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Denver, CO – August 26, 2008 – Inspire Smart Solutions announced today they are offering a new adaptable business management solution for their clients with  Microsoft Dynamics NAV, an enterprise resource planning tool (ERP).

As a Microsoft partner, Inspire Smart Solutions offers Microsoft Dynamics NAV, one of the top five ERP systems in the world for small to mid-sized businesses.

Inspire Smart Solutions’ rationale for offering Microsoft Dynamics NAV to their clients was simple: It is a powerful solution designed to help growing organizations streamline their processes, reduce operational costs, manage compliance and drive informed decision-making.

Subodh Gupta, President of Inspire Smart Solutions says, “We saw many of our clients going through internal struggles as they grew and we wanted to help them solve their growing pains. We believe Microsoft Dynamics NAV is that answer – it’s the best solution for the growth-related challenges small to mid-sized businesses face.”

Specifically, Inspire Smart Solutions offers Microsoft Dynamics NAV because it provides:

“We saw immense value in offering Microsoft Dynamics NAV as an integrated business service to help our clients successfully take their businesses to the next level,” says Gupta, President of Inspire Smart Solutions.

As a certified Microsoft partner, Inspire Smart Solutions utilizes Microsoft Dynamics NAV to help their clients accelerate growth through customized processes such as manufacturing, distribution, financial management, sales and marketing, human resources, warehouse management, customer relationship and much more. 

As a leading business solutions provider, Microsoft Dynamics NAV is the most recent technology-based service Inspire Smart Solutions has made available for their clients.

For more information please visit www.inspiresmart.com

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About Inspire Smart Solutions

InspireSmart Solutions is a premiere business solutions provider offering cutting-edge, customized and affordable web-based services and IT solutions for small to mid-sized businesses in all industries around the globe.

About Microsoft Dynamics

Microsoft Dynamics is a line of financial, customer relationship and supply chain management solutions that helps businesses work more effectively. Delivered through a network of channel partners providing specialized services, these integrated, adaptable business management solutions work like and with familiar Microsoft software to streamline processes across an entire business.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

Customer relationship manager (CRM) is the ideal tool for you business, it helps us help you have the best business operations possible, get knowledge about your customers and adapt your business better.

A CRM solution should integrate technology to learn better about the customer and helping him help us to have a greater understanding of his business.

CRM software pays attention to the technology, the leadership, and the business process and management change. Now there are different ways to implement a CRM solution, different choices, and different solutions. CRM software used to be a complex software and difficult to learn; but now Microsoft CRM has the answers to our problems. There are millions of reasons why Microsoft CRM is the best for our companies, but only 1 stands out. Microsoft Dynamics Compatibility with Microsoft Office programs Microsoft office is the tool most used by 90% of the business worldwide. And now you can combine CRM with your office tools, the ones you use every day.

With all these tools at your disposition you can now implement a CRM solution and still keep using the same tools you always used. You don’t have to learn how to use a new tool, you’ll just need to learn how to customize it better, so it can help you improve your business, whether a small business or a big business, do you need a better reason?

I’m Zoe Soto; I work for Streamline Solutions, a company that provides you a solution for your CRM needs. You can visit us at Microsoft CRM and CRM Software

As Microsoft Dynamics Technology partner, we would like to revisit popular Microsoft Dynamics CRM integration scenarios and technologies.  This publication is intended to IT professionals and Microsoft Dynamics technical support people.  Upfront we have to admit, that we are not reviewing any third party tools and Microsoft CRM Add-ons, we are considering integration tools, available out of the box for Microsoft CRM customer.  Microsoft CRM versions: current 4.0, also historical 3.0, 1.2, 1.1

 

1.       Microsoft CRM SDK.  If you are Microsoft Visual Studio .Net C#, VB or SQL programmer and developer, you may decide to dedicate some of your software development training time to familiarize yourself with SDK objects and methods: Lead, Account, Address, Contact, Quote, Order, Contract, Case, Task, etc.  Microsoft CRM is pretty complex in its technology layers, and it is not recommended to populate MS CRM tables directly via SQL scripting – recommended way is to abstract your programming through MS CRM SDK layer

 

2.       Dynamics GP Great Plains integration programming.  Here you have to consider Dynamics GP eConnect, this Software Development Kit opens Microsoft Dynamics GP objects, such as customer, vendor, GL account, employee, Sales Invoice, Purchase Order, etc.  eConnect is also MS Visual Studio programmer friendly, so you could enjoy eConnect self discovery.  We recommend you to consider web integration project, where you combine Microsoft CRM SDK and Great Plains eConnect libraries

