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Here you will find the latest information regarding Microsoft Dynamics CRM and occasionally other Dynamics solutions.

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New in CRM 4.0: using the CRM Outlook Client without a VPN connection

This is one of the neatest improvements to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, especially for all remote users. With the Internet Facing Deployment (IFD) mode configured on a CRM server, remote users can now access CRM within their Outlook without the requirement of a VPN connection back to the office.

Navin at the Microsoft CRM Team Blog [...]

Internet Facing Deployment (IFD) Tool download now available

Menno beat me to it at his CRM blog, but the IFD Tool was published at the below KB article link at Microsoft Support.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948779

Menno sums it up nicely:

There has been a lot of confusion around the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Internet Facing Deployment Configuration Tool, a tool which was mentioned in a document describing Microsoft Dynamics [...]