Microsoft Announcement for Dynamics CRM -What's Coming Next?

Doug Kennedy, who managed channel operations for Microsoft's Dynamics applications business for more than seven years, is now at competitor cloud application vendor NetSuite, managing that company's relationships with systems integrators. Word of Kennedy's move to NetSuite comes as Microsoft undergoes a corporate restructuring that includes changes to the Dynamics organization, including putting its partner sales operations under the control of Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner.

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Alongside the news that the Microsoft teams that make devices like Surface and Surface Hub will now be in the same division that makes the operating system on which they run, Microsoft's latest reorg moves Dynamics to the Cloud & Enterprise group (Microsoft Dynamics is the company's line of ERP and CRM applications).

The next major release of Dynamics CRM will arrive in the fourth quarter of this year, Microsoft announced Tuesday, and one of its key unifying themes will be helping sales teams stay focused on the task at hand.

This year Microsoft has announced Dynamics CRM related updates and put more focus on productivity, mobility, intelligence and customer service. To explore more check out the links below.

The next major release of Dynamics CRM will arrive in the fourth quarter of this year, Microsoft announced Tuesday, and one of its key unifying themes will be helping sales teams stay focused on the task at hand.

In March of this year, Microsoft officials already had a fairly good idea as to what would be in the Fall 2015 wave for Dynamics CRM. On September 8, officials confirmed the feature set for the upcoming release, which will be christened officially Dynamics CRM 2016.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM is on a roll! We've just concluded a strong fiscal year with amazing growth and influencers are sitting up and taking notice with analyst reports and industry awards that confirm our market leadership. While the recognition and accolades are nice, what gets me most excited is the impact we are making on our customers - particularly in the area of productivity.

For the past few years, Microsoft's Dynamics CRM and ERP business has been in dotted-line no-man's land, organizationally. When Microsoft unveiled its "One Microsoft" reorg in 2013, the Dynamics business unit was kind of odd business unit out.

As a small business owner your primary goal would be to increase business revenue by expanding your customer base. One technological framework that can help in achieving this goal is an automated CRM system. It can help you organize accounts, coordinate with leads, improve sales and assist your employees in providing a great customer service....

Microsoft announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire the product assets from Adxstudio, a longtime partner of its Dynamics business. The deal will give Microsoft access to tools that extend Dynamics to the Web, which the company will integrate directly into its CRM product.

Microsoft began what promises to be a long road to the fourth quarter release of its Dynamics CRM product today. The product has been completely redesigned, with the on-prem and cloud versions receiving major upgrades. It's worth noting that while this is a major release announcement, the company has been making ongoing updates to the cloud version of the product.