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Yesterday we received an e-mail with an invite to participate in the MICROSOFT DYNAMICS CRM5 CTP program. According to the e-mail, our responsibilities include downloading and installing the CTP2 product bits, providing feedback/suggestions on any “gaps” we identify in the solution, reporting any defects in code, and participating in webcasts as well as posting in the Newsgroup. To me this sounds like fun!
I am very thrilled to have my first hands-on experience with CRM5.

Unfortunately I am not allowed to share any details until the end of the NDA period. I will try to share some experiences without going into too much detail.

On the Dutch Microsoft homepage (http://www.microsoft.nl/) I found a big add to get a free Microsoft Dynamics CRM trial subscription. I was under the impression that the online version was only available in the United States, so this is very good news.

I immediately subscribed myself.

When I got the welcome mail I noticed saasplaza.com in the url. SaaSplaza is a global Microsoft Partner that hosts Dynamics CRM solutions with a big office in the Netherlands. So when I connected to my free 30 day trial environment, I was not surprised to see it was the hosted version of Dynamics CRM 4.0. I think it is a good thing that Microsoft is actively pushing the online capabilities of Dynamics CRM in the Netherlands.

You can see it for yourself after subscribing at: http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/dynamics/product/crm_online_formulier.aspx

If you want to subscribe to a trial of the real Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online offering you can use this link: https://signin.crm.dynamics.com/portal/signup/

Hopefully the Online version will soon be available in the Netherlands, so we can offer our customers Freedom of Choice in the Microsoft Software + Services world with the on premise, hosted AND the Online version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.