Microsoft Business Network Altara

	Build your own community of trading partners Use built-in partner management tools to create your own directory of customers and suppliers. Invite them to begin working with you, and start exchanging information electronically.
	Reduce re-keying information Information from your customers and your suppliers can seamlessly be integrated with your business applications. A customer's purchase order can become your sales order.

Start easily, intuitively, and affordably

Microsoft Business Network Standard is built on Microsoft Office 2003 Editions, providing a familiar environment to begin working with your customers and suppliers.

Grow as your needs grow

As your business grows, you can integrate the information you exchange into your business application. Microsoft Business Network Professional includes built-in integration to Microsoft Business Solutions-Great Plains® and Microsoft BizTalk® Server.

Reduce complex implementation tasks

The software you install on your PC or local area network (LAN) is complemented by Web services that address more complicated tasks, such as managing digital certificates and storing and forwarding documents to your trading partners.

Track complete, end-to-end business processes

Microsoft Business Network includes process templates for orders-to-cash and supplier visibility. These templates are composed of documents and steps that provide a total view of an entire business process.

Prepare for the future

XML and Web services are the future of business-to-business commerce. Microsoft Business Network was built with that future in mind and is ready to take your company there at your own pace.

Extend Microsoft Business Solutions–Great Plains benefits

If you use Microsoft Business Solutions–Great Plains, Microsoft Business Network is an ideal way to extend your investment and streamline your workflow. You no longer have to deal with printed invoices and purchase orders that are faxed back and forth.

Amplify your investment in Microsoft BizTalk Server

Use Microsoft Business Network with BizTalk Server as a platform for integration between applications or partners, and you can work with many more trading partners than before, including previously hard-to-reach small and medium businesses.

Avoid per-partner and per-transaction fees

You and your trading partners won’t have to pay any added transaction or trading partner fees. You get everything you need with one low purchase price and affordable annual subscription for only the people in your company who use the system.