What's new in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 - Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 Release date - Introduction and Early look at Dynamics CRM 5

What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 – Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 Release date – Introduction and Early look at Dynamics CRM 5

I promised that I will be updating this post everytime there is new information about CRM 5 (now called CRM 2011).

Here is an screenshot (image) of the new CRM 2011 Dashboards which are expected to be the best new feature in 2011:

Source: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ukcrm/archive/2010/07/12/crm-5-becomes-crm-2011.aspx

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These are some questions that many people are asking about Microsoft Dynamic CRM 5.

I know my answers below will not satisfy everybody but I promise, once we are allowed to do so, and I’m relieved from my NDA, I Will post all information about all new features in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 with screenshots, show cases and demo of the product - so watch this space. This will hopefully happen when the beta version is released.

Now to the Questions:

* What are the new features and functionality and What’s new in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5?

* Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 Release date – When will it be released for production or the beta release?

This is what Microsoft has recently announced:

The upcoming release will be named Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011.
Beta will be publicly available in September 2010. You can sign up to be notified of availability of BETA at http://crm.dynamics.com/crm2011beta.
CRM Online International Expansion reaches 40 planned markets and 41 languages when it is launched.
Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace expected to launch for CRM solutions in September 2010.

* Can we have an early look or introduction to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 changes and new features:

I am still covered by Microsoft’s NDA which prevents me from revealing anything not already made public by Microsoft. Please find below links to some information on Microsoft Dynamics CRM 5 from what Microsoft has made public :

· http://blogs.msdn.com/b/crm/archive/2010/07/12/introducing-microsoft-dynamics-crm-2011.aspx

· http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2008/12/18/an-early-look-at-crm-5.aspx

· http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/archive/2009/11/21/pdc-phone-company-crm-azure-demo.aspx

· http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/PR31

· http://microsoftpdc.com/Sessions/P09-07

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Stu Harris

14 June 2010 at 1:44 pm | Permalink

Thanks Mohamed. I’ll be looking forward to the features and screenshots.