Microsoft Dynamics Snap

Many corporations implement business applications like Microsoft Dynamics to automate their business processes. However, usually only about 15% of information workers are licensed to use these systems and only a fraction of those actually do. The rest tend to use Microsoft Office applications to do their daily jobs. Although they could definitely benefit from access to relevant business data, they must either learn to do without, using data that is outdated or inaccurate, or find someone else who can get the information they need. What if those information workers could access the data in their Microsoft Dynamics applications from within Microsoft Office?

Now they can! Microsoft Dynamics Snap applications allow information workers to interact with Microsoft Dynamics business information, increasing their productivity and enabling them to make decisions with confidence, all from within the Microsoft Office applications they are most familiar with. Microsoft Dynamics Snap is part of the new breed of applications called Office Business Applications (OBAs) where Microsoft Office becomes the “front end” for accessing the “back end” functionality of Microsoft Dynamics. Microsoft Dynamics Snap applications help companies maximize their technology investment by delivering the power of Microsoft Dynamics to every single employee.


Highlights

What is Microsoft Dynamics Snap?

Find out more about Microsoft Dynamics Snap applications. See what is available, view the demos, check out the documentation and click the links to download.

Licensing Microsoft Dynamics Snap applications with the Microsoft Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office

Microsoft Dynamics Snap applications are packaged as part of the Microsoft Dynamics Client for Microsoft Office, which also includes a license to the .Net Business Connector for Microsoft Dynamics AX and a named user license for accessing Microsoft Dynamics information. Learn more about this cost-effective way to extend the power of Microsoft Dynamics applications to all of your employees.

Press release: Microsoft releases applications that connect Microsoft Dynamics, Office

Snap-ins allow Microsoft Office users to interact with data and business processes from Microsoft Dynamics applications as they create documents, collaborate and manage their calendar—all without having to leave Microsoft Office.

Customization is a Snap

The snap-ins can easily be extended and customized to fit your business need. You can find them on the on the Codeplex Web sites, within the Microsoft Dynamics Snap for Microsoft Dynamics AX Sandbox and Microsoft Dynamics Snap for Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Microsoft recommends that you work with your local Microsoft partner to integrate snap-in applications with your unique systems.

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Microsoft Dynamics Snap Applications – Available Today!

Business Data Search delivers powerful search capabilities that allow an information worker to search for information across Microsoft business systems including Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Dynamics AX and SharePoint Server portals from within Microsoft Office Outlook as simply as searching email.

Business Data Lookup allows an information worker to search for and insert Microsoft Dynamics AX or Microsoft Dynamics CRM data into a Microsoft Office Word document, Excel spreadsheet or Outlook email, all without ever having to leave the Microsoft Office interface. The document or spreadsheet that is created can also be attached to the Microsoft Dynamics record for later reference.

Custom Report Generator enables an information worker to extract, view and analyze data residing in Microsoft Dynamics AX or Microsoft Dynamics CRM as neatly formatted reports within Microsoft Office Excel. Creating a new report or editing an existing one is easy since the reports are generated from meta-data that defines what data to show, where to surface it and what formatting to apply.

Timesheet Management allows an information worker to use their Outlook Calendar entries to submit timesheets without having to log into Microsoft Dynamics AX directly.

Vacation Management enables an information worker to use their Outlook Calendar to submit vacation requests without having to log into Microsoft Dynamics AX directly.

Expense Management allows an information worker to easily create, submit and approve or reject expense reports in SharePoint, without having to log into Microsoft Dynamics AX directly.

Customer Journal enables a salesperson to take an offline InfoPath record of all pertinent customer information to a sales meeting, access that information from their desktop, revise that information as needed, then synchronize their changes in the Microsoft Dynamics AX or Microsoft Dynamics CRM system once they are back online.


Community resources

Microsoft Dynamics Snap for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sandbox
Microsoft Dynamics Snap for Microsoft Dynamics AX Sandbox
Microsoft Dynamics Snap-Ins blog
Message boards

Downloads

Microsoft Dynamics Snap Brochure

907 KB
Microsoft Word file

Microsoft Dynamics Office Integration WP

1.57 MB
Microsoft Word file


Related Links

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