A potential client want Crm Hosted Service
A potential client has a scenario whereby they want a UK installation of CRM
on SBS but they also want the US site to integrate into it. What would you
recommend - a server on each site, a hosted service or one server with a fast
link between the two. Any experience of this out there ??
It might be a good idea to investigate using something like BizTalk or
Scribe Insight to set up an integration piece between the two servers.
On the other hand, if you are really looking for management reporting data,
then you might consider rolling up summary data into a database to report
on.
You will find that with SBS your options are a little limited as you will not be
able to setup remote connectivety between the sites that takes advantage of a
trust between the Domains.
If they truly need the sites to "integrate", that could take some effort and
cost. Especialyl since to replicate users between the 2 installs would require
double licenses. Otherwise, you lose ownership information on the objects.
There just aren't any "good" solutions to this at this point with CRM 1.x.