 

3.       SAP Business One integration coding.  In SB1 you should think about combining SAP Business One SDK libraries with Microsoft CRM SDK modules.  SAP B1 and GP are both ERP and MRP applications and Microsoft CRM integration methodic is similar on technology layer

 

4.       Lotus Notes Domino integration.  Here you have various layers.  Try to review ODBC integration if you are doing discovery.  ODBC expects you to have repetitive structures in Lotus Notes, which is pretty common if you are dealing with custom Lotus Notes database

 

5.       Microsoft CRM EDI programming.  Electronic Document Interchange is typically associated with Vendor purchasing and order placement channel.  If you have merchandise ordering logic from your Microsoft CRM Sales Orders, then consider formatted SQL Select statement from CRM tables

A solid knowledge of your customers is vital to succeed in today’s modern information driven business world. Small businesses are widely considered to provide a better customer service because the decision makers are closer to their clients than in much larger companies. Managing customer relations has grown increasingly complicated as market forces and trends change at a much faster rate than in the past, and with the internet revolution, that is set to continue and accelerate.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Small Business Edition is designed to work with other Microsoft applications such as Microsoft Small Business Server 2003, Outlook, Word, Excel and Publisher. Working together, the Microsoft Dynamics Suite greatly helps your staff to build closer customer relationships and achieve new levels of productivity and profitability.
Here are 5 ways Microsoft Dynamics Suite can help your small business save time and money:
1. Centralize all your customer information
Microsoft Dynamics Suite captures all customer contact information from your sales, marketing and support sections of your business and houses the information in a central repository. Microsoft Dynamics CRM v3.0 provides instant access to whoever needs the information, wherever they are and when they need it. This reduces costs by minimizing non-productive time wasted, increases profitability by maximizing cross-selling opportunities and enhances customer relations with a more personalized approach from all staff in contact with customers.
2. Protect your customer information
Microsoft Dynamics CRM v3.0 has built-in security features to ensure your customer information is protected and kept confidential. Employees are only given access to that information on a customer that is required for the role they need to perform. By combining Microsoft Dynamics CRM v3.0 with Small Business Server, a powerful firewall is provided that allows mobile employees and remote locations to have secure and enhanced access to customer information while out of the office. The ability for mobile and remote workers to access customer information out of the office allows them to continue to be supported and productive as well as spend more time where they need to be – with customers and prospects.
3. Integrate with Microsoft Office Outlook
Microsoft Dynamics CRM v3.0 has been designed with Outlook in mind, and can be enabled to let your employees work directly from their Outlook email client. This close integration with Outlook and other Microsoft applications such as Word and Excel means that all staff with client contact can look up customer information, manage email communications, arrange appointments, record customer and prospect contacts from within Outlook and share this across the business with the Microsoft Dynamics Suite. This makes staff more productive, generating greater revenues and reducing time wastage dealing with administrative customer affairs.
4. Tailor Microsoft Dynamics Suite to your small business
The Microsoft Dynamics Suite contains a configuration wizard so you can tailor the customer relationship software solution to meet the particular needs of your business. You can customize and modify forms, construct your own data entry fields and arrange how information is to be presented while an intuitive engine allows for automation of repetitive tasks. An alert system raises flags when you need to perform a task so nothing need ever fall down between the cracks.
Microsoft Dynamics Suite is an out-of-the-box solution that is quickly and cheaply implemented while maintenance costs are also minimal. The Microsoft Dynamics Suite is also scaleable to meet the future demands of your business with additional features that can be added as and when the need arises.
5. Fast and simple implementation gets you up and running quickly
Microsoft Dynamics CRM v3.0 has a very fast and simple set-up to speed up productivity and profitability, this minimizes business disruption. For existing users of Microsoft Office applications, the customer relationship software solution is readily adopted by your staff as it has been designed to look and feel like all other Office applications so use is intuitive.
This minimizes the costs of implementation and user adoption while at the same time increases productivity with minimal business disruption and faster adoption by employees.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is essential in the management of any sales driven business and Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides a solution to deliver management control over the entire business cycle from initial contact, pre-sale enquiries and meeting to sale and after sales servicing of clients in order to solidify the business relationship.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides modules for sales, marketing and customer service which are extremely “granular”, that is, you have the ability to drill down to the core components of your business performance to individual relationship activity or step back and take a macroscopic view of the overall performance.
It is self-evident that developing business relationships that bind your clients and customers to your business helps you to maximize revenue and enhance profitability. Microsoft Dynamics CRM places you in control of managing the business relationship with your clients, even in the most complicated of sales processes. This ensures you will be able to meet their needs and service requirements on time.
