CRM migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Maple CRM and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales . We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Maple CRM
Source
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Destination
Compatibility
9 of 9
objects map 1:1 between Maple CRM and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
4-6 weeks
Overview
Moving from Maple CRM to Microsoft Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales is a platform replacement for a vertical immigration and education consultancy use case. Maple CRM models its core process as Cases (Application, Review, Submission, Approval, Denial/Appeal) linked to Clients and tracked with stage-specific documents; Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales uses the Opportunity object with configurable Sales Processes and stage values that we map from the Maple Case lifecycle. We resolve parent-record dependency order (Client before Case before Document), migrate quotation and invoice line-item data to Dynamics Quotes and Orders, and preserve Support Request records as Cases with priority and status intact. Workflow automations, agreement templates, and SLA/TAT escalation rules are not API-exportable from Maple CRM; we deliver a written inventory of every active automation and template for your admin to rebuild in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales or Power Automate post-migration. The minimum 10-user license floor in Maple CRM often maps to a lower total seat cost in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Professional ($65/user/month) for teams that do not need the full immigration-specific feature set.
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
Maple CRM platform overview
Scorecard, SWOT, gotchas, and pricing for Maple CRM.
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 Maple CRM 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.
Maple CRM
Client
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Contact (with Account)
1:1Maple CRM Client records map to Salesforce-style Contact attached to an Account. The Account is created from the Client record (using firm/organization name as Account Name) before Contact migration so that AccountId is available at Contact insert time. Individual applicant clients without a firm organization map to an Account named after the client's full name. Nationality, passport data, and address fields map to Contact standard fields or custom fields on Contact.
Maple CRM
Case
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Opportunity
1:1Maple CRM Cases map to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Opportunity. The Case stage progression (Application, Review, Submission, Approval, Denial/Appeal) maps to a configured Sales Process with matching stage values. We pre-create the Sales Process and its stage whitelist during schema setup, then map each Maple Case stage string to the corresponding Dynamics stage name and probability percentage. ClientId on Case resolves to ContactId on Opportunity at migration time.
Maple CRM
Document
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Note (SharePoint Integrated)
1:1Maple CRM Documents attached to Cases or Clients migrate as Dynamics 365 Notes with file attachments. Document type (passport, proof of funds, visa application) maps to a custom Note field or tag; upload timestamp maps to CreatedOn. If the destination org uses SharePoint integrated document management, we map Documents to SharePoint locations tied to the Contact or Opportunity record, preserving folder structure where the source exposes it.
Maple CRM
Lead
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Lead
1:1Maple CRM Lead records with intake form data from initial inquiry map directly to Dynamics 365 Lead. Jurisdiction-specific intake fields (IRCC-relevant fields for Canada) map to custom Lead fields; jurisdiction labels and validations are not preserved and must be reconfigured as field validation rules in Dynamics post-migration. Lead source and assigned executive map to standard Lead fields.
Maple CRM
Quotation
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Quote
1:1Maple CRM Quotation Builder records map to Dynamics 365 Quote. Line items, pricing, and status migrate as QuoteLineItems. The Quote PDF itself is not migrated; only the underlying data record transfers. Quote status (Draft, Sent, Accepted, Lost) maps to the Dynamics Quote status field. If the customer uses the Opportunity-linked Quote pattern, we associate Quote to the Opportunity resolved from the original Quotation context.
Maple CRM
Invoice
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Order (or Invoice entity)
1:1Maple CRM Invoice records with line items, amounts, payment terms, and outstanding balance map to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Order. If the destination org has Finance modules or uses the Invoice entity in Service Cloud, we map to Invoice instead. Historical paid invoices retain their paid status; outstanding balance and payment due date migrate as Order or Invoice fields. We do not migrate payment gateway transaction records.
Maple CRM
Agreement (Contract/AMC)
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Contract
1:1Maple CRM Agreement records linked to Clients migrate as Dynamics 365 Contract records. Service terms, renewal dates, and pricing map to Contract fields (Contract Term, Start Date, End Date, Annual Invoice Amount). Renewal scheduling must be reconstructed as a Power Automate flow or Dynamics workflow post-migration. Note: agreement template definitions are not API-exportable; we migrate rendered agreement records and document the template structure for manual rebuild.
