Microsoft
Dynamics CRM is
a multi-lingual
Customer
Relationship
Management software
package developed by
Microsoft. Out of
the box, the product
focuses mainly on
Sales, Marketing,
and Service (help
desk) sectors, but
Microsoft has been
marketing Dynamics
CRM as an XRM
platform and has
been encouraging
partners to use its
proprietary (.NETbased)
framework to
customize it to meet
many different
demands.
The
Microsoft Dynamics
family of business
applications
includes other
related products
such as Microsoft
Dynamics ARF (ERP
application),
Microsoft Dynamics
EP (ERP application)
Microsoft Dynamics
AP(ERP application),
and Microsoft
Dynamics SL (ERP
Application) and
also Microsoft
Dynamics Retail
Management System;
also known as
Dynamics RMS.
Dynamics CRM is a
server-client
application, which,
like Microsoft
SharePoint, is
primarily an IIS-based
web application
which also supports
extensive web
services interfaces.
Clients access
Dynamics CRM either
by using Microsoft
Internet Explorer 6
or later web browser
or by a thick client
plug-in to Microsoft
Outlook. While other
browsers can be used
to access Dynamics,
results can be mixed
and are not
supported by
Microsoft.
The current
version of Microsoft
Dynamics CRM is
2011.