Managing the disparate activities of prospecting, marketing, initial enquiry handling through to sale completion is a difficult and complicated task which Microsoft Dynamics CRM simplifies with intuitive, easy-to-use features to empower management.
Business managers will be able to coordinate the business generating activities to obtain the most effective combined result for both the client and your company.
The ability to manage and control the business sales process implies that the there are measurable and identifiable deliverables produced, and Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides detailed reports of all business activities relating to each customer.
The ability to identify and target customers, comparison of effectiveness of various marketing activity and campaigns and the appropriate deployment of sales resources are provided by Microsoft Dynamics CRM and are extremely cost effective.
Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides a seamless user experience as it integrates quickly and easily with other Microsoft applications such as Microsoft Office Outlook. As Microsoft designed Microsoft Dynamics CRM with Office Outlook in mind, users require less time and training resources to familiarize themselves with the tool.
Microsoft Office users, familiar with MS Excel spreadsheets and MS Word word processing, are quickly able to migrate data from these more familiar applications to and from Microsoft Dynamics CRM. The result is that user adoption is widespread, making it faster and easier to integrate the program with others. Business users experience an increase in ROI due to widespread adoption of Microsoft CRM Software.
From the business user’s viewpoint, implementation is greatly simplified and disruption minimized as Microsoft Dynamics CRM not only adapts seamlessly with employee activity but it is easily manipulated to provide a bespoke CRM solution tailored to meet your current business practices.
Microsoft Dynamic CRM Software makes it easy to modify forms, data fields and how client relationship data is presented are readily adaptable.
The largest software company in the world develops Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Microsoft provides the security that this CRM solution, increasing the likelihood that it will be supported effectively and consistently in the future.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Microsoft Office Outlook is an add-in for Microsoft Dynamics CRM that is installed on a desktop or laptop computer. Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook brings Microsoft Dynamics CRM into the every-day Outlook experience by displaying the Microsoft Dynamics CRM areas as sub-folders in the Outlook mail folders. With a few exceptions, all of the same functionality is available, including set-up and configuration features.
One of the biggest advantages is that, after the add-in is installed, Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook can send and receive Microsoft Dynamics CRM e-mail from Outlook, which simplifies your organization’s e-mail setup for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. With one click, Outlook e-mail messages can be tracked in Microsoft Dynamics CRM and linked to customer records.
To get your personnel started you’ll need to do the following task:
1. Set up user records to manage e-mail with Outlook.
Your personnel then have two tasks to complete:
1. Install Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook on their computers.
2. Set up their personal options to allow Outlook to send e-mail on their behalf.
• In the Navigation Pane, click Settings, click Administration, and then click Users.
• Double-click a user record. The User form appears.
• Under E-mail Access Configuration, select Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook. E-mail is sent and received with Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
• Click Save and Close.
After you set up your personnel to use Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook, you need to inform them that they need to install for Outlook. If your organization uses workflow or mail merge, to send mail automatically on behalf of users, each person needs to set the personal option to allow Outlook to send e-mail with the personnel’s name as the sender.
As a suggestion, create an e-mail template with the boilerplate. You can send direct e-mail to new users, which they will receive in Outlook. Step-by-step procedures on how to create e-mail templates and send direct e-mail are in the Help. You will need to provide your company URL [yourcompanyURL] for Microsoft Dynamics CRM in the e-mail message.
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Do you feel more secure when a certified mechanic works on your car?

Do your taxes get done by a professional certified Accountant?

If you are sick or injured, do you visit a certified, qualified Doctor?

If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, its because you value service from someone you know is qualified and certified to do the job right. In the IT field that qualification comes in the form of Microsoft Certification. So if you want a qualified and certified professional giving you service in their field (Mechanic, Accountant, Doctor), would not an IT Company want to know that you are the best in your field and certified,qualified for the IT job/service. That is what Microsoft Certification does for you. It proves that you are among the “BEST” in your field and capable of doing the job or providing the service-competently.

You may think that Microsoft Certification is not important, and it is true. You can probably get a job anyway in the IT field without Certification, but when you do have Microsoft Certification, you have “PROOF” that you have the skills and the knowledge to work in the IT field on Microsoft Product/s. Today many IT Companies require Microsoft Certification as proof of your skills and competency. And in order to offer you a job they require you to be Microsoft Certified. Microsoft Certifications ensure that you are the first choice of IT Companies for jobs or the first choice for promotions if you are already employed.

