Microsoft Great Plains 8.0 will be released in select countries in the United Kingdom, Latin America and Africa, as well as in Australia and New Zealand. Microsoft Great Plains Standard edition, ...

Great Plains, Fargo, N.D., has long been a Microsoft partner. The 19-year-old company sells a range of programs that handle functions such as accounting, finance, payroll and inventory control.

It manages inventory, including specialty hard goods, ... The Great Plains integration–with Great Plains Dynamics and Small Business Manager–will be available in the third quarter.

With Burgum still at the helm, Great Plains becomes a new division of Microsoft, operating out of North Dakota. Great Plains has been in business for 19 years. With recent acquisitions of its own ...