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In the short term, companies that 'live' in Teams but use Salesforce as a primary SFA tool are likely to find Microsoft Viva Sales attractive -- or at least want to explore it. But Microsoft's going to need to show, with clear examples, how the additional cost of Viva Sales justifies what a standard Teams CRM integration doesn't deliver. More clarity on how LinkedIn fits into the whole picture would be helpful, as well.
With AI, Microsoft Viva Sales ports Teams and Outlook 365 data to CRM applications including Salesforce, which is also racing to better use Slack, Teams data.