Great post by Lauren Carlson about industry solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0:

To meet unique industry requirements, Microsoft has called on hundreds of partners that resell, customize and implement Microsoft Dynamics CRM. These value-added resellers (VARs) and independent software vendors (ISVs) are extending the core Dynamics CRM applications to meet the unique needs of companies in a range of vertical markets. There are now over 750 certified industry solutions built on Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

To demonstrate the specificity of these solutions, we decided to highlight some of our favorite Microsoft Dynamics CRM partner solutions.

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The Microsoft Dynamics CRM team released Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Update Rollup 12.

Update Rollup 12 is cumulative. However, the Update Rollup 12 CRM Client and Data Migration Client packages require Update Rollup 7 to be installed.

The Update Rollup 12 download contains updates for the 40 supported Language Packs. Prior to installing the Update Rollup 12 Language pack you must install the original Language pack. If you have Language Packs installed, you should:

1. Download the Update Rollup 12 Language Pack

Numenes announced the launch of iDcrm version 1.2.7, the first comprehensive Microsoft Dynamics CRM application for the iPhone. This version of iDcrm is based on the experiences of our customers and the vision of the R&D Manager Jean Stanghellini.

iDcrm 1.2.7. highlights:

•         Home screen is fully adaptable to your needs.

•         Ergonomic emprovements, faster navigation, better logical flow through the app.

Announced today, the new integration provides Dynamics CRM with the full document management capabilities of M-Files. Unlike many of the DMS associated with CRMs, this is not just an afterthought providing clumsy functionality.

By combining the two, any document associated with any customer in either system can be found, accessed and viewed in the other system giving users access to full customer information on one hand, and any document related to that customer on the other.

Motive’s M-Files

Why a customer relationship management system like Dynamics CRM might need to integrate with a document management system like M-Files when it can already be linked to SharePoint, for example, is a good question.

And while SharePoint is what it is, not all companies can afford it financially, or the complexity it can bring. This is where M-Files fits in.

Microsoft has released Update Rollup 11 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Server, Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Language Packs, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router.

To maintain parity between the application components of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, this update rollup includes packages for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Server, Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Data Migration Manager, Microsoft Dynamics CRM Language Packs, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 E-mail Router.

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