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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 - News!

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 – Versions

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Workgroup Edition
This version is limited to 5 or fewer users. It can be installed on Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition, any of the supported Windows Server 2003 editions, or Microsoft Windows Server 2008. This version is limited to a single organization and a single computer that is running Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Server.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Professional Edition
This version has no user limit and is limited to a single organization. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Professional Edition Server can, however, be installed to more than one computer.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Enterprise Edition
This version has no user limit. Additional features include support for multiple organizations, multiple server instances, and role-based service installation. Rolebased services let you increase performance by installing component services on different computers.

Original post found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak/archive/2007/10/12/microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-versions.aspx


Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 – Workflow
The core architectural changes are: • Unified Event Model • Asynchronous Host o Multi-tenant/Stateless o Scalable o Reliable • Windows Workflow Foundation • Extensibility Mechanism


Workflows are now available to end users, who no longer need access to the server in order to create, modify, and monitor them. Child workflows and workflow templates provide two ways for users to build upon existing workflow logic while they are creating new workflows.
Workflows now support many more record types. Also, they can now be triggered by the update and delete events, and a workflow can be triggered by more than one event. Dynamic values and conditionals are more useful. The new user interface for workflows includes the Form Assistant, a tool for specifying dynamic values. Dynamic values are also improved by the increased number of record relationships. So, there are more records and attributes available for inclusion in dynamic values.

One of the other things that has changed in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 is that we now can apply and use stages on all workflow logic which makes it possible to define and monitor parts of a complex workflow. In v3.0 we only could use staging on the opportunity level.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 – Multi-tenant

With Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 we have build in support for multiple tenants. Multi-tenancy is about sharing hardware and software, NOT transactional data. The customizations are performed at the tenant level and each tenant can have their own set of customizations. Each installation will have a base language and on top of that you can install language pack(s), which can be activated per tenant. A user can have access to multiple tenants.

Original post found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/mscrmfreak/archive/2007/10/02/microsoft-dynamics-crm-4-0-multi-tenant.aspx



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