Microsoft Enables Partners to Offer More Cloud Services to Customers

Microsoft India has simplified cloud adoption for small and medium businesses (SMBs) with the addition of Dynamics CRM Online under the Open Licensing program.  The availability of Dynamics CRM Online along with Office 365 and Azure through Open Licensing allows SMBs to secure the benefits of cloud solutions with the help of a trusted local partner. With this announcement, all three large-scale public cloud offerings from Microsoft are now available under open licensing.

SMBs can now manage their customer relationships better using Microsoft’s enterprise-grade Dynamics CRM Online solution on a pay-per-use model. The solution provides SMBs with simple but powerful customer relationship management tools over the Internet.SMBs will be able to access customer insights anytime, anywhere and on any device by leveraging the cloud.

While customers can still purchase CRM Online either directly from www.dynamics.microsoft or as part of an Enterprise Agreement (EA) with Microsoft, the new approach empowers partners with a compelling cloud product portfolio covering the most open Microsoft Azure platform, Office 365 productivity service and CRM Online customer relationship management offering.

“Our 10,000-strong partner network in India has been instrumental in bringing the benefits of IT to SMBs. Availability of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online under Open Licensing allows our partners to bring a powerful new tool to the market.  In the process, our partners will get an opportunity to improve their top line while raising the profits of their customers through customer insights and management tools” said Meetul Patel, General Manager, Small and Midmarket Solutions & Partners, India.