Xobni: an intelligent filter for your Outlook Contacts (free beta download)

Having Xobni in Outlook, I’ve noticed it’s starting to fundamentally change the way I view my Outlook contacts. It’s like a dynamic mini-dashboard for your e-mail contact history and metrics. The easy way to remember Xobni’s name is that it’s an anagram of the word Inbox. After installation, Xobni takes a few minutes to index [...]

New in CRM 4.0: using the CRM Outlook Client without a VPN connection

This is one of the neatest improvements to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, especially for all remote users. With the Internet Facing Deployment (IFD) mode configured on a CRM server, remote users can now access CRM within their Outlook without the requirement of a VPN connection back to the office. Navin at the Microsoft CRM Team Blog [...]