 

What is Microsoft Certification?

This is a recognition that Microsoft gives you which proves you have special skills to get the job done. Microsoft Certifications recognize and validate your real-world IT skills, and offer a life-long career path of IT skills development.

 

How do You Get Certified?

Actually Microsoft Certification is not that complicated, but it is tough. You have to learn / self-study for the required course through course books available at Bookstores / Online Bookstores, or join a Training Institute which provide Training and Certification Guidance courses. After the course is completed, you have to Register and appear for the Online Exam conducted by Prometric and VUE testing centres authorized by Microsoft to conduct the Exams. You need to prepare thoroughly for the Exam, because there is a fee for taking the Online Exam, and if you fail, well there goes your money.

Microsoft Certification assures your current/future employer or future clients that they have someone that really knows what they are doing, and it gives you self confidence in yourself and security – knowing that you are fully trained in Microsoft product/products.

If you would like to know more about Microsoft .Net Certification Courses or ASP.Net Training please contact me.

 

Information Technology is a rapidly changing industry with constant changes in software technology. The IT industry is very volatile and demands very high quality of professionals. Preferably those who are internationally certified by I.T. Giants like, Microsoft Corp, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Oracle Corporation etc. The adoption and use of new technology by the industry has led to continous change in manpower requirements. As a result, a professional needs to update regularly, to keep their skill sets industry-relevant. To keep up with the changing requirements of the Software Development Industry, an IT professional/job-seeker should not only be aware of and gain knowledge of new products, but should also get Certified by the Industry Leaders on their products. Some employers require or prefer certain MCP, MCTS , MCPD, MCITP certifications for specific jobs that involve Microsoft products and technologies. Other vendors have their own certification programs.Microsoft Certified Professional- MCP refers to the broad certification program for Microsoft, although in previous generations it also referred to an individual candidate who had completed any one exam within the program (subject to some exclusions). The MCP program offers multiple certifications, based on different areas of technical expertise. To attain these certifications, a candidate must pass a series of exams within the program. Some of the current certifications are:1. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist -MCTS (.Net 2.0) – For developers who want to demonstrate their technical expertise using the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0; three specialty areas are available: Web Applications, Windows Applications and Distributed Applications.2. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist -MCTS (SQL Server 2005) – For IT professionals who want to demonstrate their technical expertise in one of three areas: Implementation and Maintenance, Database Development, or Business Intelligence.3. Microsoft Certified Professional Developer- MCPD (.Net 2.0) – For developers who want to demonstrate their advanced skills in one or more of three job-role tracks: Web Developer, Windows Developer and Enterprise Applications Developer.4. Microsoft Certified I T Professional- MCITP (MS SQL 2005) – Builds on an MCTS pre-requisite and is designed for IT professionals who want to demonstrate their expertise in using SQL Server 2008 for one of three specific job-roles: Database Administrator, Database Developer, or Business Intelligence Developer.5. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist -MCTS (Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5)- Three options for developers who want to demonstrate their technical expertise in using the .NET Framework 3.5; six specialty areas are available: Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Forms, ASP.NET, and ADO.NET.6. Microsoft Certified Professional Developer- MCPD (Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5)- Builds on an MCTS pre-requisite(s) and is designed for developers who want to demonstrate their expertise in using Visual Studio 2008 for one of three specific job roles: Windows Developer, ASP.NET Developer, or Enterprise Application Developer.7. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist -MCTS (SQL Server 2008)- For IT professionals who want to demonstrate their technical expertise in one of three areas: Implementation and Maintenance, Database Development, or Business Intelligence.8. Microsoft Certified I T Professional- MCITP (MS SQL 2008)- Builds on an MCTS pre-requisite and is designed for IT professionals who want to demonstrate their expertise in using SQL Server 2008 for one of three specific job-roles: Database Administrator, Database Developer, or Business Intelligence Developer.The Benefits of Microsoft Certification Courses 1. Industry recognition of your knowledge and proficiency 2. Logos and certificates to identify your MCP , MCTS, MCPD, MCITP status 3. Access to an exclusive MCP , MCTS, MCPD, MCITP member Web site 4. Exclusive discounts on products and services 5. Access to career-related tools 6. Invitations to conferences, training sessions, and special events

 

If you would like to know more about Microsoft .Net Certification Courses or ASP.Net Training please contact me.

