CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between eMarketeer and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales . We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
eMarketeer
Source
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Destination
Compatibility
5 of 8
objects map 1:1 between eMarketeer and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
2-4 weeks
Overview
Moving from eMarketeer to Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales is a cross-category migration from a marketing automation platform into a full sales CRM. eMarketeer organizes around Contacts, Campaigns, Segments, and Flows; Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales uses Accounts, Contacts, Leads, Opportunities, and Activities. The primary migration axis is contact records and their engagement histories, but the structural differences in how each platform models campaigns, segmentation, and automation require deliberate mapping decisions. eMarketeer Segments use real-time criteria rules rather than static lists, so we snapshot current membership at migration time and create static audience lists in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales rather than attempting a live-linked segment. Campaign send history migrates as aggregated Activity records against the Contact, preserving open and click counts where the eMarketeer export exposes them. Flows, Forms, and Templates do not migrate as automation code; we deliver a written inventory of each for the customer's admin to rebuild using Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales automated flow capabilities or Power Automate.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Source platform
eMarketeer platform overview
Scorecard, SWOT, gotchas, and pricing for eMarketeer.
Destination platform
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales platform overview
Scorecard, SWOT, gotchas, and pricing for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Data migration guide
The complete Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales migration guide
Data model, import mechanisms, field mapping strategy, pitfalls, and cutover — by the engineers running it.
Destination checklist
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales migration checklist
Pre- and post-cutover tasks for moving onto Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a eMarketeer object lands in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales , including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
eMarketeer
Contact
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Contact
1:1eMarketeer Contact records map directly to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Contact. We map email, firstname, lastname, phone, custom properties, and lifecycle stage to standard Contact fields plus any custom fields created in the destination. Owner resolution is by email match against the Dynamics 365 User table. Any Contact without a matching User goes to a reconciliation queue for admin provisioning before record import. Lifecycle stage from eMarketeer is preserved in a custom field em_lifecycle_stage__c for segmentation and reporting continuity.
eMarketeer
Campaign
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Campaign
1:1eMarketeer Campaigns map to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Campaign. Campaign name, description, send date, and send status migrate. eMarketeer open and click engagement metrics per contact aggregate into CampaignMember activity records (Sent, Opened, Clicked status) rather than individual activity log entries. If the eMarketeer export exposes granular per-contact engagement timestamps, we create Task or EmailMessage records against the Contact for timeline continuity.
eMarketeer
Segment
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Marketing List
lossyeMarketeer Segments are defined by real-time criteria rules that re-evaluate continuously, not by static membership lists. This is a key mapping decision: we snapshot the current segment membership at migration time using the live criteria as of the export date, then create a static Marketing List in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales with those contacts pre-populated. Any segment that requires real-time re-evaluation post-migration requires the customer's admin to rebuild the criteria using Dynamics 365 Marketing dynamic list rules or Power Automate logic.
eMarketeer
Flow
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Sequence (manual rebuild documented)
1:1eMarketeer Flows use trigger-action logic with conditions, delays, and multi-step sequences. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Sequences (available from Sales Enterprise tier) provide cadence-based sales engagement but use a different trigger model. We do not migrate Flows as code. We audit each eMarketeer Flow during discovery, document its trigger type (contact lifecycle change, form submission, time delay, CRM event), conditions, actions, and recommended Dynamics 365 Sequence or Power Automate equivalent, and deliver this as a written inventory for the customer's admin to rebuild post-migration.
eMarketeer
Custom Property
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Custom Field on Contact or Account
1:1eMarketeer custom properties extend Contact and Campaign records with business-specific fields. Property types (text, number, date, dropdown, checkbox) map to equivalent Dynamics 365 field types. Enumerated values in dropdown properties require explicit value mapping to Dynamics 365 option set values. Default values are preserved in the field definition. Custom properties are discovered from the export during scoping because eMarketeer does not publish a public field registry; we include schema derivation time in the scoping phase and surface any unmapped fields before transformation begins.
eMarketeer
Engagement Activity
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Task, EmailMessage, or CampaignMember
1:manyeMarketeer tracks opens, clicks, unsubscribes, SMS sends, and form submissions per Contact per Campaign. We aggregate this history into Contact Activity records in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales . Opens and clicks with timestamps migrate as EmailMessage records linked to the Contact. Unsubscribe events migrate as a Contact preference update (HasOptedOutOfEmail = true) with the original timestamp preserved in a custom field em_unsubscribed_at__c. SMS send history migrates as Task records with TaskSubtype = SMS and content in the Description field.
