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Microsoft CRM has built-in conversion tool, however you should probably first try third party conversion tool, such as Scribe.  It is relatively expensive and has bunch of importing capabilities, that you might never use and need.  Scribe allows you to map objects in source and target, when source is ACT! for example.  If you are just realized the need to load data into CRM – please research Microsoft CRM import tool and Scribe.