Microsoft unveils AI agents for sales

Microsoft unveils AI agents for sales, striking back at Salesforce
Microsoft announced two new AI agents for sales that double as a competitive response to Salesforce in an area where both companies are placing big bets.
Salesforce & Microsoft square off with new AI sales agents
While the solutions have a lot in common, Salesforce is getting closer to a "real" AI agent and offers more ways to customize. The post Salesforce & Microsoft square off with new AI sales agents appeared first on MarTech.
Microsoft Pitches New AI Agents As Ways To Leave Salesforce, CRMs
They connect to both Dynamics 365 and Salesforce, so sales reps can nurture and close deals without even opening their CRM,' says Jared Spataro, Microsoft CMO for AI at work. Microsoft appears to be clapping back at artificial intelligence business applications rivals,
Microsoft Eyes Salesforce Users with new AI Sales Agents in Copilot
Microsoft has announced two new AI sales agents for Microsoft 365 Copilot to help sales teams manage leads and close deals efficiently.
How Microsoft's new AI sales agents will help your team close deals faster
On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled Sales Agent, which can help sales teams close more deals faster by researching leads, setting up meetings, reaching out to customers, and even closing sales for low-impact leads, according to Microsoft's blog post. The agent uses the company's CRM, company data, and Microsoft 365 data to inform its responses.
Microsoft teases sales agent automation for M365 and Dynamics 365
Redmond says you could ask one for a 'list of deals ... at risk of falling through' Microsoft today announced two software agents that automate certain business functions for Dynamics 365, its enterprise resource planning and customer relationship suite,
Microsoft launches genAI sales agents, also focuses on finance and supply chain
The agents are part of Microsoft 365 Copilot and can be used to automatically generate and communicate with sales leads.
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