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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Licenses - CoreGov

Core sales capabilities , including lead and opportunity management, product, price list, and order management, sales group management functionality. Also includes rights to Unified Service Desk, Microsoft Social Engagement, Voice of the Customer, Mobile Offline Sync, Gamification, and Microsoft PowerApps capabilities. https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/dynamics365/sales

Features

• Accounts and Contacts
• Activities and notes
• Dynamics 365 Mobile Client
• Microsoft Social Engagement
• Voice of the Customer
• Lead Management
• Opportunities
• Personal views; saved views
• Create, publish, configure knowledge base
• Unified service desk

Benefits

• Predictive analytics
• Automated lead scoring
• Personalised sales process
• Faster on-boarding of new people
• Greater reporting flexibility
• Identify high potential prospects
• Integrated collaboration means access to information faster

£2.27 to £2,268.58 a user a month

• Education pricing available

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

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Framework

G-Cloud 14

Service ID

256974211535291

Contact

Paul Saer
+44 (0) 207 626 0516
webenquiry@core.co.uk

Service scope

• Software add-on or extension: Yes, but can also be used as a standalone service
• What software services is the service an extension to: Dynamics 365 Enterprise Plan 1, Dynamics 365 Enterprise Plan 2
• Cloud deployment model:
  • Public cloud
  • Private cloud
  • Hybrid cloud
• Service constraints: Full details of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 service can be found here - https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=30185 and for Dynamics 365 Operations here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/#pivot=solutions&panel=solutions_operations
• System requirements:
  • Processor - 1.9GHz x86- or x64-bit dual core processor
  • Memory - 2-GB RAM
  • Display - Super VGA with a resolution of 1024x768
  • Bandwidth greater than 1Megabit per second (125 KBps/Kilobyte per second)
  • Latency under 150 ms
  • Windows 10 - Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge
  • Windows 8.1 - Internet Explorer 11
  • Windows 8 - IE10, Windows7 -IE10, IE12
  • Support for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Apple Safari
  • Further information can be found here - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh699710.aspx

User support

• Email or online ticketing support: Email or online ticketing
• Support response times: Response times are dependent on the request raised. For Managed Services tickets, the response times for different request types are listed in the Service Description document.
• User can manage status and priority of support tickets: Yes
• Online ticketing support accessibility: None or don’t know
• Phone support: Yes
• Phone support availability: 24 hours, 7 days a week
• Web chat support: No
• Onsite support: Yes, at extra cost
• Support levels: Depending on chosen products and services.
• Support available to third parties: Yes

Onboarding and offboarding

• Getting started: Microsoft Dynamics 365 makes available comprehensive guidance, help, training and troubleshooting materials as part of the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Service. Within the Administration Portal, there are links to many of the resources available, including:; Help articles for users and administrators who need to manage Microsoft Dynamics 365.; Community forums/wikis where help articles and white papers are published; Service Health dashboard for information regarding outages/issues.
• Service documentation: Yes
• Documentation formats:
  • PDF
  • Other
• Other documentation formats: Microsoft Word (.doc)
• End-of-contract data extraction: At any point user can export data from Microsoft Dynamics 365. This use the Software Development Kit (SDK), manually export data using the data export functionally.
• End-of-contract process: No more than 180 days after expiration or termination of Customer’s use of an Online Service, Microsoft will disable the account and delete Customer Data from the account. ; Transfer of Customer Data. Unless Customer has opted out of the Standard Contractual Clauses, all transfers of Customer Data out of the European Union, European Economic Area, and Switzerland shall be governed by the Standard Contractual Clauses. Microsoft will abide by the requirements of European Economic Area and Swiss data protection law regarding the collection, use, transfer, retention, and other processing of personal data from the European Economic Area and Switzerland. For more see http://trustoffice365.com/

