Sales Order Processing
 Inventory
 Invoicing
 US Payroll

A leading next-generation client/server financial application available at
a lower true cost of ownership, Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server
offers competitive application pricing and shorter installation and
implementation cycles than traditional Midrange vendors. Dynamics C/S+ for
Microsoft SQL Server system software pricing averages $75,000.
 
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