It's February 2005, Do You Have CRM?

Hard to believe that it's Groundhog Day 2005 already. How connected are you to your customers? One hot word lately is Customer Relationship Management or CRM. Microsoft is really trying to push into that arena with their CRM 1.2 release.

Why is February 2005 significant for you, the SBS/Small Business? Well effective February 1st Microsoft announced new pricing for CRM for those businesses running on SBS. It's a great deal for your first 15 users of CRM and a great way to really get a hold of those relationships that have seemed to wane in recent years.

Here's the rundown:

Product Details
Microsoft CRM 1.2 Pricing for Small Business

CRM Version
Microsoft CRM Sales Standard user $199/user Normally $449/user
Microsoft CRM Sales Professional user $499/user Normally $849/user
Microsoft CRM Sales module (for server) $499/server Normally $1,049/server

System requirements:Windows Small Business Server 2003

User limit: Up to the first 15 users.Subsequent users must license full versions of Microsoft CRM.

Available through Full Packaged Product (FPP), Open Business, Open Volume, Open Value


Well as you can see it's a great deal to get into CRM for the SBS customer right now. Our company is really going after the CRM market in 2005 and you can find more details at our website or the Official Microsoft site.