Using the service

• Web browser interface: Yes
• Supported browsers:
  • Internet Explorer 11
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Firefox
  • Chrome
  • Safari
  • Opera
• Application to install: Yes
• Compatible operating systems:
  • Android
  • IOS
  • Linux or Unix
  • MacOS
  • Windows
  • Windows Phone
• Designed for use on mobile devices: Yes
• Differences between the mobile and desktop service: Dynamics 365 allows access and functionality to be provided via mobile devices with via a web browser or mobile application. The solution supports a model that only requires configuration to be carried once regardless of how the solution is accessed.
• Service interface: No
• User support accessibility: WCAG 2.1 A
• API: Yes
• What users can and can't do using the API: The Web API provides a development experience that can be used across a wide variety of programming languages, platforms, and devices. The Web API implements the OData (Open Data Protocol), version 4.0, an OASIS standard for building and consuming RESTful APIs over rich data sources. (Further details can be found here -https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/mt593051.aspx).; ; The web API is part of the Dynamics 365 Software Development Kit (SDK). The SDK contains a wealth of resources, including code samples, which are designed allow powerful vertical applications to be built using the Microsoft Dynamics 365 platform. It is a guide for developers writing solutions, server-side code, client applications and extensions, custom business logic, plug-ins, integration modules and custom workflow modules.
• API documentation: Yes
• API documentation formats: PDF
• API sandbox or test environment: Yes
• Customisation available: Yes
• Description of customisation: Microsoft Dynamics 365 is a highly customisable and flexible business application. The bulk of the customisations can be carried out without requiring custom development. This includes amending and creating new entities, forms, view and workflow processes. For cases that do require custom development, Microsoft provides a software developer kit (SDK).

Scaling

• Independence of resources: The service operates multiple scale groups in each data centre and automatically provisions new customers into a scale group. The architecture of scale groups is designed to meet the many needs of operating a service at scale, including security, scalability, performance, tenant isolation, serviceability, and monitoring. Each customer has their own individual database, separate from other customers’ databases. Data processing is logically segregated through capabilities specifically developed to help build, manage, and secure multitenant environments.

Analytics

• Service usage metrics: Yes
• Metrics types: Organization Insights provides quick view of key Dynamics 365 metrics such as the number of active users and page requests.
• Reporting types: Real-time dashboards

Resellers

• Supplier type: Reseller providing extra features and support
• Organisation whose services are being resold: Microsoft

Staff security

• Staff security clearance: Conforms to BS7858:2019
• Government security clearance: Up to Developed Vetting (DV)

Asset protection

• Knowledge of data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Data storage and processing locations: United Kingdom
• User control over data storage and processing locations: Yes
• Datacentre security standards: Complies with a recognised standard (for example CSA CCM version 3.0)
• Penetration testing frequency: At least once a year
• Penetration testing approach: In-house
• Protecting data at rest:
  • Physical access control, complying with CSA CCM v3.0
  • Physical access control, complying with SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
  • Encryption of all physical media
  • Other
• Other data at rest protection approach: For data at rest, the service deploys BitLocker with AES 256-bit encryption on servers that hold all messaging data, including email and IM conversations, as well as content stored in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business. BitLocker volume encryption addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned computers and disks. Your organization’s files are distributed across multiple Azure Storage containers, each with separate credentials, rather than storing them in a single database.
• Data sanitisation process: Yes
• Data sanitisation type: Deleted data can’t be directly accessed
• Equipment disposal approach: Complying with a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v.30, CAS (Sanitisation) or ISO/IEC 27001

Data importing and exporting

• Data export approach: Data can be exported from Microsoft Dynamics 365 through the Export to Excel feature and using web service APIs documented in the Dynamics 365 SDK. Data can also be exported using the data export service.
• Data export formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data export formats:
  • Data in various open formats be exported from Dynamics365
  • Use the web service APIs documented in Dynamics 365 SDK.
  • Files in XML Spreadsheet, TXT, CSV, XLSX
• Data import formats:
  • CSV
  • Other
• Other data import formats:
  • Data in various open formats be imported into Dynamics365
  • Use the web service APIs documented in Dynamics 365 SDK.
  • Files in XML Spreadsheet, TXT, CSV, XLSX

