Microsoft new Sales Productivity solution

Microsoft new Sales Productivity solution : Microsoft Corp offers a new Sales Productivity solution that combines Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Professional with Office 365 and Power BI. This powerful combination gives sales professionals the leading productivity tools that work seamlessly with business applications to enable them to do more and achieve more. The new solution will be offered to customers at a promotional price of $65 per user, per month. Existing users of Office 365 can upgrade to the Sales Productivity solution for $45 per user, per month. This is almost 50 percent lower than comparable offerings in the industry. This offer is available in all markets worldwide where Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, Office 365 and Power BI are available.

Microsoft Dynamics designs modern business solutions that empower individuals with intuitive tools that allow them to do their best work.The proactive, easy-to-use business applications adapt to the way people and systems work, enabling businesses to rapidly deploy and be forward-looking in an ever-changing world

Productivity is an important component of any business applications offering, and that is especially critical for sales organizations where people need to quickly respond to customers’ needs. By combining Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, a recognized leader in CRM, with Office 365, the leading productivity solution in the market, Microsoft is empowering people to work across their entire enterprise and beyond with partners and customers directly. And by bringing Outlook, Lync, Skype and Yammer for social collaboration into the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online experience, the company is enabling true sales productivity for customers.

Customers are already benefiting from the power of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online with Office 365 and Power BI analytics. Businesses are choosing Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online over competing vendors for its ability to work seamlessly with Office 365 along with its world-class and intuitive process-driven user experience and real-time insights through easy-to-use tools that empower users to get the answers they need.
Grant Thornton LLP is the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd., one of the world’s leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. Grant Thornton chose Microsoft’s Sales Productivity solution over Salesforce.com to enable the firm to offer its clients something the competition cannot — personalized service and closer relationships.

Grant Thornton has revenue in excess of $1.3 billion with more than 500 partners and 6,000 employees and has seen some incredible results. One of its key goals as a business was to increase team collaboration among its sales associates. With Microsoft solutions in place, Grant Thornton has seen a 700 percent increase in the number of contacts in its system over the legacy solution and a 450 percent increase in the number of opportunities. That translates to five-and-a-half times more deals managed in the firm’s system. With Microsoft, Grant Thornton’s sales teams are able to easily identify trends affecting their customers so they can proactively reach out to them. The sales teams’ pipeline has increased, their win rate is 39 percent higher and, most impressively, their average win value has increased by 36 percent. Not only are they closing more deals, those deals are significantly larger. These insights into client demand “make very smart people even smarter, which creates a more personalized client experience,” said Rick Stow, head of Client Relationship Management at Grant Thornton.