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Monday, December 19, 2005 4:03 PM

Western Regional Partner Technical Call Presentation

The presentation from this month's Western Region Partner Technical Call is now available for download. You can find it here: https://partner.microsoft.com/us/40025808
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Friday, December 16, 2005 10:30 AM

Microsoft VPC Update

The CRM VPC part number (originally scheduled for December 15) should be posted by Monday. You will recieve a Microsoft Insights newsletter announcing its availability.
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Friday, December 16, 2005 10:28 AM

"Wave 1" Languages Released To Manufacturing

Wave 1 Localizations have been released to Manufacturing and will be GA soon: Italian, Spanish, Brazilian and Danish
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Friday, December 16, 2005 10:24 AM

Microsoft CRM 3.0 SDK

The online version of the Microsoft CRM 3.0 SDK is now live on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/CrmSdk3_0/htm/v3d0microsoftcrmv3d0sdk.asp The online version will be updated quarterly, beginning in January. You can find the download version,
Posted by Michael Rich | 2 Comments
Wednesday, December 14, 2005 3:53 PM

XBox Leader Board (for NorCal Only)

The results are starting to come in - OK, not many results, but some. So far the only Partner on the board is LexNet Consulting Group. So they are the defacto leader. Here's some additional resources to help drive customers to the Launch Events: you can
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005 9:23 AM

Not a CRM posting, but way cool...

OK - this is not a CRM-related post, but there is some way cool stuff happening on these sites: Check out the beta Live services http://www.live.com http://local.live.com - Check out the Bird's Eye views (currently available for metropolian areas) http://favorites.live.com
Posted by Michael Rich | 1 Comments
Tuesday, December 13, 2005 8:52 AM

Make your CRM Demos Fly!

Joris has posted a new and improved version of his Caching tool that speeds up CRM demos in a HUGE way. That and it looks way slicker. :-) It does require the .Net Framework 2.0.... I haven't tested this yet, but will when my RTM image finishes downloading
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Monday, December 12, 2005 3:36 PM

Microsoft CRM 3.0 VPC Release DVD

The VPCs images are now available to partners and field. The VPC image contains a one-box installation of Microsoft CRM 3.0 both server and client. is built with Microsoft CRM 3.0 demo data (Adventure Works Cycle) has been built on Windows Server 2003,
Posted by Michael Rich | 1 Comments
Thursday, December 08, 2005 3:29 PM

Looking for Available Talent

If you have programming skills in your company and have the bandwidth to take on new projects, please let me know. Other Partners are sometimes looking for contract resources with specific projects, and I can hook you up with them. Drop me a e-mail with
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:20 PM

Microsoft CRM Press

New CRM Release Delivers Powerful Suite of Marketing, Sales and Service Capabilities Within a Native Microsoft Office Experience. Microsoft Announces General Availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM... New CRM release powers customer success for small businesses,
Posted by Michael Rich | 1 Comments
Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:52 PM

New Slide Decks...

New slide decks are available for Microsoft CRM 3.0. You can find them on the partner site, or here: http://blogs.msdn.com/midatlanticcrm/archive/2005/12/05/500324.aspx
Posted by Michael Rich | 1 Comments
Wednesday, December 07, 2005 1:49 PM

Microsoft Partner site updated with CRM content

The Microsoft Partner site has been updated with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 content. NEW CRM 3.0 landing page: https://partner.microsoft.com/40023291 NEW CRM 3.0 o pportunity page: https://partner.microsoft.com/40025385 NEW Partner Resources page https://partner.microsoft.com/40025241
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:07 AM

Scribe for Microsoft CRM 3.0

The Scribe Adapter for Microsoft CRM 3.0 is now available for purchase. The following information is presented from Scribe Software The migration templates for ACT! to Microsoft CRM 3.0, and Goldmine to Microsoft CRM 3.0 are available now. Existing customers
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:59 PM

Make plans now to attend Convergence 2006

We’re excited for our 10th annual Convergence event! Convergence 2006 will take place in Dallas, Texas, USA, Saturday, March 25th through Tuesday, March 28th, 2006. Convergence provides an exceptional agenda of various speakers, detailed product demonstrations,
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:49 PM

Dynamic Picklist Sample

Check out this sample to create dynamic picklists on a custom entity This contains sample code that demonstrates how to implement dynamic picklists on a custom entity. It creates a custom entity named “Dynamic Picklist Test” that contains Industry and
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005 9:26 PM

Win an XBox 360!

Drive customers to the Microsoft CRM Customer Launch Tour and you can win one of three XBox 360s in the Northern California Region So, you attended the Microsoft CRM 3.0 Partner Readiness Tour (thanks for making that a huge success!), and now it’s time
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Tuesday, December 06, 2005 6:21 AM

Welcome to the Microsoft CRM Western Region News Blog

Instead of sending e-mails that you might miss, or e-mails that get buried in your inbox, NorCal and PacWest CRM Partners can now access the Microsoft CRM Western Region News Blog. Here, you will find announcements, special articles and other content
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