Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 vs.

SAP
on Azure
Deployment

Supported as of May 1
Azure based Lifecycle Services
offering for end-to-end ALM in
Application Lifecycle Management
cloud & on prem.
Supported incl. Management
Business Intelligence
Reporter

Support expected end of June

Different & proprietary ALM
solutions for cloud & on prem.
No support for Business Objects BI
suite

Disaster recovery

Expected in 2H of CY14

No announcement

SQL AlwaysOn

Expected in 2H of CY14

No announcement

Mobile apps &

infrastructure extension

Complimentary companion apps &

development framework
leveraging Azure

Fee based mobile apps (Fiori) not

leveraging Azure + Proprietary
Dev tools

Roadmap focus

Dynamics AX as a service on Azure

SAP on proprietary HANA platform

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