There have been several postings about Microsoft’s CRM announcements at Convergence but I thought this post by David Hunter was the best since it is short, sweet and to the point. See the original post at http://www.hunterstrat.com/news/microsoft-ships-freebies-for-dynamics-cr…
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Microsoft ships freebies for Dynamics CRM Online
Posted by David Hunter at 12:56 PM ET.
Microsoft’s Convergence 2009 conference for users of their Dynamics line of software started today and the headliner is the announcement some new freebies for Dynamics CRM Online:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online March 2009 Service Update. At no additional charge, Microsoft is delivering an industry-leading, financially backed service level agreement of 99.9 percent uptime to all Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online customers; new Internet lead capture capabilities that help increase sales pipeline while reducing costs; cloud integration services that provide multiple options for security-enhanced Web-based authentication with third-party applications; and new quick-start tools that familiarize new customers with the application so they can realize value quickly. Additional information can be found at http://crm.dynamics.com.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Accelerators. Also at no additional charge, Microsoft is offering eight software extensions that are available for download today. The CRM Accelerators are add-on solutions that can be deployed quickly and easily to extend marketing, sales and service capabilities. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Accelerators are Analytics, Business Productivity, CRM Notifications, Enterprise Search, eService, Event Management, Extended Sales Forecasting and Sales Methodologies, and can be downloaded at http://www.codeplex.com/crmaccelerators.
Also noteworthy was the discount offer to show attendees of “savings of as much as 75 percent on Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and up to 20 percent on Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Microsoft Dynamics SL.”