1. From Navision To Microsoft
February 13, 2004
Michael Nielsen, Product Unit Manager
Microsoft Business Framework, Copenhagen

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Michael Nielsen CV
1986 Master of Science in Engineering (DTU)
1986 UNIX Developer with Knudsen & Johnsen
1987 Joined Navision Software
1987 Developer, Navision 1.x report writer
1989 Developer, AL-Language
1990 Developer, Navision 3.x IDE
1993 Program Manager, Navision Windows client
1995 General Manager of Tools department
1997 Director of Product Development
1998 Director of System Architecture
2000 Director of Navision Research
2002 Product Unit Manager, MBS Frameworks
2003 Product Unit Manager, Visual Studio
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How it all started! (1984)
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PC Plus (1985) - Ease of use
PC based
Document style look and feel
Online help
Exception handling
Low on demand for computer resources
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PC Plus v1 (1985)
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6. Navigator v. 1 & 2 (1987)- Multi-user
Client / Server
Transactions
Versioning
OLAP
Programmable report writer
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7. Navigator 3.x (1990) - Development platform
AL Programming language
Function libraries
Design tools - Forms, Tables, Reports
Structured exception handling
Resource management
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8. Navision 3.5 - Cross platform
Support for UNIX and Windows NT
ODBC
C-Toolkit
Third party SQL support for Oracle and Informix
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9. Navision Financials - 1st Prototype (1992)
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10. Navision Financials - Standard UI
Windows 95 look and feel
Compatible with Microsoft Office
Microsoft Access like development tools
Microsoft logos
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11. Navision Financials 1.0 - Released Product (1995)
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12. Navision Around the World
Navision reached companies all over the world. In 2002 Navision had local companies in 30 countries and partners in 94 countries.
Local Navision
companies
Partners
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13. Five-year Financial Performance
DKK in millions
Net revenues
EBITA
DKK in millions
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The Merger (2000)
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Joining Microsoft (2002)
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16. Moving to Visual Studio (2003)
Microsoft Business Framework is part of Visual Studio!
Leverages the familiarity of Visual Studio
Introduces abstractions related to the application domain
Guides the developer (“prescriptive-ness”)
Uses the model as a master – not the code
Keeps the freedom to code
Uses concepts from Intentional & Aspect oriented programming
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17. Model-driven architecture – The next wave (2004)
From Code based OO programming to modeling
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