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How the First Windows 8 Apps for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Serve as Both Products and Showcase

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com

Microsoft has plans for a Windows 8 tablet interface for Dynamics CRM in conjunction with the Orion release in 2013, but don't count on the partner community to wait around while the CRM team finishes up its own app development. 

Some Dynamics CRM shops are already well into their own Windows 8 app release cycles, developing publicly available solutions that serve two purposes - to offer the new vision on Dynamics CRM today, and to position their firms as Windows 8 development shops in a  market that will demand both off-the-shelf and custom line of business apps designed to optimize the CRM user experience.

One of the more comprehensive Dynamics CRM app for Windows 8 to launch so far is Power8CRM from PowerObjects, a free app that covers aspects of sales, marketing, and contact management and bears something of a resemblance to Microsoft's early Orion previews. But it also has the distinction of launching at least 6 months earlier.

PowerObjects Power8CRM Sales Hub for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
Screenshot from the Power8CRM Sales Hub

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Orion Windows 8 Sales Preview
A preview screenshot of Orion's Windows 8 interface for sales

"Power8CRM was a way to show people our expertise in building out Win 8 apps," explains PowerObjects COO ...

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About Jason Gumpert

As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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