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Better Together: Microsoft CRM and SharePoint

martinhj@microsoft.com — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:48:00 GMT

Whatch this live Webinar to learn about Microsoft Dynamics CRM and SharePoint Better together.

What
Organizations around the globe are empowering employees, lowering costs and streamlining processes by using Microsoft CRM, Microsoft SharePoint - or both. This compelling session will demonstrate the accelerated success that businesses are beginning to experience when combining the strengths of these two tools.

Why
Attendees will learn how Microsoft CRM and SharePoint deliver a flexible platform of development tools that can be used to meet 90% of the requirements for virtually any IT project - significantly reducing the costs to develop and maintain custom applications. In addition, you will learn how the search, document management, business intelligence and Web 2.0 capabilities of SharePoint can combine with the activity management, customer tracking, marketing campaign and workflow capabilities of CRM to enhance employee, vendor, distributor, partner and supplier relationships.

When
Today - Thursday, June 18th, 10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. EST

Sign me up!
Visit www.successaccelerators.com to register now.

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Integrating Microsoft Dynamics CRM with Microsoft Dynamics NAV - a CRMUG Roundtable session

martinhj@microsoft.com — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:55:00 GMT

Are you using Dynamics NAV along with Dynamics CRM? Then join this roundtable, hosted by NAVUG, to share & listen as other companies discuss their interest as well as experience around Integrating Microsoft CRM with NAV.

The Roundtable will explore the following topics:

What value does integrating CRM & NAV add to my organization?
What are the technical aspects of the integration?
How does Microsoft Sharepoint fit in?
Who has performed the integration & what can they share with me?

Logistics
Date & time: 28th of April 2009 20.30 - 21.30 Danish Timezone and 18.30 - 19.30 Icelandic Timezone.
The session will be hosted via Live Meeting.
For more information on this session and to register go here.
For more information about the "Dynamics CRM User Group" go here.

Thanks to the Dynamics CRM User Group for this initiative.

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Invitation to the next CRMClubDeliver day on the 28th of May 2009 in Copenhagen (Hellerup)

martinhj@microsoft.com — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:50:00 GMT

Hi CRMClubDeliver

Pre-book this date for the next CRMClubDeliver day. It will have content for all roles within the CRMClubDeliver community and some very interesting sessions.

Look out for a personal invitation together with the agenda by mail - only for registered CRMClubDeliver members.

If you aren't a member yet, check out how to become one here.

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

CRMClubDeliver - invitation for Business Action World Tour Event in Copenhagen on the 23.02.2009

martinhj@microsoft.com — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 11:00:00 GMT

This is a unique opportunity for ISV’s to learn what we can build using the CRM Platform by integrating technologies such as WPF & Silverlight and Windows Azure of course Office, SharePoint, Software Plus Service the power of choice will be part of this technologies.

Differentiating your line-of-business applications from those of your competitors has never been more important.
We’re hosting a seminar near you that will help you understand how we can help you do that as a valued Microsoft Partner.

You are cordially invited to attend the Microsoft Business Action World Tour event.
This event has limited seating; please reserve your place now.

A Line-of-Business Application Platform
Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides the platform for getting your line-of-business applications to market fast. Clearly applicable in CRM-type scenarios, Microsoft Dynamics CRM also supports a wide range of business applications with the essentials required for building, delivering and maintaining them in multi-tenant Software+Services environments.

This is a half-day overview event which will demonstrate the power of Dynamics CRM as a platform for developing line of business applications. It will also cover how solutions built on the Dynamics CRM platform benefit from other Microsoft technologies to provide compelling experiences, build on familiar skills and give your customers the power of choice.

Compelling Experiences
Increase user productivity and accuracy by providing an attractive, easy to use application user interfaces on either the desktop or the web using one set of tools and knowledge. With Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) you’ll build the next-generation of Windows user experiences with deep support of data visualization, complex text content, rich media, dynamic interactive experiences, and branded or custom look and feel. With Silverlight you increase repeat visits and brand loyalty while dramatically reducing customer support costs through compelling, intuitive, high performance self-service web sites.

Familiar Skills
Increase the productivity of the users of your applications by providing a seamless and integrated end to end experience that empowers them to collaborate and get work done in familiar ways. Pull line-of-business processing directly into the Microsoft Office applications your users use day-in day-out. Unified communications across the Dynamics CRM and Office line of products, such as instant messaging, document sharing, and user presence, further promote and simplify ad hoc processes and keep people in the center of the workflow – where they belong.

