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April, 2011

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    Hey Canadian partners please come visit me in Toronto at Virtual Launch Event May 11th.

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    I'll be there in person but you can also view online.  We invite all Canadian technology partners for Microsoft Dynamics GP to view this virtual launch from the comfort of their home or office. Watch Neil Tanner, Vice-President, Small Business, Midmarket Solutions & Partners, Microsoft Canada and Errol Schoenfish, Director of Product Management, Microsoft Corporation, launch Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 and discuss the importance of Microsoft Dynamics GP in Canada today and in the future.

     Agenda 

    2:00 – 3:00 pm Microsoft Dynamics GP in Canada 

    Neil Tanner, Vice-President, Small Business, Midmarket Solutions & Partners, Microsoft Canada Inc.

     

    3:00-4:00pm  Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 and beyond

    Errol Schoenfish, Director of Product Management, Microsoft Corporation

     

    4:00-5:00pm The Partner Channel and Strategy for Microsoft Dynamics GP

    Ron Budreau, Partner and Sales Lead for Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Canada Inc. & Henrik Gütle, ERP Product Lead for Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Canada Inc.

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    Feature of the Day: Reporting Ledger Functionality for Fixed Assets Management

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    Reporting Ledger Functionality for Fixed Assets Management

    Why this feature is cool!

    This feature allows the user to set up a reporting ledger whether Base, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), or Local ledgers for a book ID to report Fixed Assets transactions.

     What does it look like?

    This is a screenshot of the Fixed Assets Company Setup window in which the Reporting Ledger functionality is enabled for Fixed Assets:

     Fixed Assets Company Setup window (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Setup >> Fixed Assets >> Company)

    After you enable the reporting ledger functionality in the Fixed Assets Company Setup window, mark the Post to General Ledger option and set up a reporting ledger for a book ID in the Book Setup window:

     Book Setup window (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Setup >> Fixed Assets >> Book)

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    Feature of the Day: Microsoft Dynamics GP and CRM Data Built In

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    Microsoft Dynamics GP and CRM Data Built In

    Why this feature is cool!

    This feature will provide out of the box charts and metrics that will give users a combined view of their Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft CRM data. The charts and metrics will be SQL Server Reporting Services reports that will be deployed on Business Portal pages and will also be available from Business Analyzer and the Dynamics GP client.

    The following charts and metrics have been created:

    * Total Estimated Sales

        * Total Projected Sales

             * Total Projected Sales Detail

        * Total Realized Sales 

             * Total Realized Sales Detail

    * Top Open Opportunities Revenue by Customer

        * Top Open Opportunities Revenue by Customer Detail

    * Top Credit Shortages for Open Opportunities by Customer

        * Top Credit Shortages for Open Opportunities by Customer Detail

    * Top Inventory Shortages for Open Opportunities by Item

        * Top Inventory Shortages for Open Opportunities by Item Detail

    * Top CRM Case Count by Customer

        * Top CRM Case Count by Customer Detail

     

    What does it look like?

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    Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 Released early!

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    Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 is now available!

     

    The Dynamics GP team is proud to announce the availability of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2!  Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 builds on the great foundation we shipped just under one year ago in the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 release with key themes of Enhancing Insight, Making It Easier and Extending Connections. We’d like to thank everyone who took part in this process; from Development to Operations to CSS to Marketing to Sales. They’ve all spent a tremendous amount of time and effort taking this vision and making it a reality for our Customers and Partners.

     

    Overall Highlights:

    ·         Shipping on time and less than one year from Microsoft Dynamics GP2010 RTM*

    ·         Over 50 feature adds for R2

    ·         Industry leading Business Intelligence with enhancements to SQL Reports, Word Templates, and Email

    ·         Release of Business Analyzer that adds value to Light Users and extends the reach of ERP to everyone in the organization

     

    *Actually, our development team was so excited about this release they got it out sooner than planned and couldn’t help but “leak” the release for download before we could catch up J.

     

    Here are some supporting tools and links:

    CLICK HERE to review the brand NEW What’s NEW PDF!!

     

    The DVD for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 will be live on the Product Release pages below.  The Word Template Generator is a NEW PRODUCT for Release R2 and has its own PARTNER ONLY download page below.

     

    Service Pack 2 for each product is included on the DVD and has also been posted to each individual page.  The links to each page are below.


    The Microsoft Dynamics GP Service Pack 2 version is 11.00.1752.

