You read that right. Just announced at Convergence 2009, the premier conference for business & ERP solutions: Eligible Salesforce.com and Oracle CRM On Demand customers can receive six months of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online at no charge.
“Where else could you get a complete sales, service, and marketing suite within a native Microsoft Office Outlook experience, supported with robust functionality like mobile access, offline data usage, powerful workflow, 5GB of storage, and a 99.9% financially-backed service level agreement (SLA)?”
This is in addition to the newly announced Dynamics CRM Online service update which brings the following:
- Fast online access. Organizations can get started with a trial or paid subscription to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online in less than five minutes. Customers are able to access the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online service through a Microsoft Outlook interface, via a Web browser or from a wide range of mobile devices — all at no additional charge.
- Simple contact management. Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online provides a single, unified view of customer information that helps sales people manage accounts and drive revenue. A new Get Started Pane delivers guidance, training and access to communities, and Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, allowing users of all skill levels to maximize their productivity. In addition, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online makes it easy to import data from other CRM applications.
- Better sales performance. Sales managers benefit from strong sales forecasting and their sales teams benefit from workflow capabilities that ensure that customer engagements happen quickly and consistently. A new home page dashboard provides real-time views into key metrics that help prioritize daily activities.
- Better economics. Microsoft has simplified and reduced its Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online pricing for all customers. All Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online offerings are now available at $44 per user per month, and include offline support, 200 custom entities, 200 workflows and 5 GB of storage.
Details
- Subscriptions must be activated by December 31, 2009.
- Minimum of 5 users
- Maximum of 2 times the number of seats subscribed to via qualifying competing products
- After 6 months, subscription price is $44/user/month
- Contract term is 12 months
- Offer only applicable to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
- Offer only available in the US & Canada
- Eligible customers must be currently paid subscribers to Salesforce.com or Oracle CRM on Demand switching to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and must show valid proof of Salesforce.com or Oracle CRM On Demand subscription to participate
OFFER DETAILS & QUALIFICATIONS:
http://offers.crmchoice.com/moreforless
PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/nov09/11-03serviceupdatepr.mspx
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