This will be a product sold via the channel and does not seem to represent an immediate issue for the Dynamics channel. "We don't see this affecting the Dynamics channel partners, at least not today. Even the lower-end Dynamics offerings, such as GP and NAV, will sit above Madeira in terms of company size and functional needs," says Bill Bourke, CEO of Merit Solutions. This is a multi-tenant SaaS-based product built on Azure that sidesteps the Dynamics world and is intended as international product for companies with 10 to 99 employees. A competitor translated that as suited for less than five users. '"We don't see how it could be developed into anything that would approach a "real" ERP that either accountants or operations type people would want to work in (can you imagine doing manufacturing batch scheduling out of Office365?), but I think is interesting for Microsoft that has no current offering in this space to piggyback on their success with O365 and try and expand SMB footprint," the competitor says. The description for open jobs—six currently listed—says to those interested "You will be part of an international team working on products and technologies that have a genuine global impact." Four of the open jobs are in Denmark; two in Fargo, N.D.