Flexible Deployment Options for Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM

Microsoft Dynamics 365, Microsoft Solutions
Aug 12, 2024

Organizations now are adopting Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM to enhance customer engagement, boost productivity, and drive growth.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 helps enhance your business performance with a range of tools and service features along with artificial intelligence, automation, data analytics, and reporting.

Though Microsoft offers the flexibility to deploy Dynamics to suit your organization’s needs, the challenge lies in choosing the right deployment option from the many available.

As an experienced Dynamics 365 implementation partner, IAX DYNAMICS helps you choose the right deployment option to optimize customize service operations and increase sales growth.

Our Dynamics 365 consultants will help you choose the right hosting option after a comprehensive business analysis. This enables you to make the most out of the CRM to enhance customer relationships and improve sales.

Here are the Dynamics 365 CRM deployment options:

Cloud-based (SaaS) deployment
On-premises deployment
Hybrid deployment
Public Cloud
Private Cloud
Partner-hosted deployment

Cloud-Based Deployment

Dynamics 365 CRM can be deployed in the cloud. This allows organizations to use the application over the internet. In cloud deployment, the CRM is hosted on Microsoft servers, instead of hosting on-premises.

As CRM is accessible online, users can access it from any part of the world using their laptops or mobile devices. This deployment option provides numerous benefits:

Scalability: Cloud deployment enables businesses to scale up or down to meet changing business needs.
Automatic updates: Microsoft manages updates automatically. This ensures that you will have access to the latest features and security patches, without any manual assistance.
Access on the go: Users can access CRM from anywhere, at any time, and on any device over the internet.

Additional benefits include reduced IT costs, lower upfront costs, quicker deployment, improved security, and real-time collaboration.

On-Premises Deployment

On-premises deployment refers to the process of deployment of Dynamics 365 CRM on the organization’s own servers, i.e., within the organization’s premises. This allows organizations to have complete control over their data.

Organizations that prioritize data security can choose on-premises deployment. Here are some key benefits of choosing on-premises deployment option:

Control over data: Organizations can have complete ownership and authority over their business and customer data.
Security: Organizations can adopt their own security measures, according to specific requirements to safeguard data.
Customization: You can customize the CRM as per your business needs.
Flexibility: On-premises deployment provides the flexibility to choose the hardware and infrastructure that best suits the organization’s needs.

Hybrid deployment

Hybrid deployment offers the benefits of both cloud and on-premises hosting. This approach allows organizations to deploy selected modules of the CRM system in the cloud and the other modules on-premises.

Here are some of the benefits of the Hybrid deployment

Flexibility: You can decide which components to deploy in the cloud and which to keep on-premises, based on your business preferences.
Data control: Maintain full control over sensitive business data by keeping it on-premises, while leveraging cloud security for other data.
Cost-effectiveness: Hybrid deployment can be more cost-effective compared to full cloud or on-premises deployment, as organizations only need to pay based on their actual usage.

Public Cloud

Dynamics 365 CRM public cloud deployment refers to the hosting of the CRM on Microsoft’s public cloud platform, Azure. This sort of hosting offers numerous benefits.

High security: MicrosoftAzure offers strong security features like data encryption, firewalls, and access controls, to ensure the protection of business data.
Scalability: Businesses can scale the system up or down to match your organization’s changing needs.
Reliability: Azure offers various cloud features such as security, backup, and disaster recovery solutions to ensure your data is always safe.
Cost-effectiveness: Public cloud hosting eliminates the need for upfront hardware and infrastructure investment.
Automatic updates: System updates are automatically managed by Microsoft, eliminating the need for spending on maintenance and updates.
Advanced Analytics: In the public cloud hosting, organizations can access advanced analytics which helps them gain insights into business performance and customer trends.
Integration: Easy integration with Microsoft products is possible.

Partner-hosted

In this hosting approach, a Microsoft partner hosts and manages the CRM application on the cloud infrastructure or on their own servers. This offers customized solutions and support, tailored to meet the specific needs of the organization.

Rely on the expertise of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Partners

You are now aware of the various Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement deployment options. However, choosing the right option requires expertise, and Microsoft partners can help you with the selection.

After a detailed study IAX DYNAMICS provides a detailed picture of the most suitable hosting option for your business. As a Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM implementation partner, our consultants guide you from choosing the best hosting option to implementation, customization, integration, support, and training.

Connect with our professionals now to learn more about the Dynamics 365 CRM hosting options.

FAQ Section

What are the benefits of Dynamics 365 cloud-based deployment?

Cloud-based deployment provides scalability, automatic updates, access on the go, reduced IT costs, lower upfront costs, quicker deployment, improved security, and real-time collaboration.

2. What are the various types of deployment options for Dynamics 365?