 

 

Software trade group Business Software Alliance or BSA has revealed findings of its own study that found that for every 10 software products sold via the Internet, about four are pirated copies of original OEM software. The most usual victim of such piracy is of course, the most popular software in the world, the Microsoft OEM software.

 

To understand the real issue behind this, it would be appropriate if you would be refreshed about OEM. The word stands for ‘original equipment manufacturer’. OEM is a re-branded component of a computer unit. You know for a fact that not all parts of a computer unit is designed and built by a single manufacturer. There are specific parts, like chips, memory, and drives that are made by third party firms.

 

For example, you are buying a computer unit made of maker A. because Microsoft is the most used and functional software, you will definitely opt to buy the computer if it already contains Microsoft software. That software is known as Microsoft OEM software. In other words, Microsoft OEM software is a computer program that is installed in a computer unit upon purchase by consumers.

 

Online scams

 

That is the main thrust for piracy concerns. Because computer manufacturers are always aiming to minimize their costs and maximize popularity and demand from consumers, they always aim to offer the best packages and deals to the market. What else can be better than selling computer units already installed with Microsoft OEM software?

 

As computer manufacturers find Microsoft OEM software online and elsewhere, they most likely encounter scam and fake copies of the software. Investigations have it that PC makers are not always to be blamed for their patronage of pirated Microsoft OEM software. Most of the time, several Microsoft OEM software packages available in the market look like original products, only to be found out eventually that they are not.

 

In fact, investigators are also most of the time deceived. They can attest that they, too, can be fooled by pirated Microsoft OEM software being distributed in the market. Perhaps, there must be more stringent and more particular rules and regulations that should be installed and established to regulate the rise of fake Microsoft OEM software.

 

Fake Microsoft OEM software in emails

 

The most common form of dissemination and circulation of pirated copies of Microsoft OEM software are through emails. For sure, you are familiar with spam emails. Such mails are proliferating in the emails of people around the world. Usually, headings and titles indicate cheap and marked down costs of particular Microsoft OEM software.

 

BSA asserts that as always, consumers are thrilled and deceived by cheaper and more affordable versions of products. In the case of software, consumers are more than anxious to secure cheaper installations of Microsoft OEM software, to be particular.

 

And why not?

 

Pirated Microsoft OEM software are very cheap. At the same time, they are coming in full and unlimited versions, making them more in-demand and highly attractive to buyers. If you would try buying the legitimate copies, you would notice that they are more expensive. Another setback is that despite the high tag prices, software copies are limited and are not in full versions.

 

Thus, when there is Microsoft OEM software that is in full and unlimited versions at lower prices, consumers would naturally come across to patronize the products. As for counterfeits against hoaxes and pirated versions, it is always hard to tell if a product is pirated or not. Most of the time, pirated Microsoft OEM software looks exactly the same as the original copies. The features are almost always the same and the overall packaging and functions bear no difference than the original versions.  

Microsoft Publisher was originally only a consumer desktop publishing application in 1995. In its 1998 upgrade some more commercial features were introduced. By the time Publisher 2000 came out, the printing features for commercial use were greatly enhanced for small businesses. Microsoft Publisher has since then changed focus from personal use to small business use. It is currently being offered as both an individual program and as part of a bundle with other Microsoft software. Although some similar Microsoft programs are available on Macintosh, Microsoft Publisher is still a Windows exclusive.Microsoft Publisher is superior to many other consumer creative printing programs. For Windows users, Microsoft Office Publisher offers professional features at affordable prices. The Microsoft Office Publisher upgrade is in competition with Adobe PageMaker for the small business market.Microsoft Office Publisher, which was introduced in 2003 as part of the Microsoft Office Suite, is mainly used by small businesses. It can still be used for personal publishing use though, and even offers greeting cards and stationary templates. In its earliest incarnation, Microsoft Publisher was used for personal publishing after all, and even with its current enhanced features, it can still be used for personal publishing as well as small business publishing.Many non-designers find Microsoft Publisher 98 and up easier to use than many other publishing programs. The color, font, and templates interface provided from Microsoft Publisher is easy to figure out when designing a web page. The Microsoft Publisher designer options help ensure a professional appearance for web projects.Whether you wish to publish a web page for personal use, freelance use, or for business reasons, Microsoft Office Publisher is a great choice. It is an excellent alternative to Adobe Page Maker and there are many freelance publishers and small business publishers who prefer Microsoft Office Publisher to any other program(s).