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Powertrak Charts brings extensive charting and dashboard capabilities to both Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Powertrak Portal. It’s the perfect example of using the Powertrak API to read Data from Powertrak Data Sources. This application uses the .NET 4.0 Charting Control to actually build the Charts; however, the data is retrieved from the Data Sources defined in Powertrak.

For over 15 years, Axonom has delivered industry-specific business solutions to global high-tech manufacturers. You could say that we are quite familiar with many manufacturers’ business pains and business model.

Join Axonom in attending the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in Houston from July 7 to 11, 2013.

Nearly two years ago, Consortium for Service Innovation (CSI) tested Powertrak to verify that it met the industry standard for knowledge management.

Today, we are happy to announce that Michael Beach is the newest member to join our board of directors. Recognized as an influential executive by Everything Channel’s CRN, Beach is a well-respected leader in the high-tech community.

The information presented in this graphic is perfect for companies who want to prove the business value of Microsoft Dynamics CRM software to themselves or others involved in the evaluation process. This is just a sample of what you will read in 24 Wildly Creative Ways Companies Use Microsoft Dynamics CRM to Drive Revenue and Serve Customers.

Axonom partners with Armanino (one of the largest Microsoft Dynamics Partners for AX, GP, & CRM in the United States) to deliver a Comprehensive, Industry-Specific Front- and Back-end Software Applications That Seamlessly Interacts Within The Microsoft Dynamics Platform.

A month ago, I wrote (at a very high-level) about Axonom’s contribution to the CRM Software Blog’s “24 Wildly Creative Ways…” white paper. This post dives a little deeper and shares more details on the white paper. Discover who should download it, why spend the time to read it, who contributed, and then take a peek at Axonom's submission.

Successful Ohio companies use Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Powertrak CPQ solution to better manage their complex sales processes and distribution model, drive value-added sales activities, speed new products to market, and prioritize high-value accounts for maximum profitability.

The inspiration for this post is a similarly titled blog on msdn from @devkeydet. I am going to provide a solution for the same scenario which uses the existing process (workflow) UI, but without any custom coding.

Axonom offers robust Configure-Price-Quote software and turnkey consulting, installation and training on Microsoft Dynamics CRM to customers throughout Minnesota.

The concept of solutions was introduced in CRM 2011, for the express purpose of having an easy way to combine all the customizations in a packaged format. While this has greatly improved life for people who customize CRM on a daily basis, there are still issues around enabling robust source control for an unmanaged or managed solution.

The 24 examples in this white paper are real — gathered from partners working with all types of businesses to help them get the most from their CRM software.

What is a Partner Portal? What do my channel partners have access to? What business pains does it solve? How do I install a portal? How do I see a live demonstration?

This post will focus on all the new enhancements to the Activity Feed feature in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. The official build is not yet available, but the beta build was released May 10th.

As a software organization with one of the largest Microsoft Dynamics CRM consulting staffs in the world, Axonom takes great pride in serving our customers. We are ONLY focused to implementing CRM related projects, this is our true expertise and one of the reasons why our staff is very successful.

After completing Microsoft CRM 2011’s setup to Claims Based Authentication and IFD you might see the following error when trying to configure CRM 2011 Outlook Clients. “Cannot connect to Microsoft Dynamics CRM server because we cannot authenticate your credentials. Check your connection or contact your administrator for more help.”

Many organizations have multiple back-end systems that utilize different interfaces. Using Microsoft Dynamics CRM out-of-the-box, the only way to see data from other systems is to either open the interface for the other systems or synchronize the data into the CRM system.

When it comes to investing in additional CRM functionality, “custom coded” CRM systems have hidden risks. Albeit very small, there is an open chance of a stalled upgrade, shut down from bad code, or even worse, high jacked by internal or external coders. Ok, the last example is a bit extreme but find that one disgruntled employee and there you go!

Dashboard reporting control is available in Dynamics Marketplace and is distributed for no charge by Microsoft. Using this managed solution, reports can easily be added to the dashboard. The only piece of information you need is the report id, which tells the dashboard which report to display.