Independent enterprise technology-change research

PT-2026-084 · dossier edition · 23 July 2026

PlatformTrace

Enterprise platform migrations, examined in public.

enterprise application migration · Completed CRM and marketing-platform transition · High confidence

Sony Europe replaces Salesforce and Marketo with Dynamics 365

Sony Europe moved sales and marketing operations from Salesforce and Marketo to Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Insights.

Organisation
Sony Europe
Predecessor
Salesforce, Marketo and fragmented regional CRM and marketing processes
Destination
Dynamics 365 Sales, Customer Insights and Power Platform
Workload
European sales, marketing, customer journeys and more than 100 forms across seven languages
Stage
Completed CRM and marketing-platform transition
Retirement status
The marketing platform was decoupled from the new production environment; a complete country-by-country retirement inventory is not published.
Confidence
High
Next trigger
A country-by-country completion statement or later regional platform expansion.
Evidence boundary: The source supports Dynamics 365 Sales adoption beginning in March 2025 and Customer Insights – Journeys production go-live on 30 September 2025. It does not enumerate every country, business unit or residual legacy component.

Programme context

Sony Europe moved sales and marketing operations from Salesforce and Marketo to Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Insights.

Why this matters: The record identifies a named organisation, an explicit predecessor and destination platform, and a bounded workload and lifecycle stage.

Migration timeline

Date or stageMilestoneWhat changedEvidence status
March 2025Migration milestoneDynamics 365 Sales adoption began.Source-stated date
30 Sep 2025Migration milestoneCustomer Insights – Journeys entered production and was decoupled from the legacy marketing platform.Source-stated go-live
1 Jun 2026Migration milestoneMicrosoft published the current customer account.Dated primary evidence

Workload migration matrix

WorkloadPredecessorDestinationStatus by 23 Jul 2026
European sales, marketing, customer journeys and more than 100 forms across seven languagesSalesforce, Marketo and fragmented regional CRM and marketing processesDynamics 365 Sales, Customer Insights and Power PlatformCompleted CRM and marketing-platform transition

Implementation and architecture

  • More than 100 forms were rebuilt across seven languages.
  • Power Platform supported the operating model and extensions.
  • Regional completion is bounded to the scope described by Sony Europe.

Known unknowns and contradictions

  • The complete country and business-unit rollout inventory.
  • Any residual Salesforce or Marketo components outside the stated scope.
  • Formal retirement dates for every regional legacy component.

No missing fact is inferred to broaden the source-supported migration claim.

PlatformTrace analysis

The source supports Dynamics 365 Sales adoption beginning in March 2025 and Customer Insights – Journeys production go-live on 30 September 2025. It does not enumerate every country, business unit or residual legacy component.

Performance, cost, uptime and operational outcomes remain attributed source claims unless independently stated otherwise.

Evidence ledger

  1. Microsoft customer story, 1 June 2026

    Sony and Microsoft identify Salesforce and Marketo as predecessors, the Dynamics 365 target, March 2025 sales adoption and 30 September 2025 journeys go-live.

Approval: Issue #47 standing-authority publication queue.

Corrections and updates

23 July 2026 — Initial Verified dossier published from the complete five-lane overnight intake and corrected central adjudication. Later milestones will be appended rather than silently replacing this state.