The 16th version of Microsoft Dynamics Convergence has come and gone and below are some numbers I have collected from various sources and speakers this week. Taken as a whole, these speak to the remarkable momentum Microsoft CRM (as well as Microsoft and Dynamics in general) is experiencing right now.
2,250,000:
1,000,000: Number of downloads of Windows 8 in the first 24 hours.
640,000: Microsoft Partners worldwide.
95,000: Microsoft employees worldwide (in 191 countries).
33,000: Microsoft CRM customers.
30,000: Microsoft employees engaged in engineering for the cloud.
10,000+: Estimated number of attendees at Convergence 2012; the largest crowd ever.
1,100: Approximate number of Solutions in the
1
60: Percent of Microsoft CRM customers in the last year that chose CRM Online.
30: P
30: Double-digit growth quarters for Microsoft CRM.
7 and 21: Placement of the Lotus F1 – Microsoft Dynamics branded cars (picture below) in this weeks Australian Grand Prix. Microsoft and Lotus
6: Number of Microsoft CRM
6:
5: Copies of data that exist for each CRM Online organization. These include your primary database, a synchronous snapshot database, two asynchronous copies made in the alternative data center, and daily backup to an offsite location.
4: Number of browsers supported with the next release of CRM. IE, Safari, Firefox, Chrome.
1: Number of Apple iPads used during Craig Dewar’s CRM General Session demonstration. He said it made him feel “a little dirty”, and he reminded everyone that there was a Windows Phone in his pocket. This was a first as far as I can remember and signals the Dynamics team’s true commitment to the ideal of CRM Anywhere. This is even more interesting because of the news this week that Microsoft was
by Customer Effective,