# Metro UI applied to enterprise apps: Convergence 2012

> At Convergence 2012, Microsoft demoed a working prototype of a Dynamics ERP running on Windows 8 with a full Metro UI.

Source: https://ali.id.au/blog/metro-ui-applied-to-enterprise-apps-convergence-2012/ (last edited 2026-10-16)

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Microsoft has just demoed a working prototype of a Microsoft Dynamics ~GP~ ERP, running on Windows 8, with a full Metro UI:

![dynamics-dashboard](dynamics-dashboard-c99452.png)

![dynamicsprojectapproval](dynamicsprojectapproval-c76507.png)

![dynamics-projectmanagement](dynamics-projectmanagement-bd424c.png)

![dynamics-projectmanagement1](dynamics-projectmanagement1-cc05c7.png)

![dynamics-projectmanagement2](dynamics-projectmanagement2-ded094.png)

![dynamics-projectmanagement3](dynamics-projectmanagement31-3ae199.png)

![dynamics-projectmanagement3-submitcharm](dynamics-projectmanagement3-submitcharm-50e575.png)

![dynamicsstartpage](dynamicsstartpage-862bb8.png)

![dynamics-tablet](dynamics-tablet-400443.png)

![windows8-kinect-retail-dynamicsgp](windows8-kinect-retail-dynamicsgp-812ef2.png)

![windows8-retail-metro-dynamicsgp](windows8-retail-metro-dynamicsgp-fa87ab.png)

![windows8-retail-metro-dynamicsgp-checkout](windows8-retail-metro-dynamicsgp-checkou-8d2f68.png)

![windows8-retail-metro-dynamicsgp-customerdetail](windows8-retail-metro-dynamicsgp-custome-c4d9d8.png)

This is the first example of an enterprise app for the Windows 8 metro ‘wall’. More info about the demo is available at [ZDNet](https://web.archive.org/web/20120321202925/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-shows-off-windows-8-business-app-concepts/12189).

The one hour keynote is available online behind a short registration form at [msconvergence.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20120330174350/https://www.msconvergence.com/registration/signup) (demos start around 40 minutes in).