Salesforce CRM apps coming to Windows and Windows Phone

Summary: Salesforce and Microsoft have agreed to tighten ties between Salesforce's CRM apps and platform and Microsoft's Windows and Office.


Salesforce.com is building new Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.1 CRM apps, and integrating its CRM technology more tightly with Office and Office 365.



Microsoft and Salesforce officials announced terms of their new partnership on May 29, hours after a Bloomberg report noted that the two were collaborating on a partnership involving Microsoft's Azure cloud.


Based on the Microsoft press release, it doesn't look like Azure ended up being part of the package -- other than possibly indirectly.


But the pair did announce the following deliverables:


Salesforce1 for Windows and Windows Phone 8.1. A preview is planned to be available in fall 2014 with general availability in 2015. Salesforce for Office 365 interoperability. Users will be able to 'access, share, edit and collaborate on Office content from within Salesforce and on Salesforce1 using Office Mobile, Office for iPad and Office 365.' They also will be able to access OneDrive for Business/SharePoint Online for storage options. A new Salesforce app for Outlook Integration enabling Salesforce data to be connected to Excel and Microsoft's Power BI for Office 365 (Developing story. More to come.)

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