     

    Product Release Downloads for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

    https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/downloads/servicepacks/mdgp2010_release_download.htm?printpage=false

    https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/support/selfsupport/productreleases/mdgp2010_release_download.htm?printpage=false

     

    Direct Link to the DVD - MDGP2010R2_DVD.zip – 2GB

    https://mbs2.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=f9dc853c-2a19-4815-8e42-9c3713286d0b

     

    Word Template Generator – PARTNERSOURCE ONLY

    https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/downloads/releases/MDGP2010R2_WordTemplateGenerator

     

    Service Pack, Hotfix, and Compliance Update Patch Release for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010

    https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/downloads/servicepacks/mdgp2010_patchreleases.htm?printpage=false

    https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/downloads/servicepack/mdgp2010_patchreleases.htm?printpage=false

     

    Direct Link to the patch -  MicrosoftDynamicsGP11-KB2435566-ENU.msp – 257 MB

    https://mbs2.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=7b88f40d-4082-46b0-bc96-d49360d100ea

     

    Direct Link to SP2 Fix List and Install Guide - 11.0SP2_install_guide_ENUS.pdf

    https://mbs2.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=534d2741-3dc3-4f49-9f92-849989a2c9ec

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    New Convergence Interactive Session Online

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    Were you are Convergence and were not able to get into an Interactive Session?  Or were you not able to attend Convergence?

    Well, you are in luck.  Though the GP User Group (GPUG), we are offering online interactive sessions.  The purposee of an interactive is give customers the opportunity to talk to each other about their soltuion.

    Link to all enores:  http://www.gpug.com/encore

    You can attend these sessions even if you are not a GPUG member.  Come and plan on interacting.

    Pam

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    Article on a GP Customer exceeding in the Practical Cloud

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    Love these concrete examples

    http://www.businesscloud9.com/content/practical-cloud-amax/5099

     

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    Sales Promotion leads to partner success

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    Microsoft partner, Business Solution Partners, recently launched a "Get a Quick Quote Now" banner on their homepage, and they are promoting the quick quote tool and the discounted offers by using a variety of Adwords campaigns.

    See more here:

    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dynpartnercommunity/archive/2011/04/08/how-business-solution-partners-uses-microsoft-dynamics-erp-offers-to-increase-sales.aspx

     

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    Feature of the Day: Date Effective Tax Rates

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    Date Effective Tax Rates

    Why this feature is cool!

    This feature allows the user to set up different tax percentages for a tax detail ID for various date ranges as specified by the tax authority. The tax percentage that you set up for a date range overrides the tax percentages set up in Microsoft Dynamics GP for transactions that fall within the specified date range. You also can update tax detail IDs in the Tax Detail Maintenance window with the tax percentage using Date Effective Tax Rates. Date Effective Tax is applicable on saved transactions originating from the Receivables Management, Sales Order Processing, Payables Management and Purchase Order Processing modules in Microsoft Dynamics GP.

     What does it look like?

    This is a screenshot of the Date Effective Tax Setup window in which the user enables the Date Effective Tax Rates feature.

     

    Date Effective Tax Setup window (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Setup >> Company >> Company >> Options >> Additional >> Date Effective Tax Rates Setup)

    After you enable the Date Effective Tax Rates feature, the user will be able to set up different tax percentages for a tax detail ID for various date ranges as specified by the tax authority in Date Effective Tax Rates window:

     

     Date Effective Tax Rates window (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Setup >> Company >> Tax details >> Additional >> Date Effective Tax)

    Use the Mass Modify Taxes window to update different tax percentages for multiple tax detail IDs for various date ranges at a time. You also can use this window to update tax percentages for tax detail IDs in the Tax Detail Maintenance window (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Setup >> Company >> Tax Details).

     

      Mass Modify Taxes window (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Routines >> Company >> Mass Modify Tax Percentages)

     Use the Regenerate Taxes window to regenerate taxes with the tax percentage or tax amount specified in the Date Effective Tax Rates window for all saved transactions that fall within the specified date range.

     

      

    Regenerate Taxes window (Microsoft Dynamics GP menu >> Tools >> Routines >> Company >> Regenerate Taxes)

     

     

     

     

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    Dynamics GP 2010 R2 Feature of the Day: Business Analyzer Actions

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    Why this feature is cool!

    Business Analyzer allow users to perform actions against reports to within the GP client or the desktop application. The actions buttons are available per report within the Primary Report Area. When you hover over a report the action buttons are displayed and when you move off of the report the action buttons disappear.

     

    ·         The Show Report Information Action will display the company name of the report displayed, the date and time the report was rendered, and the full path of the report.  If you click on the report information window it will pin the information window open.

    ·         The View Report Action will open the report in Report Viewer for native mode or SharePoint if using SharePoint integrated mode configuration for SSRS. This flexibility allows the end user to render the report with different report parameters.

    ·         The Edit Report Action will open the report in Report Builder for modifying of the report design.

    ·         The Copy Report Image Action will place a copy of the report image on the clipboard so the image can be pasted into an email or another document type for purposes of sharing the report.

    ·         The Change Date Action allows the end user to re-render the report for a different date based on different date tokens or a custom date entered by the end user. 

    ·         The Start Communication Action allows the end user to easily communicate with other users using Office Communicator 2007 and Microsoft Lync 2010.  User can select from contacts assigned to the report, customer contacts defined for the customer, or select other users on the fly.