Power of Choice
Whether you are deploying behind the firewall or internet-facing applications, build and deploy those applications quickly and easily by capitalizing on the same personnel, development tools investments, and knowledge that already power your organization. When you build on the Dynamics CRM platform you’ll be prepared to deploy your line-of-business applications on-premises, in partner-hosted facilities or in Microsoft own Dynamics CRM Online data centers. When you build the internet-facing self-service applications that integrate with your line-of-business solution, the Azure Services Platform helps reduce IT-related costs, freeing up time and capital to focus on your core business.

Attendee Prerequisites
Registration is open to all managed ISVs.

Event Logistics
The Microsoft Business Action World Tour event is half day in length; beginning at 8:30am each day and concludes by 12:00pm.

Registration
On Partner Learning Center.

Again, because of the anticipated high-demand for this event, we encourage you to register immediately so you can ensure your attendance at this valuable event.

Questions
If you have questions about this event, please don’t hesitate to contact your local Microsoft ISV Evangelist or the Metro Program Events Team.

Thank you for your interest in attending the Business Action World Tour!

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

CRMClubDeliver day on the 17th of March 2009 in Copenhagen (Hellerup)

martinhj@microsoft.com — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:49:00 GMT

Hi CRMClubDeliver

Pre-book this date for the next CRMClubDeliver day. It will focus on Dynamics CRM in a Citrix environment. First half of the day will be for consultants, pre-sellers and technicians. The afternoon will be a tech deep dive so be aware :-)

This day will give you Citrix and as usual also much more you will have the opportunity to:

Meet highly skilled Citrix competence

Obtain knowledge about and with the Citrix universe

Get insight to the technical world of CRM in a Citrix environment

Benefit from the network and power of CRMClubDeliver

Connect with fellow CRM enthusiasts from other partners and Microsoft

Look out for a personal invitation together with the agenda by mail - only for registered CRMClubDeliver members.

Come on, get onboard.

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Best of ... in Iceland - Thank you to all participants

martinhj@microsoft.com — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:08:00 GMT

Big thanks to all attendees for participating in this great event. We hope and feel you got something valuable out of the two days and from the responses it really looks that way.

From the very first minute the event bussed and sizzled with expectations and energy. The keynote on day 1 kicked off with near to 500 people and the number just kept rising.

A special thanks from me to all the attendees at my sessions and to my fellow event team mates. It was great and fun to be there and meet with you all.

In the words of Tine Plambech Pedersen, Acting Dynamics Lead Iceland: "We have been witnessing history during the last two days as we were able to attract more than 800 attendees to our “Best of Convergence and TechED” event. That is the biggest event ever in the history of Microsoft Iceland and actually the biggest IT event ever in Iceland at all!"

Keep an eye out for the materials and more information on the Icelandic web-site: www.microsoft.is

Hope you enjoyed it! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Best of ... in Iceland - ready to go!

martinhj@microsoft.com — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:07:00 GMT

We are ready to welcome you to this fantastic and enormous event. We have crossed the 800 participants mark and are still registering IT- and Business-people from the Icelandic community. Some are calling us and asking us to please “squeeze me into the event” plus we are expecting walk-ins as well, and ALL are welcome!

Microsoft Iceland is doing a great job to make it memorable and valuable for all and we are very proud of the big interest.

Besides the 32 sessions we have arranged many side meetings, 17 Icelandic partners are on location, you can go deep with us in the “Expert Corner” and much more.

Tomorrow morning at 8.30 the registrations begin and at 9.15 we are kicking off the event with the keynote by Halldór Jörgensson.

For more information, go to this previous post.

So, WELCOME tomorrow morning at Grand Hótel Reykjavík!

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Best of Convergence & TechEd in Iceland 19th - 20th of January 2009

martinhj@microsoft.com — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:29:00 GMT

In our efforts for the Islandic community we are bringing the world of Microsoft to Iceland - gathering the very best of TechEd 2008 and Convergence 2008 for a great event this January!

In the enthusiastic words of Eric Heinen, Partner Technology Specialist, Microsoft Iceland and one of the architects of this activity: “A fantastic line-up we have. 19 speakers from 8 countries in 3 continents doing 32 sessions. This is the biggest thing we‘ve ever done in Iceland.”

We estimate over 400 participants for this event and will do whatever possible to give them all a very big and valuable experience with a lot of useful information, networking, ready-to-use knowledge and business opportunities and much more.

Some key points:

We are aiming this at the broader IT community in Iceland; developers, IT professionals, TDMs and BDMs
TechEd and Convergence combined
The event will be held in the conference facilities of Grand Hotel Reykjavik.
Registration and attendance are FREE
Registration on http://www.microsoft.is

CRM on the stage
I will be there with two great sessions: "CRM Solution Areas: xRM and vertical solutions" on Monday at 13.00 and "CRM Accelerators: Business opportunities" on Tuesday at 15.30, both at level 200.

