Microsoft offers Dynamics 365 data-sucking stoppage

A version of Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP with cloud turned off is coming in the second quarter. Dynamics 365 for operations “local business data” is for deployment on premises with synchronization to Microsoft’s cloud turned off and data stored locally rather than on Microsoft's own servers. The system targets large Microsoft …

[Dwarf]

Translation :

Customers don't want this cloud stuff and want to keep their private data private.

Result - we're not selling anything.

[Ken Moorhouse]

targets large Microsoft clients reluctant to switch

Ok, so they switch.

Then what? Does the rug get pulled and cloud get reinstated? Presumably there will be something in the T's & C's.

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft Ubikamics ®

"Microsoft Dynamics 365 is the next generation of intelligent business applications in the cloud. Dynamics 365 unifies CRM and ERP capabilities by delivering new purpose-built applications to help manage specific business functions, including Dynamics 365 for Sales, Dynamics 365 for Customer Service, Dynamics 365 for Field Service, Dynamics 365 for Project Service Automation and Dynamics 365 for Operations." ref

Reading this, I feel like I'm being sucked into some kind of cult, such as Scientology. It's called 'loaded language', the endless repetition of invented terminology and made up words.