Sales

Sales

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Lead Management Capture, qualify, nurture, and disqualify leads with scoring and conversion to opportunities. Lead table in Dataverse with business rules, duplicate detection, Power Automate, and AI scoring.
Account Management Maintain organization-level customer data with hierarchy and rollups. Account table with parent/child relationships, rollup & calculated fields.
Contact Management Manage individuals linked to accounts with full activity history. Contact table with activity, opportunity, and relationship mappings.
Opportunity Management Track deals through stages, estimate revenue, and guide sales execution. Opportunity table with Business Process Flows (BPF), forecasting models.
Opportunity Products Manage line items and pricing for deals. Opportunity Product table linked to Product & Price List entities.
Quotes Create, revise, and manage customer quotes. Quote entity with revision control and workflow support.
Orders (Sales Orders) Manage confirmed sales transactions. Order table integrated with products, pricing, and ERP systems.
Invoices Record billing information post-order fulfillment. Invoice table with extensibility and ERP integration.
Activities Track emails, calls, tasks, appointments, and notes. Activity tables using Dataverse activity framework.

Productivity

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Sales Accelerator Streamline seller workflows using prioritized worklists and next best actions. Role-based worklists powered by Dataverse, AI signals, and sequences.
Sequences Automate repeatable outreach steps for sellers. Sequence engine with activity automation and Power Automate integration.
Email Integration Track emails and appointments within CRM. Server-side synchronization with Exchange Online.
Microsoft Teams Integration Collaborate on sales records within Teams. Embedded Teams chat using Graph APIs and Dataverse linking.
Outlook App Access and update sales data directly from Outlook. Dynamics 365 App for Outlook with contextual record tracking.

Product
&
Pricing

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Product Catalog Centralized product definitions across sales processes. Product table with unit groups and lifecycle states.
Price Lists Define pricing per market or customer segment. Price List and Price List Item tables.
Discounting Apply manual and automatic discounts. Pricing rules and calculated fields.
Multi-Currency Support Support global selling with currency conversion. Transaction Currency table with exchange rate management.

Sales
Insights
(Premium)

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Lead Scoring Prioritize leads based on AI-driven engagement and fit. AI models using Dataverse and Microsoft AI services.
Opportunity Scoring Predict deal win probability and revenue outcomes. Machine learning models embedded in opportunity forms.
Relationship Analytics Track relationship health using engagement data. Email, meeting, and activity signal analysis.
Conversation Intelligence Analyze sales calls for sentiment, keywords, and KPIs. Azure Cognitive Services with Teams/telephony integration.
Predictive Forecasting Forecast revenue using AI-based predictions vs manual rollups. Forecast configuration with predictive modeling.
Sales Forecasting Visualize pipeline, quotas, and commitments. Forecast tables with hierarchy, rollups, and security trimming.
Who Knows Whom Identify internal relationships to accelerate deals. Microsoft Graph relationship data analysis.

Collaboration
&
Documents

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
SharePoint Integration Store and collaborate on sales documents. Server-based integration with SharePoint Online.
Word Templates Generate documents like proposals using CRM data. Server-side Word templates bound to Dataverse tables.
Email Templates Standardize outbound sales communications. Activity templates stored in Dataverse.

Analytics
&
Reporting

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Dashboards Real-time visual summaries of sales data. Interactive dashboards using Dataverse views and charts.
Power BI Integration Advanced analytics and visual reporting. Native Power BI connector to Dataverse.
Personal Views & Charts Customized data views for sellers and managers. User-defined system views and charts.

Automation

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Business Process Flows Guide users through standardized sales stages. BPF engine layered on Dataverse tables.
Workflows Automate internal sales processes. Classic workflows and Power Automate flows.
Power Automate Trigger automation across M365 and third-party systems. Cloud flows using Dataverse connectors.

Mobility

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Mobile App Access CRM data on iOS and Android. Dynamics 365 mobile app with offline synchronization.

Extensibility

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Custom Entities & Fields Extend data model to meet business needs. Dataverse extensibility with custom tables and columns.
APIs & Integration Integrate with ERP, marketing, and external systems. REST APIs, Webhooks, Azure Service Bus, Dual-write.

Security
& Admin

Feature Functional Description Technical Description
Role-Based Security Control access by role and hierarchy. Dataverse security roles and field-level security.
Auditing & Compliance Track data changes for compliance. Dataverse auditing and Microsoft Purview integration.