Maple CRM
Support Request
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Case
1:1Maple CRM Support Request records migrate to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Case (or Customer Service Case if Service Cloud is in scope). Status, priority, assignee, and timestamps migrate directly. TAT tracking data and escalation SLA rules are platform-specific configurations that cannot be exported; we document the existing SLA tiers and escalation queue structure so the customer's admin can rebuild entitlement processes and SLA definitions in Dynamics 365 Service.
Maple CRM
User / Staff
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
User
1:1Maple CRM user accounts with role-based access control export with role and team assignment. We match users by email against the destination Dynamics 365 org's User table. Any Maple CRM user without a matching Dynamics User goes to a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record migration resumes. HR data (compensation, PTO) is not stored in Maple CRM and does not migrate.
| Maple CRM | Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Client | Contact (with Account)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Case | Opportunity1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Document | Note (SharePoint Integrated)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Lead | Lead1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Quotation | Quote1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Invoice | Order (or Invoice entity)1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Agreement (Contract/AMC) | Contract1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Support Request | Case1:1 | Fully supported | |
| User / Staff | User1:1 | 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.
Maple CRM gotchas
Workflow automations have no migration path
Minimum 10-user license enforced at signup
Agreement templates are not API-exportable
Support Request SLA/TAT rules do not migrate
Intake form data is tightly coupled to immigration jurisdiction
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 data profiling
We audit the source Maple CRM instance across all tiers, documenting the full object inventory: Client count, Case volume, document attachment count and total size, quotation history, invoice records, Support Request queue depth, and active user count. We profile data quality: duplicate Clients, Cases with missing Client linkage, incomplete passport or address fields, and stale Support Requests. We extract the active workflow automation list from the customer during discovery. The discovery output is a written migration scope, record-count estimate, and a pre-migration data quality report identifying records that need cleansing or archiving before migration.
Schema design and Sales Process configuration
We design the destination Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales schema. This includes creating the Account and Contact objects (with Client mapped to Contact under Account), provisioning the Opportunity object with a custom Sales Process matching the Maple Case stage progression, creating custom fields for jurisdiction-specific data (nationality, passport number, IRCC file number), and configuring Record Types if the customer manages multiple visa types. We deploy schema to a Dynamics 365 Sandbox for validation before production migration begins.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into a Dynamics 365 Sandbox using production-like data volume. The customer's operations lead reconciles record counts (Clients in, Contacts in, Cases in, Opportunities in), spot-checks 25-50 random records against the Maple CRM source, and validates the Sales Process stage mapping. Any document attachment metadata errors, parent-record resolution failures, or field mapping corrections happen in the Sandbox phase. We do not proceed to production until the customer signs off on the Sandbox reconciliation report.
Owner reconciliation and User provisioning
We extract every distinct Maple CRM user referenced on Client, Case, Support Request, and document records and match by email against the Dynamics 365 destination org's User table. Users without a matching Dynamics User go to a reconciliation queue. The customer's Dynamics admin provisions any missing Users (active or inactive depending on whether the original Maple CRM user is still active). Migration cannot proceed past this step because OwnerId references are required on most standard objects in Dynamics 365.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Users (validated), Accounts (from Maple Clients), Contacts (with AccountId resolved), Leads (from intake forms), Opportunities (with ContactId, OwnerId, and Sales Process resolved), Documents (as Notes or SharePoint attachments linked to parent Contact or Opportunity), Quotes (with line items), Orders/Invoices (from Maple Invoice records), Contracts (from Maple Agreement records), Support Requests (as Cases with status and priority preserved). Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins. We use Dynamics 365 Dataverse API with batch processing and exponential backoff for large record sets.
Cutover, validation, and automation rebuild handoff
We freeze Maple CRM 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 Workflow Automation and Agreement Template inventory document to the customer's admin team, listing every active automation rule and template with its trigger, conditions, actions, and a recommended Power Automate or Dynamics workflow equivalent. We support a one-week hypercare window for reconciliation issues raised by the migration team. We do not rebuild Maple CRM automations as Power Automate flows inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement or an internal admin task.
Platform deep dives
Maple CRM
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard CRM migration. All 8 core objects map 1:1 between Maple CRM and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Maple CRM and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales .
Object compatibility
All 8 core objects map 1:1 between Maple CRM 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
Maple CRM: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Maple CRM 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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