How Dynamics 365 Sales Eliminates Friction Between Sales and Marketing Teams
Rosalinda Valenzuela
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Introduction
Let’s be honest: many companies experience operational conflicts between their Sales and Marketing teams. Both departments struggle with inconsistent data and chase conflicting goals.
Typically, the marketing team works incredibly hard to generate leads but doesn’t connect with what sales need to close deals. Once marketing passes these leads to Sales, the sales reps realize that some leads aren’t ready to buy or are completely irrelevant. This situation creates frustration, slows everything down, and reduces conversion rates.
Aligning sales and marketing with Dynamics 365 can address these disconnects by creating a shared data environment. This ensures both teams work from the same source of truth and move toward common business goals.
Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Sales might be the solution to this persistent problem. With built-in tools that support marketing and sales collaboration, D365 Sales helps unify efforts across departments—improving lead quality, accelerating deal velocity, and ultimately driving stronger business outcomes.
One Source of Truth
At the core of this seamless collaboration is a shared source of truth, the Dataverse. It’s the backbone for all Dynamics 365 apps, including Sales and Customer Journeys (formerly Dynamics 365 Marketing): no more spreadsheets flying back and forth or outdated CRM data. Everyone works from the same platform, which is essential for aligning sales and marketing with Dynamics 365.
Suppose a scenario where your sales rep needs to call a lead without context about who they are or what they want. Super awkward, right? With D365 Sales, they can see the lead’s entire history. Emails they’ve opened, surveys they’ve filled out, and visited pages. The conversation picks up naturally from where Marketing left off instead of making customers repeat everything they’ve shared.
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Seamless Lead Handoff
When a lead is hot, the handoff process is surprisingly seamless. Marketing can assign leads directly to specific sales reps with attached tasks, complete with deadlines and priority levels. Through customizable automated workflows, the system routes leads based on predefined criteria such as geographic territory, industry specialization, deal size potential, or even workload balancing among your sales team. Aligning sales and marketing with Dynamics 365 ensures these workflows stay coordinated, eliminating lead loss or delay.
Integration with Microsoft Teams
As the last puzzle piece, Dynamics 365 Sales integrates with Microsoft Teams for a complete powerhouse. Both departments can access Microsoft Teams directly from the Dynamics 365 platform, allowing them to collaborate in real-time. Whether discussing a specific lead or sharing insight on overall lead qualification, agents have the Teams app directly available—further strengthening marketing and sales collaboration through unified communication channels.
Further Reading: How Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Insights Empowers The Sales Teams
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Dynamics 365 Sales eliminates unnecessary friction between Sales and Marketing. Aligning sales and marketing with Dynamics 365 brings your departments together and inspires collaboration between agents. Contact us if you and your team want more details on Dynamics 365 Sales.
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