eMarketeer
Event
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Campaign
lossyeMarketeer Events manage registrations and attendance tracking. Event name, date, location, and registration count map to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Campaign fields where applicable. Attendee registration lists migrate as CampaignMembers with AttendanceStatus populated. Custom event types and per-attendee check-in statuses require field-level mapping against the Dynamics 365 campaign schema and may need custom fields if the out-of-box fields do not capture the same granularity.
eMarketeer
Template
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Email Template (documentation only)
1:1eMarketeer email templates export as HTML blobs. We extract and deliver the HTML content and any dynamic field placeholders as a written reference document for the customer's admin to reconstruct in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales using the native Email Template editor or Dynamics 365 Marketing. Visual template editors with locked or proprietary components do not reconstruct identically; we flag any unsupported blocks and provide raw HTML for manual adaptation.
| eMarketeer | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact | Contact1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Campaign | Campaign1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Segment | Marketing Listlossy | Fully supported | |
| Flow | Sequence (manual rebuild documented)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Property | Custom Field on Contact or Account1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Engagement Activity | Task, EmailMessage, or CampaignMember1:many | Mapping required | |
| Event | Campaignlossy | Fully supported | |
| Template | Email Template (documentation only)1:1 | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
eMarketeer gotchas
Segment membership depends on real-time rules, not static lists
Flow automation triggers may not map 1:1 to destination platforms
Custom property schemas vary between accounts and lack a documented field registry
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales gotchas
Professional tier 15-table custom table limit blocks migrations
October 2024 pricing increase applies at renewal for all customers
Custom fields must be created in the UI before API writes
Power Platform request limits apply to bulk migrations
Activity records orphaned to inactive owners fail silently
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and schema derivation
We audit the eMarketeer account across contacts, campaigns, segments, flows, events, custom properties, and engagement history volume. Because eMarketeer does not publish a public field registry, we derive the full custom property schema from the live export during discovery. We pair this with a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales edition assessment: Sales Professional (€65/user/mo) covers basic CRM with static marketing lists; Sales Enterprise (€105/user/mo) is required if the customer uses Sequences, Copilot, or advanced pipeline forecasting; Sales Premium (€150/user/mo) adds Sales Insights and AI-powered data enrichment. The discovery output is a written migration scope, custom property map, and Dynamics 365 edition recommendation.
Segment snapshot and static list design
We identify all eMarketeer Segments and categorize them by criteria complexity. Real-time rule-based segments are snapshot at migration time: we execute the segment criteria against the live contact database, extract current membership, and prepare static Marketing List records for Dynamics 365. Segments with simple criteria are flagged for potential rebuild as Dynamics 365 Marketing dynamic lists post-migration. We deliver the snapshot membership as a contact ID list and a segment definition document describing the original criteria so the customer's marketing team can rebuild logic where appropriate.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales sandbox using production-equivalent data volume. The customer's RevOps lead reconciles record counts (Contacts in, Accounts in, Campaign members in), spot-checks 20-30 random records against the eMarketeer source, and reviews custom field values for accuracy. Any field mapping corrections, option set value mismatches, or engagement aggregation gaps surface here and are resolved before production migration begins. Sandbox validation typically takes one to two weeks depending on stakeholder availability.
Owner and User reconciliation
We extract every distinct eMarketeer Owner referenced on Contact, Campaign, and Engagement records and match by email against the Dynamics 365 destination org's User table. Owners without a matching User go to a reconciliation queue. The customer's Dynamics 365 admin provisions any missing Users, specifying active status for current team members and inactive status for departed users whose contact history must be preserved. Owner resolution must be complete before record import begins because Dynamics 365 requires a valid OwnerId on most standard object inserts.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Accounts (from eMarketeer Company equivalent, if present), Contacts (with OwnerId resolved and custom properties mapped), Leads (if a separate lead model exists in the destination), Campaigns (with send history and recipient list), CampaignMembers (with aggregated engagement status from eMarketeer opens and clicks), Engagements (Tasks, EmailMessages, and SMS records via Dynamics 365 API with batch chunking), Custom Properties (last if they reference Lookups to Contact or Account). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.
Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff
We freeze eMarketeer writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales as the system of record. We deliver the Flow inventory and Template HTML package to the customer's admin team with a written rebuild guide for each Flow. We support a five-business-day hypercare window where we resolve any reconciliation issues raised by the sales or marketing team. We do not rebuild Flows as Power Automate workflows or Dynamics 365 Sequences inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement or an internal admin task.
Platform deep dives
eMarketeer
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. All 8 core objects map 1:1 between eMarketeer and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across eMarketeer and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Object compatibility
All 8 core objects map 1:1 between eMarketeer and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
8-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
eMarketeer: Not publicly documented..
Data volume sensitivity
eMarketeer doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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