And much more to see and prosper from :-)

Hope to see you there.

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Invitation for coming ISV's: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Discovery Days

martinhj@microsoft.com — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Are you looking to join Microsoft's ISV program? Are you interested in building on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform?

What are the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Discovery Days?
Microsoft Dynamics CRM is Microsoft's customer relationship management solution for small business, midsized companies and large enterprises. It provides a complete suite of powerful marketing, sales, and service capabilities, all with a familiar and consistent user experience based on Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook.

However Microsoft Dynamics CRM is as well a mighty, web services based development platform that allows the development of all kinds of applications. The Microsoft Dynamics CRM –Discovery Days are a 2 (two) day free training class that teaches you how to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM as a development platform.

What’s in it for you as an ISV?
Get to know Microsoft Dynamics CRM as a rich, state of the art, development platform! By creating a sample application on your own you will experience how easy and productive it is to develop with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. You will also benefit from tips & tricks on how to develop the industry solution of your unique expertise!
Once your Microsoft Dynamics CRM industry solution is released, other Microsoft partners might also find your solution great in order to deliver even more complete and specialized solutions to their customers. This gives you additional sales opportunities!

Who should attend?
The Microsoft Dynamics CRM Discovery Days classes are designed for programmers and technical oriented people. We recommend to have people attending who have development experience in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Although they are not required, participant’s skills sets should allow passing the following Microsoft exams:
• 70-526- TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Windows-Based Client Development
• 70- 528 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Web-Based Client Development
Specific Dynamics CRM knowledge however is not required.

Training Content
The Microsoft Dynamics CRM – Discovery Days classes focus on using Dynamics CRM as a development platform to develop a sample application.

How to proceed
When you have attended the Microsoft Dynamics CRM - Discovery Days training class you will be able to start developing your solution on the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform right when you are back to your office! The CD provided contains components like a download link to a Microsoft Virtual PC Image of Dynamics CRM, the complete course material and lots of useful technical and business information.

Business wise Microsoft will get in touch with you to develop together with you the best business model to market your solution together with Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

Dates
January 12th and 13th 2009 in Copenhagen.

Registration and more information

Queries
Please contact DynamISV@microsoft.com

Join us and welcome!

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

CRMClubDeliver day on the 18th of December 2008 in Copenhagen

martinhj@microsoft.com — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:10:00 GMT

All CRMClubDeliver members have been invited to a day of extending knowledge, networking and more. Haven't you gotten the invite? Are you not a member of this CRMClub but want to be? Then shoot me a piece of email.

This is some of what you get:

Meet some of the central people of our Partner Readiness and Support program
Receive key learning’s and tools for CRM implementation and thinking
Get insight into the upcoming months of CRMClubDeliver activities and ambitions
Benefit from the network and power of CRMClubDeliver
Connect with fellow CRM enthusiasts from other partners and Microsoft

Come on, get onboard.

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Convergence 2008 - day 1: Three words for you: Customer Service

martinhj@microsoft.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:47:00 GMT

Kirill Tatarinov’s keynote today talked about the 3 main aims of our software: People, Process and Ecosystem. He showcased real life examples and customer cases, bringing our thoughts around technology alive right there on stage. If you were there, you know what I mean :-) He also made it quite clear what companies have gained with the Microsoft platform.

One of the very important areas of a powerful Ecosystem is connectivity - and Kirill mentioned eService as an example of connecting with customers. This CRM Accelerator invites your customers into your Dynamics CRM system – effectively connecting with your customers. That will drive and inspire customer service and ease the initiatives companies can benefit on as well as servicing customers in a more effective and UX-adoptable way.

Three words for you: Customer Service!

Main focus for today and our entire business:

1. Customer – User Experience (UX), needs and wants of the market

2. Service – Microsoft platform to service all: users, IT and customer relations

3. Customer Service – combining and empowering company’s strengths with Microsoft products

That is the essential of Microsoft, our partner-community and Convergence!

See you there.
Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Convergence 2008 - day 0: Partner briefing

martinhj@microsoft.com — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:37:00 GMT

All,

I'm bloging from Convergence 2008 in Copenhagen.

Convergence kicked off today at Copenhagen! The prime Microsoft event for business decision makers. Approximately 4000 participants, the most focused partners and an offering of many powerful and insightful sessions throughout the two days - Wednesday 19th of November and Thursday 20th of November.

This morning’s keynote hosted by Klaus Holse Andersen really put the spotlight on what focus Microsoft has on the challenged market, the financial situation and our part in helping companies into a lighter future.