Data-in-transit protection

• Data protection between buyer and supplier networks:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • Legacy SSL and TLS (under version 1.2)
  • Other
• Other protection between networks: For data in transit, all customer-facing servers negotiate a secure session by using TLS/SSL with client machines to secure the customer data. This applies to protocols on any device used by clients, such as Skype for Business Online, Outlook, and Outlook on the web. See also http://aka.ms/Office365CE
• Data protection within supplier network:
  • TLS (version 1.2 or above)
  • IPsec or TLS VPN gateway
  • Other
• Other protection within supplier network: Please see http://aka.ms/Office365TI and http://aka.ms/Office365CE

Availability and resilience

• Guaranteed availability: http://www.microsoftvolumelicensing.com/Downloader.aspx?DocumentId=11675
• Approach to resilience: Please see http://aka.ms/Office365DR
• Outage reporting: The service reports outages via the service status portal https://portal.office.com/servicestatus/servicestatus.aspx, Alert or Mobile Application

Identity and authentication

• User authentication needed: Yes
• User authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password
  • Other
• Other user authentication: Modern authentication brings Active Directory Authentication Library (ADAL)-based sign-in to Office client apps across platforms, enabling sign-in features such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), SAML-based third-party identity providers with Office client applications, and smart card and certificate-based authentication. ; ; Cloud identity authentication - Users with cloud identities are authenticated using traditional challenge/response. ; ; Federated identity authentication - Users with federated identities are authenticated using Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 or other Security Token Services. ; ; MFA for the service - users are required to acknowledge a phone call, text, or an app notification on their smartphone after correctly entering their password. ; ; https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office-365-user-account-management.aspx
• Access restrictions in management interfaces and support channels: The service comes with a set of administrator roles that you can assign to users in your organization. Each admin role maps to common business functions, and gives those people permissions to do specific tasks the the service admin center.; ; https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/About-Office-365-admin-roles-da585eea-f576-4f55-a1e0-87090b6aaa9d?ui=en-US&rs=en-GB&ad=GB; ; https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Assign-admin-roles-in-Office-365-eac4d046-1afd-4f1a-85fc-8219c79e1504?ui=en-US&rs=en-GB&ad=GB
• Access restriction testing frequency: At least once a year
• Management access authentication:
  • 2-factor authentication
  • Identity federation with existing provider (for example Google Apps)
  • Username or password

Audit information for users

• Access to user activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long user audit data is stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months
• Access to supplier activity audit information: Users have access to real-time audit information
• How long supplier audit data is stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months
• How long system logs are stored for: Between 6 months and 12 months

Standards and certifications

• ISO/IEC 27001 certification: Yes
• Who accredited the ISO/IEC 27001: Lloyds Register
• ISO/IEC 27001 accreditation date: 15/04/2020
• What the ISO/IEC 27001 doesn’t cover: Not applicable
• ISO 28000:2007 certification: No
• CSA STAR certification: Yes
• CSA STAR accreditation date: 15/06/2020
• CSA STAR certification level: Level 1: CSA STAR Self-Assessment
• What the CSA STAR doesn’t cover: The CSA Star certification covers Microsoft Azure, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online. Services not delivered on these platforms are excluded from CSA Star certification.
• PCI certification: Yes
• Who accredited the PCI DSS certification: Coalfire Systems Inc
• PCI DSS accreditation date: 29/07/2021
• What the PCI DSS doesn’t cover: PCI DSS Certification is specifically for Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Azure hosted services, including OneDrive for Business and SharePoint Online. Services not delivered on these platforms are excluded from PCI DSS certification.
• Cyber essentials: Yes
• Cyber essentials plus: No
• Other security certifications: Yes
• Any other security certifications:
  • EU Model Clauses
  • EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
  • ISO 27018
  • SOC 1
  • SOC 2
  • FIPS 140-2
  • HIPAA/HITECH
  • CCSL (IRAP)

