{"id":85479,"date":"2019-11-11T09:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dynamics-365\/blog\/?p=85479"},"modified":"2024-11-06T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T22:33:29","slug":"our-vision-for-the-microsoft-customer-data-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/dynamics-365\/blog\/business-leader\/2019\/11\/11\/our-vision-for-the-microsoft-customer-data-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Our vision for the Microsoft customer data platform"},"content":{"rendered":"
Empowering organizations everywhere to gain insight from all their data sources and deliver personalized customer engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n There is a fundamental change occurring across industries and organizations: Data now comes from everywhere and everything. As customers have access to more content, purchasing channels, and brand options than before, the touchpoints become exponential\u2014every website visit, use of a product, and interaction with a customer service representative creates an observation or generates data. But this data is often siloed across multiple systems and organizational departments, making it difficult to gain a single source of truth.<\/p>\n With such an overload of information and choices available, organizations must demonstrate they both understand and value their customers. To this end, we\u2019ve been working to bring customer experiences to the forefront of the business conversation\u00a0with a new set of intelligent applications with our\u00a0modern, unified, intelligent,\u00a0and adaptable business applications. Today, I\u2019d like to\u00a0dig into our vision and strategy for Microsoft\u2019s customer data platform\u2014a critically important investment from Microsoft. Specifically,\u00a0how it is helping organizations overcome data silos\u00a0and leverage artificial intelligence to guide decisions and empower organizations to\u00a0take meaningful actions\u00a0for their business.<\/p>\n Historically,\u00a0the customer interaction with a brand\u00a0ended the moment they completed the purchase and walked out the door\u2014limiting an organization\u2019s\u00a0understanding of why or how its customers are using\u00a0its products and services.\u00a0Dynamics 365 Customer Insights<\/a> enables organizations to gain the most comprehensive view<\/strong> of their customers by unifying data across diverse sources\u2014be it transactional, behavioral, or observational data\u2014as well as uniquely enriching profiles with market insights and real-time product usage.<\/p>\n From data analysts to marketing, sales, and service professionals, every employee in an organization can leverage AI-driven insights. <\/strong>These include churn risk, customer LTV, and recommended next best action, to power business processes across the customer journey that help boost personalization and build richer relationships.<\/p>\n The Microsoft CDP enables breakthrough experiences for customers while maintaining the strictest compliance and security standards so that all customer data is securely managed and adheres to GDPR regulations. Built on a hyper-scale Microsoft Azure platform<\/strong>, the application allows organizations to run powerful analytical capabilities using Microsoft AI and Azure-based machine learning models. Customer Insights can easily extend and customize<\/strong> with the Microsoft Power Platform for even richer data processing and customizations. Customers can benefit from the Microsoft partner ecosystem for development of custom applications and solutions to fit specific industry or business needs.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s look at a few organizations using our CDP to deliver business outcomes and rich customer experiences:<\/p>\nDynamics 365 Customer Insights: Microsoft\u2019s customer\u00a0data\u00a0platform<\/h2>\n
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Empowering organizations worldwide<\/h2>\n