Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 - Microsoft CRM Integration

Ensure consistency of data across teams and departments, streamline processes, and empower employees with a complete, accurate view of customer information.

Built using Microsoft® .NET technologies, Microsoft CRM ( customer relationship management ) ensures low total cost of ownership and high return on investment through powerful, customizable integration functionality.


View complete customer information
Integrated Sales and Customer Service modules let employees view, update and share information across teams and departments.
 

Streamline processes
Free employees from time-consuming data entry and increase efficiency for sales and customer service processes.
 

Integrate business systems
Connect customer information and streamline business processes across the organization: Microsoft CRM integrates easily with Microsoft Business Solutions ERM applications.
 

Work on location
Powerful Microsoft Outlook® integration lets salespeople work with sales functionality both online and offline.
 

Create customized integrations
Working with flexible .NET technologies and powerful integration tools, developers can integrate Microsoft CRM functionality with third-party applications and Web services.
 

Increase productivity, reduce cost of ownership

Sales and Customer Service modules
Sales and Customer Service modules are completely integrated, empowering employees to work collaboratively, and ensuring that customer information updates automatically across sales and service departments.
Salespeople can view customer service information that might affect sales processes for an opportunity or customer.
Customer service representatives can view complete account information, including sales and orders, to help them identify top customers and evaluate specific customer needs.
Sales and service employees
 

Microsoft CRM Sales for Outlook
Salespeople can access Microsoft CRM from Microsoft Outlook, and work online or offline with access to sales functionality.
Microsoft CRM e-mail, contacts, appointments, and tasks are integrated with Outlook.
With offline access to sales functionality, salespeople can work on the road with up-to-date information for Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities, Leads, Activities, Sales Literature, Competitors, Quotes, Products, and more.
If a salesperson makes changes to data while working offline in Outlook for example, updating a quote for a customer the new information will synchronize with the Microsoft CRM server the next time they go online
 

Other Microsoft Office Integration
Integration with Microsoft Word Mail Merge lets users import Microsoft CRM data into Word and easily create and print communications to prospects, customers, employees, and partners.
Microsoft CRM data and reports can be exported to Microsoft Excel for sorting and analysis.
 

Microsoft Business Solutions
Microsoft CRM integrates easily with Microsoft Business Solutions ERM applications.
Integration functionality includes key data mapping for accounts, contacts, product catalogue, orders, and prices.
Customer information integrates bi-directionally, with account and contact information in Microsoft CRM mapping to customer fields in Microsoft Business Solutions applications.
 

Third-Party Applications and Web Services
The first business solution built from the ground up using Microsoft .NET technologies, Microsoft CRM can be integrated with business and financial systems regardless of platform or programming language.
Microsoft CRM ships with Microsoft BizTalk® Server 2002 Partner Edition, including tools and documentation for creating customized integrations with third-party applications and Web services.
Working with open application programming interfaces (APIs) and a comprehensive Software Developer Kit (SDK), developers can incorporate Microsoft CRM functionality into custom solutions developed in Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET.