Great Plains Software Announces the General Availability Release of
Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server

Redmond, WA, April 4, 1996 -- Great Plains Software announced today via a
live satellite telecast the general availability release of Dynamics C/S+
for Microsoft SQL Server, its 32- bit suite of three-tier client/server
financial applications. The 90 minute telecast, co-sponsored by Microsoft
Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation, highlighted how Dynamics
C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server provides midrange corporate customers the
ideal solution for migrating their mission-critical financial applications
to a tightly integrated Microsoft BackOffice solution.

"Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server offers unprecedented value to
midrange corporate customers seeking cost-effective, high-performing,
next-generation client/server financial management solutions," said Doug
Burgum, president and CEO at Great Plains Software. "Great Plains offers
the total solution combining an award-winning product line, 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."

Specifically designed and optimized for the latest Microsoft relational
database offering, nine Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server modules and
tools are available today to both new and existing Great Plains customers.
A leader at providing next-generation client/server financial applications
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.

"The synergy of vision between Great Plains Software, Digital and Microsoft
extends further than the technology realm, it also represents the
cooperative efforts of three suppliers well- positioned to provide the
next-generation in ready-to-run business solutions for a midrange market
desperate to find the way to the future." said Ed Black, director of
client-server solutions at the Aberdeen Group, Inc. "The combination of
Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft BackOffice and Digital's
Intel and Alpha servers for Microsoft Windows NT could well offer a return
on value unheralded in the midrange market's experience."

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 scaleable 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 Windows NT
hardware for the Intel or Alpha platforms are the optimal solution for
superior performance in this distributed computing model and can be
deployed as database servers, applications servers and even at the desktop
for power users.

"The three-tier architecture of Great Plains Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft
SQL Server fully capitalizes on the superior performance and scalability
offered by Digital's powerful Windows NT desktop and server machines,"
said Thomas R. Mullan, software partner business manager at Digital.
"Using Dynamics C/S+ on Digital Intel or Alpha hardware, customers can
truly configure the performance of each desktop and processing-intensive
application in their next-generation client/server financial system."

TIGHT INTEGRATION WITH MICROSOFT BACKOFFICE

Dynamics C/S+ delivers tight integration between a corporation's financial
applications and Microsoft BackOffice components including Microsoft SQL
Server, Windows NT Server, Microsoft Mail Server and Microsoft Systems
Management Server. Supporting both Microsoft Windows NT Workstation and
Server 3.51, Dynamics C/S+ uses the advanced database functionality of SQL
Server including written stored procedures., Additionally, it is setting a
new standard by auto-generating stored procedures during installation.
Auto-generation of these stored procedures optimizes performance for each
customer and ensures a seamless upgrade path to future releases of
Microsoft SQL Server.

"Microsoft BackOffice provides the lowest cost of purchase and operation of
any major client/server application platform," said Pieter Knook, general
manager, industry sales and marketing, at Microsoft Corporation. "Designed
upon and optimized for Microsoft BackOffice, Great Plains Dynamics
Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server is well positioned to bring this
same compelling value-for-price proposition to the midrange corporate
client/server financial applications market."

Further support of Microsoft BackOffice includes the implementation of the
transaction logging and rollback feature which heightens the security and
data integrity of Dynamics C/S+ mission- critical financial data, by
resuming interrupted tasks, such as posting from the interruption point.
Integration of Dynamics C/S+ with the Mail Server allows users to send
reports through electronic mail systems, including the Internet, using
MAPI. Finally, support for System Management Server eases the installation
and upgrade process which is made even smoother 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. The January issue of
Personal Computer Magazine awarded Dynamics C/S+ with top honors as the
premier client/server financial application. The following 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 and Modifier.
Dynamics C/S+ for Microsoft SQL Server system software pricing averages
$75,000.

Great Plains Software develops, markets, and supports accounting and
financial-management software worldwide. The multinational company -- with
VARs serving 27 countries-offers solutions ranging from midrange
client/server systems to small business integrated accounting software.
International Data Corporation (IDC) recently ranked Great Plains among
the top five vendors of client/server financial applications worldwide.
Great Plains also received national recognition for service excellence
being named as the Inc./MCI Grand National Positive Performer Award
winner. Great Plains was founded in 1981 and is privately owned.
 
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