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CNP Product Overview











CNP Product Overview
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Features -

The info@hand Microsoft Outlook plug-in is available free of charge for all Info At Hand users. The Outlook plug-in utilizes the Info At Hand web services SOAP interface to integrate CRM functionality into Outlook. No server components or modifications are needed to use the plug-in. The plug-in is simply installed on each client PC or notebook that needs this capability, and enhances the Outlook client installed on that computer.

The info@hand plug-in offers the following functionality: 
 

  • Upload one or more selected Outlook mail items to the CRM  
    • Upload mail attachments along with the email contents 
      • Add new attachment files and associate with mail item prior to upload 
      • Display file size of the attachment 
      • Remove mail item attachments prior to upload
    • Edit or annotate the text subject and body of the mail item prior to upload
    • Automatic association of CRM Contacts to Email 
      • Create and make associations for new CRM Contacts
    • Associate a mail item with a parent CRM object 
      • Create new CRM objects for association 
  • Bidirectional synchronization of CRM and Outlook Contacts
    • No limitation on the number of users that can synchronize with Contacts
    • Contacts without email addresses can be synched
  • Bidirectional synchronization of CRM and MS Outlook Calendar
    • Option to auto-mark all future calendar items
    • Option to unmark calendar items that are in the past
    • Designate MS Outlook Appointment as a Meeting or Call
    • Meeting attendees are associated
  • Create new CRM objects and assign object metadata
    • Contacts
    • Accounts
    • Cases
    • Leads
    • Opportunities
  • Operated using either added toolbar buttons or Outlook menu system
  • Support for both HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)
  • Support for use with Proxy server/port
  • Support for access to secure URLs that require username/password access
  • Support for both uncompressed and compressed SOAP messages
  • Optional Auto-logon
  • Optional Auto-synchronization of marked Contacts and Appointments 

The info@hand Microsoft Outlook plug-in was designed for use with Outlook 2003 only.  It is not compatible with Outlook Express. Compatibility with Outlook 2007 is planned during the course of calendar year 2007.