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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 - The Power of Productivity

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 (formerly codenamed CRM 5) is due to release in the near future.

According to announcements made at the Worldwide Partner Conference and on Microsoft’s website the public beta will be available in September 2010.

As a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner specialising in Dynamics CRM and Online Services, we are quite excited about the additional functionality which this [...]

Update Rollup 12 released for Microsoft CRM 4.0

Microsoft last week released update rollup 12 for Dynamics CRM 4.0, bringing further enhancements and bug fixes for the [...]

Microsoft Dynamics CRM cited as leader by Forrester Research

Microsoft last week announced that Dynamics CRM has earned recognition as a leader from Forrester Research Inc., a leading independent research [...]

Customer Portal Accelerator released for Microsoft Dynamics CRM

A new Customer Portal accelerator has just been released for Dynamics CRM 4.0 systems, combining all of the functionality previously released in the eService, Event Management and Portal Integration accelerators with powerful new Content Management [...]

Is your business prepared for the economic upturn?

With several industry bodies and organisations suggesting growing optimism about the UK economy, it appears that the sun may not be the only thing beginning to brighten for UK companies this spring. Early reports that businesses are seeing increases in sales are raising hopes that 2010 may see the beginning of a long-awaited economic [...]

Update Rollup 8 released for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

As well as containing hotfixes for known issues, this rollup also brings compatibility for Office 2010 beta (32-bit versions) to allow for testing ahead of the Office 2010 public release (currently expected around June [...]

Update Rollup 7 released for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0

Microsoft has just released Update Rollup 7 for CRM 4.0.

This latest cumulative update promises significant software improvements to the Outlook CRM client, as well as adding support for Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2.

The Microsoft CRM for Outlook client has been significantly updated in rollup 7 to improve performance, reduce sign-in [...]

Microsoft Dynamics CRM software: Hosted vs. On-Premise

Selecting the best CRM software solution to meet your company’s needs now and in the future can be a tricky business – the decision can seem overwhelming at first.  Should you buy the software licences and host the solution on your own servers, giving you full control of the system?  Or would it perhaps be [...]

CRM Portal Integration and Partner Relationship Management (PRM) accelerators released

Microsoft has just released another two accelerators for Dynamics CRM, providing further options to add value to Dynamics CRM software deployments.

Portal Integration

The Portal Integration accelerator adds functionality to allow Microsoft Dynamics CRM to connect more easily to an organisation’s web experience, allowing CRM data to be exposed to the internet.  This builds upon the existing [...]

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Accelerators – Latest news and release dates

The Microsoft Dynamics team has just provided an update around the upcoming solution accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

In summary:

Sales Performance International (SPI) Solution Selling accelerator is now live.
Miller Heiman accelerator is due to go live on 30 September 2009.
Target Account Selling (TAS) accelerator is due to go live on 31 October 2009.
Social Networking (Twitter) [...]