Security governance

• Named board-level person responsible for service security: Yes
• Security governance certified: Yes
• Security governance standards:
  • ISO/IEC 27001
  • Other
• Other security governance standards: FISMA/FedRamp, EU Model Clauses, HIPAA/HITECH, ISB 1596, ISO 27018, SASE16 SOC1 & SOC 2
• Information security policies and processes: The Microsoft Cloud Security Policy is available via the Service Trust Platform aka.ms/stp

Operational security

• Configuration and change management standard: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Configuration and change management approach: The service has developed formal standard operating procedures (SOPs) governing the change management process. These SOPs cover both software development and hardware change and release management, and are consistent with established regulatory guidelines including ISO 27001, SOC 1/SOC 2, NIST 800-53, and others. ; Microsoft also uses Operational Security Assurance (OSA), a framework that incorporates the knowledge gained through a variety of capabilities that are unique to Microsoft. OSA combines this knowledge with the experience of running hundreds of thousands of servers in datacenters around the world.
• Vulnerability management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Vulnerability management approach: In support of the Information Security Policy, the service runs multiple layers of antivirus software to ensure protection from common malicious software. Servers within the the service environment run anti-virus software that scans files uploaded and downloaded from the service for viruses or other malware. Additionally, all mails coming into the service run through the Exchange Online Protection engine, which uses multiple antivirus and antispam engines to capture known and new threats against the system. Microsoft has its own Security Response Center (MSRC) that also supplies information to all our customers covering the whole range Microsoft products.
• Protective monitoring type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example CSA CCM v3.0 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Protective monitoring approach: The service employs sophisticated software-defined service instrumentation and monitoring that integrates at the component or server level, the datacenter edge, our network backbone, Internet exchange sites, and at the real or simulated user level, providing visibility when a service disruption is occurring and pinpointing its cause. ; ; Proactive monitoring continuously measures the performance of key subsystems of the the service services platform against the established boundaries for acceptable service performance and availability. When a threshold is reached or an irregular event occurs, the monitoring system generates warnings so that operations staff can address the threshold or event.
• Incident management type: Conforms to a recognised standard, for example, CSA CCM v3.0 or ISO/IEC 27035:2011 or SSAE-16 / ISAE 3402
• Incident management approach: Please see http://aka.ms/Office365SIM

Secure development

• Approach to secure software development best practice: Independent review of processes (for example CESG CPA Build Standard, ISO/IEC 27034, ISO/IEC 27001 or CSA CCM v3.0)

Public sector networks

• Connection to public sector networks: No

Social Value

• Social Value:

  Social Value

  • Fighting climate change
  • Covid-19 recovery
  • Tackling economic inequality
  • Equal opportunity
  • Wellbeing

  Fighting climate change

  All Core solutions are hosted in the Microsoft Cloud platform, which is currently 79-93% more energy efficient than a traditional on premise datacentre. All Core staff are also issued with modern Energy Star rated laptop devices which typically consume 2/3 less electrical power than desktop computers.; ; Core runs no on premises IT infrastructure and all internal services are cloud-based, ensuring that all service compute is done using high efficiency hardware and powered by renewable energy. It reduces the demand for mined precious materials, manufacturing and road transportation impacts associated with acquiring and receiving private infrastructure, as well as overall energy consumption inefficiencies of running infrastructure that may not be being optimally utilised.; ; Core advocates and supports the adoption of Remote and Hybrid Working to reduce unnecessary travel and associated emissions, reduce our corporate office footprint and support flexible working practices for our teams. ; ; In early 2022, we completed an audit of all end user devices in use across the company and calculated the carbon footprint generated as they are used to deliver our business outcomes, and we are currently developing a program to not only offset this in a properly accredited scheme, but to provide offerings to support our customers and partners to be able to easily do the same. We use Greenly as our carbon management reporting platform to calculate and monitor our scope 1,2, and 3 emissions, and build custom action plans to work towards reduction. In the recent years, we have also contracted Oblong Trees to plant a tree for any existing employee and new starter.; ; Microsoft, with their commitment to reaching net zero emissions by 2030, will enable Core to become a net zero emissions organisation in the same timeframe.

