This is an exciting update and we are looking forward to our first hands on training next week
Good news is that Windows Update is now being used to deliver CRM 2011 updates
To get an early insight into some of the great new features take a look at the Channel 9 videos e.g.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/girishr/CRM-2011-User-Experience-with-Rich-Dickinson
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/girishr/CRM-2011-Online-Reporting-with-Abhijit-Gore
Abhijit Gore is the Program Manager for Cloud Reporting within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. He discusses the enhancements made in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online to deliver custom reporting for customers, and support ISVs who want to include their own reports as part of their cloud-based solutions
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/girishr/CRM-2011-Developer-Overview-with-Andrew-Bybee
Andrew Bybee is a Principal Program Manager in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, where he leads a team that has developed many of the features that developers will find most useful. In this video, he discusses ways in which developers can build solutions in the cloud, taking advantage of the Azure infrastructure, as well as coding on the server with an improved solution framework, and then making their solutions available on the new Microsoft Dynamics Marketplace.
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/girishr/CRM-2011-Data-Visualizations-with-Siddhartha-Rai
(Siddhartha Rai is the Program Manager for Business Intelligence within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. He helped design and build one of the most exciting new features areas in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011: Inline data Visualization. This introduces a new generation of dashboards that can be built by line managers on the fly and used to drill through their data.)
http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/girishr/CRM-2011-Workflows-and-Process-Center-with-Steve-Kaplan
Steve Kaplan is the Program Manager for the new Process Center within Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011. He discusses the work that has gone into creating the Process Center, including significant upgrades to how workflow is handled in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, as well as the new Dialogs feature that intelligently guides people through completing the appropriate steps when working on a task.
And there are lots more…….