COPENHAGEN, Denmark, October 23 /PRNewswire/ --

- Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 provides powerful new capabilities for 
on-demand solutions.

At the Convergence 2007 Copenhagen customer event today, leading hosting
firms from around the world committed to delivering on-demand customer
relationship management (CRM) solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics(TM) CRM
4.0, formerly code-named "Titan", due out later this year.

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Partners building new on-demand solutions on Microsoft Dynamics CRM
include Mondo A/S, a leading Danish IT services company; JayThom Pty Ltd, a
hosted and on-premise Microsoft Dynamics CRM provider in Australia; EveryWare
AG, a leading hosted business applications provider in Switzerland; and
Increase Ltd, a UK-based hosted Microsoft Dynamics CRM solution provider.
These new partners join an extensive range of existing partners around the
world that deliver on-demand solutions for Microsoft Dynamics CRM and
Microsoft Dynamics enterprise resource planning (ERP) products.

Microsoft Corp also announced that it plans to lower the subscription
licensing fees paid by its global hosting partners for Microsoft Dynamics CRM
by approximately 40 per cent. The lower licensing fees enable Microsoft's
hosting partners to invest more in building out their CRM offerings and
growing their customer base. This price reduction is consistent with
Microsoft's long-standing strategy to deliver more affordable CRM technology
through on-premise and partner-hosted deployments as well as the new
Microsoft Dynamics CRM Live service.

"We're committed to delivering the power of choice to our customers and
to our partners," said Brad Wilson, general manager of Microsoft Dynamics CRM
at Microsoft. "With our global partner network and single Microsoft Dynamics
CRM code base, we're able to deliver the right combination of on-premise and
on-demand solutions for customers of any size around the world."

New CRM Release Delivers the Flexibility of Software Plus Services

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 offers a software platform that is fully
multi-tenant and highly scalable, and supports multiple languages and
currencies. By using a single code base for on-premise and on-demand
deployments, customers are able to choose whichever model suits their
business and IT needs, and to change their option over time if their needs or
preferences change. In addition to a choice of deployment options, Microsoft
Dynamics CRM delivers a highly productive, role-tailored user experience
across a wide range of user interfaces, including Microsoft(R) Office
Outlook(R), Windows(R) Internet Explorer(R) and a broad range of mobile
devices.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides a key aspect of Microsoft's software plus
services strategy. It delivers rich CRM capabilities that may be deployed as
a traditional on-premise solution, as a Web-based on-demand solution, or as a
flexible mix of on-premise software and on-demand services. This delivers
unparalleled flexibility that allows businesses to get the most from their
existing client and server systems while leveraging on-demand services where
it makes sense for the business.

Partners such as Mondo, a listed international IT service company that
delivers hosting and IT solutions and has switched from salesforce.com to
Microsoft Dynamics CRM, clearly see business opportunities through a software
plus services model. "We're now 100 per cent vested in the Microsoft Dynamics
CRM platform," said Lars Munch Johansen, vice president of sales and
marketing at Mondo. "It wasn't a difficult decision to switch to Microsoft
Dynamics CRM; the rich feature set coupled with the power of choice to switch
seamlessly between hosted and on-site deployments, and customers' option to
buy up front or pay as they go, squarely addresses our customers' needs in a
way no other company can rival."

Global Reach for Microsoft Dynamics Hosted Solutions

Customers around the world have the flexibility to choose on-demand
versions of Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ERP solutions that are now available
from nearly 100 partners in 30 countries. They can choose solutions that are
customised for a specific vertical industry or region, or client-specific
solutions that are developed by partners. Partners that offer these types of
on-demand Microsoft Dynamics CRM and ERP solutions include Affordable
Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, CRM OnTarget/TriVenture, CRM-Resultants, NextCorp
Ltd and Sandhills Publishing Co.

More insights into the success of partner-hosted Microsoft Dynamics ERP
solutions are available at PressPass 
(http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2007/oct07/10-23dynamics.mspx) 
in an exclusive interview with TDC Hosting and e-know.net Ltd, both Microsoft
Gold Certified suppliers of managed and hosted IT services that employ a
subscription pricing model.

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