An announcement posted to the official Microsoft Dynamics NAV Blog revealed that the new version of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for small and medium-sized businesses will be released on October 1. Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2015 was first unveiled at the Microsoft Worldwide Partners Conference in Washington, D.C., in July, and presented to partners at a Dynamics NAV event in San Diego earlier this month.

The October 1 release date is for new customers, while existing clients will have the chance to upgrade starting October 6. The new version will integrate more closely with other Microsoft products, particularly online business suite Office 365. As mentioned on this blog, the company also introduced two mobile apps earlier this month for Android, iOS and Windows devices.

With the apps, users will be able to remotely access the ERP databases from their mobile devices, send lists from Dynamics NAV to Microsoft Excel or Office 365 and upload photos from a tablet to the ERP platform, among other features.

Dynamics NAV 2015 will come with a new streamlined interface, using what the company is calling "expressive tiles" to provide key information points and alerts on the dashboard. Overall, pages have been simplified to make navigation easier and more intuitive. The new web client is significantly speedier, loading 30 percent faster and using four times less bandwidth.

Over 100,000 companies now use Dynamics NAV worldwide, making it one of the preferred business management software solutions among SMBs. Dynamics NAV is customizable to fit the needs of each business, so that clients are not paying for functionality they don't need. As a Microsoft Certified Partner, Accent Software provides Dynamics NAV implementation and customization services to companies in Indiana and surrounding states.