CRM 3.0 getting ready for Vista and Office 2007

Posted by Mike Snyder on October 2, 2006  |  Comments (2)

I sat in on a partner conference call today, and the product team is starting to make public some of their Microsoft CRM 3.0 plans in regards to how the software will work with Windows Vista and Office 2007. Some of the interesting tidbits they released include:

• They are targeting late November / early December to release a "Compatibility Update" for Microsoft CRM 3.0. This software update will allow customers to run Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 with Office 2007 and/or Windows Vista. This compatibility update will be available via online download and in the CRM media kits.
• The compatibility update for Office 2007 will switch the Microsoft CRM Laptop client for Outlook from an MSDE database to a SQL Express database. This means you can now take 4 GB of data offline with you, instead of the current 2 GB that MSDE supports.
• Because of the cool ribbon user interface in Office 2007, the Outlook add-in will be much more integrated (is that possible!?!) than the current add-in for Outlook 2003. I apologize for the low resolution screenshot below but you get the idea.