It says the companies will "deliver cloud, on-premise and hybrid solutions at a global level." The core of this arrangement sees to be embodied in a statement from Julia White, General Manager of Office 365 product marketing. "By developing on the Office 365 platform, Sage will ultimately help accountants and bookkeepers to be more productive," White said. She described this as extending Sage's development on the Azure cloud platform. Microsoft itself has been moving this direction, integrating its Dynamics packages with its office offerings. There are a few other ways development could go, including using the Dynamics ERP software packages as the engine for accounting software, an avenue Microsoft spent several years promoting with other ISVs. There is also a trend of companies to write accounting software on top of Dynamics CRM, something accomplished by Gravity Software and Rockton Software.