  Covid-19 recovery

  Core changed our operational policies to protect our staff during the Covid 19 pandemic, and to help our customers to continue to build and develop services to support a hybrid workforce.; ; We provide solutions to help customers make the most of remote working, including the ability to support and manage services without having to travel to specific office locations. However, these solutions also seamlessly enable users to work in the office environment too.; ; This includes full collaboration and communication solutions and employee wellbeing platforms to ensure that staff are supported and included, regardless of their location.; ; Our solutions will help customers to continue to work with no impact on user productivity in the event of a future wave of Covid-19 causing health concerns or impacting travel or office attendance capability, such as lockdown or if a member of staff tests positive for Covid-19.

  Tackling economic inequality

  Core is a London Living Wage accredited employer, ensuring that our staff members are able to live and thrive in their life outside of work (Decent work and Economic Growth).; We are an inclusive employer, hiring people based on their talents and capabilities, regardless of any other factors (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core hires new entrants to the employee marketplace where possible, such as graduates, then trains and develops them to start their IT career journey with Core, building skills and experience (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Core’s hybrid working policy enables people who may have personal responsibilities such as care for children or other dependants who may not be suited to an environment where they have to attend an office on a daily basis (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core is continually hiring staff as our business grows and develops. We currently have open roles in both London and Gdansk, and every new contract, such as this one, secures existing employment and presents opportunities for us to continue to grow our team. (Decent work and Economic Growth); Core funds training and development of all staff and encourages involvement in programmes that enable us to continuously develop our technical acumen. (Decent work and Economic Growth); Every employee at Core has a vested stake in our business success, all qualifying post probationary employees participate in an Enterprise Management Incentive where they have an equity stake in the Core business (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Core’s employee benefits package includes Life Assurance and Private Healthcare coverage for the employee and the option of their immediate families at no cost to the staff member, other than the income tax liability (Good Health and Wellbeing).; Every member of permanent staff is enrolled in the company’s Pension Scheme (Decent work and Economic Growth).

  Equal opportunity

  We are an inclusive employer, hiring people based on their talents and capabilities, regardless of any other factors (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core hires new entrants to the employee marketplace where possible, such as graduates, then trains and develops them to start their IT career journey with Core, building skills and experience (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Core’s hybrid working policy enables people who may have personal responsibilities such as care for children or other dependants who may not be suited to an environment where they have to attend an office on a daily basis (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core funds training and development of all staff and encourages involvement in programmes that enable us to continuously develop our technical acumen. (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Every employee at Core has a vested stake in our business success, all qualifying post probationary employees participate in an Enterprise Management Incentive where they have an equity stake in the Core business (Decent work and Economic Growth).; Core’s employee benefits package includes Life Assurance and Private Healthcare coverage for the employee and the option of their immediate families at no cost to the staff member, other than the income tax liability (Good Health and Wellbeing).; Every member of permanent staff is enrolled in the company’s Pension Scheme (Decent work and Economic Growth).

  Wellbeing

  All Core permanent staff are entitled to 25 days annual leave per year, plus Public Holidays.; Core’s hybrid working policy enables people who may have personal responsibilities such as care for children or other dependants who may not be suited to an environment where they have to attend an office on a daily basis (Gender Equality and Reduced Inequalities).; Core’s employee benefits package includes Life Assurance and Private Healthcare coverage for the employee and the option of their immediate families at no cost to the staff member, other than the income tax liability (Good Health and Wellbeing).; Core conducts frequent Employee surveys, collecting feedback from our team on how the business can adapt or improve, internally or externally. We get good engagement from this process and all employee feedback is reviewed, discussed and implemented where appropriate. (Good health and Wellbeing)

Pricing

• Price: £2.27 to £2,268.58 a user a month
• Discount for educational organisations: Yes
• Free trial available: No

Service documents

• Pricing document

  PDF

• Skills Framework for the Information Age rate card

  PDF

• Service definition document

  PDF

• Terms and conditions

  PDF

Request an accessible format

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of these documents in a more accessible format, email the supplier at webenquiry@core.co.uk. Tell them what format you need. It will help if you say what assistive technology you use.