Microsoft (AX, Dynamics 365, SharePoint) Salary and Insights for 2025

A Microsoft Dynamics CRM developer is someone who specialises in customising and extending the Dynamics CRM/ERP platform to meet the precise needs of the business. He should be an expert at adapting the capabilities of the system to provide solutions that are appropriate, effective and easy to use.

Primary Tasks

• Evaluating MS Dynamics ecosystems for optimization and automation potentials
• Customizing user interfaces and workflows
• Integrating Dynamics CRM with other systems
• Troubleshooting and improving system performance

In the case of a CRM/ERP solution, these developers are the real heroes as they are at the interface between complex technological functions and pragmatic business use.

Their work will help organisations use Dynamics CRM/ERP to better manage their operations and connect with customers and customers’ information. In other words, Dynamics developers are a necessary group if MS Dynamics plays a significant role in a company’s business functions.

MS Dynamics Developers Definition

The rates of failure for implementation of a CRM range between 18% and 63%. Hence, when implementing or migrating your Dynamics it is important to have a skilled team to help you avoid getting stuck in any issues.

It is vital to have people working with you who are skilled and willing to genuinely work with you to successfully complete a Dynamics implementation or migration projects.

Having the right skill sets, this includes a Microsoft Dynamics CRM developer, is one of the many factors in progressing a project.

SharePoint Development

In the case of SharePoint development, a good SharePoint Developer needs to know how to build custom solutions with features like workflows, understands the client-side technologies (AngularJS, React, etc), has strong analytical and detail-oriented skills, can work well with a team, and has experience with Agile or Scrum methodologies. Knowledge of SharePoint architecture and features such as document management, content types, security models, and collaboration tools are a bonus.

80 per cent of Fortune 500 companies use SharePoint, according to Microsoft, which illustrates the many multidisciplinary avenues that a SharePoint Developer can pursue.

Dynamics AX vs Dynamics 365

However, Dynamics AX, which had its origins in the 2002 release of Microsoft Dynamics, and was part of the Microsoft Dynamics family of ERP products predominantly used by midsize, large and global enterprises, was differentiated from Dynamics 365. In 2016, Dynamics 365 for Operations was released, as the successor product to the most recent version of Dynamics AX, and was subsequently renamed to Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations in 2017.

(The original Dynamics AX is no longer available to new customers and is considered ‘retired’.) Although the code may have changed, existing AX users can still buy additional licences under the new licensing model for Dynamics 365. Unlike the desktop Dynamics AX, Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations is a web- and cloud-based ERP offering, with greater end-to-end integration with the other applications in the Dynamics 365 suite, including CRM, which provides a more comprehensive, end-to-end business solution.