{"id":2228,"date":"2017-02-15T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/uncategorized\/enabling-the-modern-sales-team\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T18:23:12","slug":"enabling-the-modern-sales-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/retail\/2017\/02\/15\/enabling-the-modern-sales-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling the Modern Sales Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Evolve your business on your terms<\/h2>\n<div>Customer expectations are higher than ever before \u2013 and businesses need to know how to keep up. New developments in communications, mobility, and cloud services enable companies to engage with their customers in ways that were previously not possible. Microsoft harnessed many of these developments with Dynamics 365, and created a new generation of intelligent business applications that enable organizations to grow, evolve and transform to meet the needs of customers and capture new opportunities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Microsoft Customer Immersion Experience (CIE) is a unique event. It\u2019s an opportunity to gain insight into how Microsoft products like Dynamics 365 can help streamline and automate operations, saving companies time and money.<\/div>\n<p><strong>Durin<\/strong><strong>g this team-centric Immersion, <\/strong>you will experience how Microsoft services and devices help drive digital transformation in the workplace, collaborate better as a team, and drive more impactful customer engagements. 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