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MSDW Podcast: Early reaction as Dynamics 365 for Marketing, Sales Professional reach the market

by Jason Gumpert
Editor, MSDynamicsWorld.com

Microsoft's spring wave of new Dynamics 365 customer experience apps includes both the long-awaited Marketing app and the lighter featured and lower priced sales app known as Sales Professional. For partners focused on the SMB, the arrival of these products is a welcome relief after more than a year of forecasts and updates. But, as is typical with brand new Microsoft business solutions, there are a lot of important details for customers and partners dissect to really understand how to turn the stock solution into something of value to a user base.

Perhaps no one has explored the possibilities and limitations of these new apps more so far than Microosft MVP and Forceworks founder Steve Mordue. His recent blog posts on the Marketing app and Sales Professional have been tough on Microsoft at times, but they've proved popular within the community for their constructive criticism. We catch up with Steve on this episode of the MSDW Podcast to talk first impressions of the products, licensing, and how firms like Forceworks are taking advantage of the new Microsoft offerings.

Show notes:

  • 6:00 - First impressions of the D365 for Marketing launch - pricing and other early decisions
  • 10:00 - What kind of partners will be selling D365 for Marketing?
  • 13:00 - How to resolve the logical definitions of leads and contacts in Marketing and Sales apps
  • 17:00 - What's been Microsoft's reaction to partner feedback so far?
  • 19:00 - Licensing schemes - why are they so difficult?
  • 23:00 - How do partners make sense of D365 licensing?
  • 27:00 - The importance of the ...

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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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