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These links take you to videos that are designed to help you get started, learn how to configure Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, and understand how features like reporting and workflow can make your staff more efficient.

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Get data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

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Set up Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online for your business

Set up your staff in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

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Video: Account basics

This video explains how accounts can help you keep track of the companies and organizations with which you do business. Length: 1:39 minutes

Video: Organize and track all your activities

This video introduces you to how to use activities to track interactions with customers and build a to-do list. Length: 2:20 minutes

Video: Getting started with campaigns

This video explains how campaigns can help you track your marketing efforts and their success. Length: 2:12 minutes

Video: Getting started with cases

This video explains how cases can help you know your customer and provide better customer service. Length: 2:53 minutes

Video: Understanding contacts

This video explains how contacts work in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and how you can use them to keep track of your critical information. Length: 2:04 minutes

Video: Improve customer service with contracts

This video introduces you to how contracts and contract lines can help you provide better customer service. Length: 2:18 minutes

Video: Basic customizations

This video provides a brief, high level overview of customization concepts and capabilities. Length: 2:03 minutes

Video: Cleaning up duplicate data

In this video, you learn how to import your data, and avoid the pitfall of having to spend time on repetitive data entry. Length: 3:09 minutes

Video: Move your data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

This video shows you how to import your data, such as lists of leads or contacts. Length: 3:13 minutes

Video: Getting started with leads

This video explains how you can use Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to keep track of and manage your sales leads. Length: 2:27 minutes

Video: Target the right customers with marketing lists

This video explains how you can use marketing lists to reach specific types of customers and increase the effectiveness of your marketing and sales efforts. Length:1:55 minutes

Video: Winning sales with opportunities

This video explains how Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online can help you keep track of all your opportunities and potential sales. Length: 1:40 minutes

Video: Working with quotes, orders, and invoices

This video explains how to manage quotes, orders, and invoices in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Length: 2:47 minutes

Video: Routing your work with queues

This video introduces you to queues in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and how queues can help you route and manage work. Length: 2:44 minutes

Video: Boost sales with a quick campaign

This video explains how a quick campaign can help you quickly reach a targeted audience and increase your sales. Length: 1:44 minutes

Video: Security and permissions: Why can't I do this?

This video introduces you to how security and permissions work in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online and answers some questions why you may not be able to do some tasks or access areas. Length: 2:14 minutes

Video: Simplify scheduling with services

In this video, you can learn how services can help you schedule service activities for your customers faster and more accurately. Length: 2:35 minutes

Video: Automate common tasks with workflows

This video explains how you can use workflows to improve your efficiency and the consistency of your customers' experience with your organization. Length: 2:53

Get data into Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Video: Importing customer data

In this video, you learn how to import your data, and avoid the pitfall of having to spend time on repetitive data entry: 3:09 minutes

Video: Using duplicate detection

This video guides you through the steps of how to run duplicate detection, and then merge or delete duplicate records. 3 minutes

Get data out of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Video: Using Advanced Find

In this video, learn the steps for running queries in Advanced Find, including entering the criteria, or fields, that will help you filter your search. Also, save your Advanced Find search results as a personal view that you can access any time you want. Length: 3:11 minutes

Video: Create a personal view

This video walks you through the steps for creating a personal view and saving it using Advanced Find. It includes how to set the criteria and how to define which columns are displayed. Length: 2:58 minutes

Reporting overview

Take a complete tour of using Advanced Find to find information, exporting data to Microsoft Office Excel to analyze it, using default reports, and creating your own reports by using the Report Wizard. Length: 15:39 minutes

Bulk data export overview

An open source, bulk export tool available for download gives you another method to export information out of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. This demonstration shows you how to download the tool and how to use it to export your information. Length: 7:15 minutes

Set up Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online for your business

Video: Basic setup to get started

On your first login to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Onlineyou will be prompted to choose the currency of choice for your business. This short video will help you make the right choice for your business. Length: 2:07 minutes

Video: Configure your system to meet your needs

Learn to configure the customer name display format, the language formatting, and the fiscal year settings in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Length: 2:21 minutes

Video: Set up your organization

Before you start using Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Online, it’s important to familiarize yourself with the system’s vocabulary to ensure it is compatible with yours. This includes, for example, determining and defining the difference between accounts, clients, contacts, and leads. This video shows you how. Length: 5:06 minutes

Video: Intermediate Configuration

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Onlineoffers flexible, powerful configuration capabilities to tailor the system to your needs. Learn more with this video. Length: 7:23 minutes

Customization overview

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is a customizable solution for your business. This demonstration walks you through how to customize existing entities to fit your operations, and how to create your own entities. Length: 13:00 minutes

Entity relationship overview

In addition to customizing entities, you can also customize the relationships between entities in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. This video shows you how. Length: 11:00 minutes

Configuring data duplication settings

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online has data duplication functionality to keep unnecessary and redundant information out of the system. This demonstration covers how to configure the data duplication settings for your business as well as how to run duplicate detection jobs. Length: 08:27 minutes

Set up your staff in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

Video: Setting up business units

Learn the step-by-step procedure to configure to define the business structure of your organization. Length: 2:04 minutes

Add new users

Adding new users to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online is a straightforward process. This presentation shows you what information you will need, and walks you through the steps of adding new users to the system. Length: 06:45 minutes

Video: Add Personnel to Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

This video walks you through the steps of adding your personnel with their Windows Live ID, and then sending invitations to them to join. Length: 2 minutes

Working with security roles

This demonstration steps your through maintaining security roles in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Learn how to create and modify security roles and privileges for your organization. Length: 09:58 minutes

How to implement territory management

This video walks you through the steps of creating and managing sales territories for your sales team. Length: 10 minutes

Other Video Resources

Demo videos from the Microsoft Sales Team

The Microsoft sales team has developed a library of longer videos that demonstrate areas of Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online that you may find useful for understanding end to end scenarios.