Dynamics CRM 3.0 - August 2007 Virtual PC Image - Silverlight, WP7, .NET, C#, ASP.NET MVC

Dynamics CRM 3.0 - August 2007 Virtual PC Image

2 comments|Posted on August 17th, 2007

We've been waiting for some time to get the new Dynamics CRM 3.0 Virtual PC Image. We can download it now on: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Virtual PC Demonstration - August 2007 Release What's in this Release?

Windows 2003 R2 SP2
SQL Server 2005
Internet Explorer 7
Office Professional Plus 2007
Office Sharepoint Server 2007
Dynamics CRM 3.0 (V3C, Rollup 2)
Dynamics CRM Laptop and Desktop client
Dynamics CRM SDK
Dynamics Web Parts
Visual Studio 2005
Windows Desktop Search 3.01
POP3 Services (no Exchange)

Hmm reading this. What about Visual Studio 2005? What's the use of it, development for Dynamics CRM 3.0 needs to be in .NET 1.1. I know it is possible to use Visual Studio 2005 to target to .NET 1.1 but it isn't that easy. I'm going to download the image as soon as possible and maybe add some comments to this post as part of it.

Chris August 24th, 2007 at 16:32
Hey Mark, have you used CRM for any projects? <a href=" http://www.ayende.com/Blog/archive/2007/08/24/Developing-on-Microsoft-CRM.aspx" rel="nofollow">Ayende</a> seems to be going negative on the platform. We start training on CRM 3.0 this monday and I'm not very excited. Just wondering if anyone else out there is using it and has an opinion on the platform.
Mark Monster August 24th, 2007 at 19:37
Hey Chris,

I've used CRM for some projects. I think development isn't very difficult but the environment isn't exactly what I like it to be. If your customer wants to have a Customer Relationship Management system Dynamics CRM could be a interesting solution. It can be customized very easy. But I should say, start with Proof of Concepts. Dynamics CRM is customizable but to some extend.

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