Where is my CRM online data?

Short answer, in a Microsoft datacenter located somewhere on planet earth.

Long answer, here's how you can know for sure:

• While signing up for CRM Online, you are signing up for a public cloud where your data is hosted in one of Microsoft's datacenters.
• The datacenter is determined by the region you're in. Here is a table that Microsoft has released for your reference. Courtesy Microsoft.

• This gives you an idea where your data will be hosted however, once you have provisioned your CRM online environment, your URL will clarify the region for you. See the below table for details. Courtesy Peak Engagement

• Now where is your CRM online data, really? Login to CRM online and navigate to https://.crm<4>.dynamics.com/home/home_debug.aspx
• Look for server name. The first 2 letters determine your data location.

Now I know, where my data is residing.

What's next in Dynamics CRM?

Want to know what's new in Dynamics CRM or what's in preview or in development? Microsoft makes this easy with the CRM Roadmap website.

Now keep yourself up-to-date!

Monthly bulletin on Dynamics CRM - August 2016

Here are a few things I thought are worth sharing this month:

Now you can backup and restore your CRM Online instances (for both production and sandbox). Microsoft has provided us the ability to perform backups on demand:  Backup and restore your CRM Online instance

FantasySalesTeam update 1.4.6 is now available. Microsoft has improved the process for Metric Feed. FantasySalesTeam update

Collect feedback and rate records in CRM Online and Dynamics CRM 2016. Collect feedback using the Feedback entity

New data type for CRM fields called Customer added in CRM Online. Now you can include the Customer data type in system and custom entities.

Mid week post: Power BI + Dynamics CRM

Here are 2 things I would like to highlight to you this week:

• SQLBI explains how many-to-many relationships in Power BI can be handled more efficiently now.

• Increase your data fetch speed from Dynamics CRM into Power BI by making a slight change to your Power BI query by Scott Sewell.

I don't want you to miss this awesome visual added to the Power BI visual gallery called Pulse Chart. Read more about it on Microsoft Power BI blog.

Monthly bulletin on Dynamics CRM - June 2016

Here are a few things I thought were worth sharing this month:

Microsoft has announced deprecation with Dynamics CRM Online 2016 Update 1 and Dynamics CRM 2016 Service Pack 1: Deprecation Announcement

Dynamics CRM Tip of the Day shows how you can use Agreements in Dynamics CRM Field Services: Agreements in Dynamics CRM Field Services

I wrote how you can embed Power BI tiles in Dynamics CRM: Embed Power BI tiles in CRM Online