Saratoga Technologies Microsoft CRM Blog

Well… For the past couple of weeks (in my spare time) i have been taking the scribe integration training classes as a new partner for the product. I have seen alot of similarities to another solution that i have used in the past for CRM to GP integrations.

I really believe that scribe is way ahead of the game when it comes to the isolation of the collaboration engine and the idea of using software package adapters as i think that generally this is easier for technical and non technical users to digest in a decent and easy to understand interface.

I have deployed the CRM and GP adapters now in a test and production environment and i have now passed a few of the exams for becoming a certified partner. The only tests i have left are the adapter exams and i plan to attempt those after i have a chance to revisit the partner training center and go through the videos again.

My current integration is working well and i am typically a very visual learner so getting my hands dirty with the product is usually what works best for me, and has worked out well in this case also.

I look forward to discussing GP and CRM integrations with the product in future and i am just wondering when an integration solution will come out natively from Microsoft as well. I heard some rumblings at convergence and attended a session about the new integration adapter, but it looked as if it was still under development.

The best part about scribe is the fact that it doesn’t only have to be linked to GP and it is flexible enough to pull information in from just about any data source imaginable.

Well…. back to studying for now… just thought i would post an update.

Take Care!

First off I was glad that I attended ms convergence 09. The show had 7000 plus attendees during the week and with our rfid tags in our eventforce badges they even told us a calculation of all the steps we had taken combined.

With kirill tartarinov at the opening speech and also the microsoft R&D presentation on thursday it was very apparent that everyone should be able to utilize something with their existing infrastructure better with the current economic climate.  Optimization and reevaluation of business processes are key for this strategy.I had the opportunity to do some deep diving and discussions on the new solution accelerators for crm and I think that ruben krippner is doing a great job at development of these, and it was great to get updated on the release schedules for r2 and r3.

Once again more with what you currently have, and making sure you have simple quick wins to aid with more challenging endevours such as BI. I see that BI is still relatively new with personal, team, and the orgaizational areas of development. 

I also discovered that I am not that excited about creole cooking. I will stick with red beans and rice from a zatarans box!