Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta Signup
And there it is, the beta signup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 is finally available!
More info here: https://offers.crmchoice.com/CRM2011Beta-Signup/
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Beta notification
All you need is this link: https://offers.crmchoice.com/betaofferlanding/?campaignid=3C2D347A-8280-DF11-9910-001B7841C76C
Be sure to register to be notified when the public beta is available!
More info on the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace
On July 12th 2010, at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Microsoft Corp., announced the Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace, a new online service for discovering software applications and professional services from Microsoft partners that extend the value of Microsoft Dynamics.
The Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace service will launch in September 2010.
Dynamics CRM 2011 new functionalities…
Here is a first list of improvements that are going to be useful:
Dynamics CRM 2011 public beta release in September 2010!
As stated here: http://msdynamicsworld.com/story/bi-reporting/crm5-formally-christened-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011-wpc-2010
And the new name will be Dynamics CRM 2011
Dynamics CRM “5” change requests
I would like to introduce my personal list (neither short nor long, it will depend on my verbosity ) of changes I would to see in the future release of Microsoft CRM, codenamed “5” (MICROSOFT DO YOU HEAR ME?):
- Ability to export and save in a readable format (XML, CSV, Excel, whatever) the list of subjects: it’s a real ‘p-i-t-a’ to recreate the whole list every time you create a new environment!
- Ability to customize the relationship entity: one of my client has this kind of scenario (see below), where a contact can have multiple roles in multiple accounts with different emails or phone numbers, depending on the relationship with the account
- Ability to define attribute-security levels: clients are always asking for this security level! They always have one or more fields that can’t be read by “normal” users
- Ability to create a case from a task: why isn’t possible out-of-the-box (you can do it from phone calls & emails)? Imagine a scenario where you are working in a call-center: if you need to escalate a call, you *could* create a task to tell you colleagues what to do to resolve an incident, therefore the task should be converted to a case (yes, I know you could do it with a workflow rule
) - Ability to change the user’s business unit by just selecting it in the lookup and not by having to go in the menu!
- Ability to configure the SMTP server like in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3!
- Ability to upload & include pictures in Knowledge Base articles
- TbC