Company’s primary focus
We’ve been out talking to customers; listen to concerns and pains and how we can be of help and service. Some are optimistic and alert and the main focus is on improving people productivity. Kirill Tatarinov gave his angle on our main common goal. Part of that is securing that customers are taking full advantage of the Microsoft platform. Dynamics’ products are empowering companies for improved customer service, business productivity, the benefits of xRM and much more.

Overall user experience (UX) is in focus. Industry platforms and vertical solutions will help partners drive segmentation and customers optimize business. Many tracks at Convergence will give ideas, inspiration and answers to customer’s tasks to get through the tuff market situation and minimize the impact on their business. Customers have the opportunity to connect with partners and Microsoft and learn how our software supports and inspire companies to drive their business onwards.

Doug Kennedy, VP of Microsoft Dynamics Partners Team WW, talked about partner’s value from Microsoft and to customers and he presented his look at partner’s opportunities in the market. If you as a partner have the completeness of a solution for the customer, you will have outstanding results.

A big thank you to all partners for your effort around Convergence and for all the work for the customers.

Let’s go!
Let’s unleash the potential in an uncertain market.
Let’s make sure, that we maximize return on investments in sales, marketing and service.
Let’s help all to get the overview and insight in their businesses health and direction.

See you there.
Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

CRM at Convergence 2008 in Copenhagen

martinhj@microsoft.com — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Hi all

Signed up for Convergence this year?

This master event will give you knwoledge, insights, inspiration, networking, business opporutnities and ideas and a lot more - maybe even a few surpises :-) You can meet and listen to some of the greatest personalities of the Microsoft community starting with the kickoff keynote by Kirill Tatarinov.

Be sure to come by the MS pavilion booth 33-36, where I will be showcasing the Accelerators for Dynamics CRM 4.0 - Wednesday, November 19 hours 11-14 and again Thursday, November 20 hours 13-15.30.

Many interesting tracks are offered through out this big two-day event. Grap the opportunities, for example - focusing on CRM, of course :-) :

CRM02 Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Understanding the Business Value of On-Premise and On-Demand Deployment Options
CRM07 Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Extending the Power of Sales Force Automation
CRM12 Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Applying xRM within your Organization
CRM13 Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Extending Your Solution
CRM14 Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Better Together with Microsoft Office SharePoint

There is a lot more, both CRM and other tracks.

Learn more here:

See you there.
Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Invitation til CRMClubDeliver - demo-træning i Berlin (Danish partners only)

martinhj@microsoft.com — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:37:00 GMT

Fremragende mulighed! Vores partneres konsulenter - medlemmer af CRMClubDeliver - inviteres hermed til undervisning og træning i demo og forberedelse. Det foregår i Berlin den 1. og 2. december i år. Har du tilmeldt dig CRMClubDeliver, har du fået en email fra mig med invitationen. Er du ikke medlem, kan du tilmelde dig her.

Kurserne er Discovery2WIN og Demo2WIN og du kan se mere om dem her.
Der er et MEGET begrænset antal pladser, så hvis du vil med, skal du skynde dig at tilmelde dig. Det foregår efter ført-til-mølle.
Bemærk: For at kunne deltage på kurserne, skal du forinden bestå eLearning-kurserne, som du vil få besked om.

Denne event er også en god lejlighed til at netværke deltagerne imellem samt med kolleger fra andre lande. Vi arrangerer desuden en social aften mandag den 1. for de interesserede.

Tilmelding eller mere info: send en email til mig.

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team

Invitation to attend a special preview of the Accelerators for Microsoft Dynamics CRM

martinhj@microsoft.com — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:12:00 GMT

As you know, Microsoft Dynamics CRM is in the process of releasing a series of ‘add-ons’ called “Accelerators”. In preparation for this exciting release, we are inviting you to attend two information-packed LiveMeetings where you will get a sneak peek at each Accelerator and learn what each means to you and your customers.

Sales Overview LiveMeeting
Review of Accelerators from a sales and marketing perspective.
Monday, October 20th, 2008 at 0800 PDT
Monday, October 20th, 2008 at 1700 PDT (repeat of earlier session)

Technical Deep Dive LiveMeeting
Cover more technical information pertaining to Accelerators in a session geared towards technical staff.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 0800 PDT
Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 1700 PDT (repeat of earlier session)

The invitations have been sent to the members of CRMClubDeliver and our Partner Sales contacts. If you haven't received your invitatiton, please email me and I will forward it to you.

Enjoy! :-)

Martin Houlberg Jensen
CRM Evangelist
Microsoft Dynamics CRM team