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I  went across the features of both Salesforce CRM and Microsoft Dynamics CRM , after complete analysis I could draw the following comparisons and how Microsoft Dynamics CRM competes with SalesForce Configuration Salesforce supports On Demand Configuration where as Microsoft Dynamics CRM supports On-Demand, On-Premise and Partner Hosted setups. Interface Salesforce has a web based access wherein Microsoft Dynamics CRM provides its users both Web Based and Native access through Microsoft Outlook. Microsoft CRM also provides Off - Line Access with all its versions and editions whereas off line access is limited to Enterprise editions in Salesforce.com Databases There is no dedicated database in Salesforce.com and there is a storage limit of 1GB or 120MB/User in all versions. Dynamics CRM has dedicated Databases. Storage varies from 20GB to 5GB depending on installation. Web Service Support Web Service Support is only available in Enterprise and Unlimited Versions where...

Recently for a project requirement I had to deploy MSCRM 4.0 on an IFD server. Everything else seems to work properly except the Reports. The reports were running good on on-premise configurations for the same organization. This issue was same for Custom reports as well as the out-of-box reports by MS CRM. Its then I read that this is a common issue with IFD deployment. To resolve this, the deployment must be running the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Connector for Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services . The SRSDataConnector for MS CRM 4.0 comes with the installation files for MS CRM 4.0 and is located on the installation CD: “ drive:\Server\i386 \srsDataConnector ” folder. Run the “ setupsrsdataconnector.exe ” executable in the mentioned folder and you are done with it! How does it work? - When a Microsoft Dynamics CRM report is run, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services Viewer requests the report and data from the remote Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services computer. To access the re...