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BCM2003 and CRM compatibility
t_ashby 10/22/2008 12:36:05 AM
I have been using BCM2003 for several years now on XP32. For the most part I
have been happy with BCM and I have a lot of data that I don't want to throw
away. My company recently signed up for CRM3.0 and wants me to use it. I
won't go into any great details, but CRM is a very poor substitute (even
though it is very expensive) for BCM. It does however create a huge market
for consultants to make CRM as useful as BCM, so I guess it is good for the
economy.

Is there some way to get BCM2003 and CRM to co-exist in Outlook? Do I need
to upgrade to BCM2007? Is BCM even a viable product any more? I have not
seen any upgrades for a long time.
Re: BCM2003 and CRM compatibility
Luther <enowning[ at ]gmail.com> 10/23/2008 3:37:31 PM
On Oct 21, 5:36 pm, t_ashby <tas...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
[Quoted Text]
> I have been using BCM2003 for several years now on XP32.  For the most part I
> have been happy with BCM and I have a lot of data that I don't want to throw
> away.  My company recently signed up for CRM3.0 and wants me to use it.  I
> won't go into any great details, but CRM is a very poor substitute (even
> though it is very expensive) for BCM.  It does however create a huge market
> for consultants to make CRM as useful as BCM, so I guess it is good for the
> economy.
>
> Is there some way to get BCM2003 and CRM to co-exist in Outlook?  Do I need
> to upgrade to BCM2007?  Is BCM even a viable product any more?  I have not
> seen any upgrades for a long time.

My understanding is that the two are not compatible. I recall that CRM
had a tool migrate BCM data, but then you'd be expected to replace BCM
with CRM.

BCM hosted a group a BCM users this year, and I believe there will be
new version of BCM next year, but I'm speculating. I haven't seen a
press release explaining their future plans. You could try asking on
the BCM team's blog.
Re: BCM2003 and CRM compatibility
t_ashby 10/23/2008 4:55:18 PM
Can you please give me a link or info on how to get to the BCM team blog?

"Luther" wrote:

[Quoted Text]
> On Oct 21, 5:36 pm, t_ashby <tas...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I have been using BCM2003 for several years now on XP32. For the most part I
> > have been happy with BCM and I have a lot of data that I don't want to throw
> > away. My company recently signed up for CRM3.0 and wants me to use it. I
> > won't go into any great details, but CRM is a very poor substitute (even
> > though it is very expensive) for BCM. It does however create a huge market
> > for consultants to make CRM as useful as BCM, so I guess it is good for the
> > economy.
> >
> > Is there some way to get BCM2003 and CRM to co-exist in Outlook? Do I need
> > to upgrade to BCM2007? Is BCM even a viable product any more? I have not
> > seen any upgrades for a long time.
>
> My understanding is that the two are not compatible. I recall that CRM
> had a tool migrate BCM data, but then you'd be expected to replace BCM
> with CRM.
>
> BCM hosted a group a BCM users this year, and I believe there will be
> new version of BCM next year, but I'm speculating. I haven't seen a
> press release explaining their future plans. You could try asking on
> the BCM team's blog.
>
Re: BCM2003 and CRM compatibility
"Brad Covell" <brad.covell[ at ]vai.org> 10/23/2008 5:55:42 PM
http://blogs.msdn.com/bcm/


"t_ashby" <tashby[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:751DDA06-1874-4919-85DC-021E345677B1[ at ]microsoft.com...
[Quoted Text]
> Can you please give me a link or info on how to get to the BCM team blog?
>
> "Luther" wrote:
>
>> On Oct 21, 5:36 pm, t_ashby <tas...[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>> > I have been using BCM2003 for several years now on XP32. For the most
>> > part I
>> > have been happy with BCM and I have a lot of data that I don't want to
>> > throw
>> > away. My company recently signed up for CRM3.0 and wants me to use it.
>> > I
>> > won't go into any great details, but CRM is a very poor substitute
>> > (even
>> > though it is very expensive) for BCM. It does however create a huge
>> > market
>> > for consultants to make CRM as useful as BCM, so I guess it is good for
>> > the
>> > economy.
>> >
>> > Is there some way to get BCM2003 and CRM to co-exist in Outlook? Do I
>> > need
>> > to upgrade to BCM2007? Is BCM even a viable product any more? I have
>> > not
>> > seen any upgrades for a long time.
>>
>> My understanding is that the two are not compatible. I recall that CRM
>> had a tool migrate BCM data, but then you'd be expected to replace BCM
>> with CRM.
>>
>> BCM hosted a group a BCM users this year, and I believe there will be
>> new version of BCM next year, but I'm speculating. I haven't seen a
>> press release explaining their future plans. You could try asking on
>> the BCM team's blog.
>>


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