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

The focus is on general news and tips for the intrepid CRM Administrator, as well as something for even the newest CRM user.

Gartner: Microsoft Dynamics CRM grew 75% in 2008

The Wayans bros. were the first CRM Consultants

According to this Gartner press release, the worldwide market for CRM solutions has grown 12.5% since last year in 2007.  Looks like there’s now solid evidence businesses are catching on to the benefits of a CRM solution… or even better, xRM.

But one of the highlights of this [...]

CRM 4.0 Analytics R1 Accelerator now available for download

And yet another highly anticipated accelerator for CRM 4.0 was released recently, over the weekend.  This is part 1 of 3 of the Analytics Accelerator.  The other future releases deal with SQL 2008 and other advanced SQL reporting capabilities.  Screenshots are below, and the documentation and installation files can be downloaded at the below link to [...]

Dynamics CRM related sessions from PDC 2008

John O’Donnell from the Microsoft ISV Developer Evangelism Team recommends viewing the following sessions for Dynamics CRM related content.  These links also have downloadable PowerPoint decks.  Be sure to check them out!

Andrew Bybee - Rapid Business Application Development with Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Adam Wilson – Microsoft Dynamics Online Commerce and Payment API
Humberto Lezama Guadarrama / Ben Riga - [...]

Preview: Screenshots and What’s New in CRM 5.0

I’m willing to bet that Simon Hutson wins the most popular Microsoft CRM blogger contest today.  He posted a summary of the latest and greatest regarding the next installment of Microsoft CRM, and it looks pretty!

Dynamics CRM 5.0's gonna purrrrr…

Microsoft CRM 5.0 screenshots look modern and Office 2007-ish, with the Ribbon interface.  I’ve posted [...]

Where to find and download the CRM 4.0 Accelerators

This site on Microsoft’s PartnerSource has all the information and links regarding the much anticipated CRM Accelerators.  Be sure to bookmark it!

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/newsevents/news/md_crm_accelerators.htm

UPDATE: Accelerators are also available at the CodePlex website!

http://www.codeplex.com/crmaccelerators

So far, the following has been released:

CRM Notifications Accelerator
Extended Sales Forecasting Accelerator
Event Management Accelerator

PowerPoint presentations:

Overview Presentation – the Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sales/Marketing Overview Presentation
Technical [...]

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