Microsoft has released what it's calling its Early Adopters Program (EAP) Microsoft CRM 3.0 beta to certified partners and customers, as of this week. The beta is set to run until the first quarter of 2006, when Microsoft expects to release the final version of the CRM 3.0 code. Until recently, Microsoft officials had set they expected to RTM CRM 3.0 before the end of this calendar year. We're guessing general availability will be pushed back, too, most likely to the second quarter of next year.