Earlier this summer, Microsoft officials shared roadmaps for what’s coming next with the company’s bundle of enterprise online services, currently known as Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). But there was little, if any, mention of what the company is doing to bring its CRM and ERP products in line with its Microsoft-hosted service offerings.

Surprise! There actually is a grander plan. I had a chance to hear a couple of new tidbits from Michael Park, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft’s Business Solutions team, when he visited New York on press tour recently. I also gleaned a bit more from various bloggers who listened to a Microsoft Webcast for its “Cloud Champion” partners.

First, it seems there’s a new brand-name coming. According to Directions on Microsoft researcher Paul DeGroot, Microsoft told partners last week that BPOS (which, more than a few Microsoft critics have referred to as “Big Piece of S*it”) is about to be renamed “Union.”