Microsoft Connect Rocks!

Finally, a one-stop Internet venue to make suggestions to Microsoft. I have been waiting for Microsoft Connect to become a solid resource before I'd recommend it. It does require an Windows Live ID but that ID is easy to create and you can use it for all Microsoft public sites.

My Connect Dashboard looks like this:

In this screen shot you can see some of the Microsoft projects near and dear to my heart. First I am a beta tester for the Connect site and will remain so as we move forward. I'm also on the Dynamics Connect design team to make that experience as rich and full as possible.

A sub-forum called https://connect.microsoft.com/dynamics is now open to the public and something you might want to take a look at. I run the CRM customer suggestion triage team and we look at each suggestion that you the customer submits. The team consists of representatives from the dev, PM (program management), test, UE (user education), SE (support engineer) and marketing teams.

When you visit the Connect site and sign up for the Dynamics Connect portal, you will see this screen:

Here you can search for CRM only suggestions that have already been made and vote on the ones you think are really important. You can also create a new suggestion for the CRM triage to consider.

To search the list of suggestions for only CRM I use the keyword 'CRM' and I see this:

You can use the Microsoft Connect site for other Microsoft products too, especially if you are your company's expert on that program. We'd love to hear from you about your experiences with the new Connect site and any suggestions that you might have.