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Microsoft Unveils Cloud-Only Dynamics 365 Business App Platform Scheduled to launch in the fall, Dynamics 365 will offer customers an integrated, pay-as-you-grow platform that unifies the company's CRM and ERP ecosystem.

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Microsoft buys LinkedIn database for treasure trove of CRM contacts Microsoft purchased the LinkedIn database of professional contacts to augment its own Dynamics CRM system. But at $26 billion, that's a lot of money to flesh out CRM data.