The capability is in v6.4.7 of the software with the company emphasizing using the platform is a “self-provisioned” cloud option as customers can choose to deploy the MISys database and server on their own Azure account. MISys also said users can expect more frequent product releases as it keeps step with security issues. For an Azure deployment, the company estimates the monthly cost is about $100. In introducing the new release, Charlie Kimbell, the company’s director of sales and marketing, said that its development. Team made it possible to have “all of the functionality of the robust MISys Manufacturing app can perform well with a local client and a server on Microsoft Azure.” Kimbell said the new version retains its functionality with improved performance. The company rejected a complete rewrite of the code, but that would take too long to recreate its capabilities that way. Instead, MISys modified the application’s code and architecture “so that it could function more natively in the cloud.”  MISys says the release includes more than 60 bug fixes and several functional improvements.