    ·         The Select Company Action works with Multi Company reports.  The dropdown supplies you with a list of companies you can select when rendering the report.  The companies you choose will get passed back to the report and generate the report for only the companies you selected. 

     

     

    What does it look like?

     

    Show Report Information Action:

     

     

     

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    Attention Existing Human Resources and Payroll Customers

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    For existing customers using Human Resource and/or Payroll, we have a set of web seminars coming up.  The goal of them are to give you information about what you could take advantage of.  There is also a promotion for add-on modules currently available (US and Canada).  There are restrictions, so talk to your partner to get more information.

    Pam

    Promotion Detail:

    Effective March 1, 2011 through the end of the business day June 24, 2011 Microsoft Dynamics GP customers can receive up to a 20% discount off of Microsoft’s standard list price for the following Microsoft Dynamics GP Human Resource Management a la carte module licenses:

    • Human Resources
    • Benefit Self Service Suite
    • Federal Magnetic Media
    • Human Resources - Advance
    • Payroll - Advanced
    • Payroll - United States
    • Payroll Connect
    • Payroll Direct Deposit
    • Position Control
    • PTO Manager
    Click here to bookmark this event.
    Date: 4/27/2011 10:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 4/27/2011 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes
    Primary Language: English
    Primary Target Audience: Non-Tech Influencing BDM
    Managing your workforce, work environment, and payroll doesn't have to be a challenge or a money pit. Unleash your investment in Human Resources by using Microsoft Dynamics GP Human Resources. You can empower your Human Resources staff to more effectively manage benefits, access critical information, and comply with regulatory requirements, all while controlling costs. Watch this webcast to understand the options that are available to enable your business to take control and increase your return on investment (ROI). Presenter: Dan Doolin, Senior Account Executive, Integrity Data, presenting on behalf of Microsoft Corporation View other sessions from Enterprise Resource Planning: Accelerate Your Business Toward Profit If you have questions or feedback, contact us. Regardless of any contact preferences you might have previously made on this Microsoft site or on other Microsoft sites or services, by registering for this webcast or virtual lab, you consent and agree to allow Microsoft or one of its third-party agents to contact you no more than three (3) instances for the purpose of soliciting feedback on the webcast or virtual lab or to supply you with special discounts and offers related to products and services presented in the webcast or virtual lab. Any other use of the personal information in your Microsoft Passport profile is subject to the Microsoft Privacy Statement. You can learn more about the privacy and security of Microsoft Passport Network at www.Passport.net. (more)
    https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032480146&culture=en-US
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    Date: 5/3/2011 10:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 5/3/2011 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes
    Primary Language: English
    Primary Target Audience: Non-Tech Influencing BDM
    There's more to human resources and payroll than hiring and cutting checks. Are you maximizing your investment in your current Microsoft Dynamics GP Human Resources and Payroll (HR/P) solution and using the available functionality to its fullest potential? In this webcast, find out what resources are available for existing Microsoft Dynamics GP HR/P customers, including new features in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010. Presenter: Jodi Christiansen, Partner Technology Specialist, Microsoft Corporation View other sessions from Enterprise Resource Planning: Accelerate Your Business Toward Profit If you have questions or feedback, contact us. Regardless of any contact preferences you might have previously made on this Microsoft site or on other Microsoft sites or services, by registering for this webcast or virtual lab, you consent and agree to allow Microsoft or one of its third-party agents to contact you no more than three (3) instances for the purpose of soliciting feedback on the webcast or virtual lab or to supply you with special discounts and offers related to products and services presented in the webcast or virtual lab. Any other use of the personal information in your Microsoft Passport profile is subject to the Microsoft Privacy Statement. You can learn more about the privacy and security of Microsoft Passport Network at www.Passport.net. (more)
    https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032480270&culture=en-US
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    Date: 5/24/2011 10:00 AM Time zone: (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada)- 5/24/2011 11:00 AM | Duration:60 Minutes
    Primary Language: English
    Primary Target Audience: Non-Tech Influencing BDM
    Are increased government requirements combined with escalating employee compliance driving your costs and administration time out of control? In this webcast, learn about your options, and find out how Microsoft Dynamics GP Human Resources can help save you money on payroll operations. Help your Human Resources personnel effectively manage benefits, access critical information, comply with regulatory requirements, and save time and resources associated with this critical part of your business. Presenter: Dan Doolin, Senior Account Executive, Integrity Data, presenting on behalf of Microsoft Corporation View other sessions from Enterprise Resource Planning: Accelerate Your Business Toward Profit If you have questions or feedback, contact us. Regardless of any contact preferences you might have previously made on this Microsoft site or on other Microsoft sites or services, by registering for this webcast or virtual lab, you consent and agree to allow Microsoft or one of its third-party agents to contact you no more than three (3) instances for the purpose of soliciting feedback on the webcast or virtual lab or to supply you with special discounts and offers related to products and services presented in the webcast or virtual lab. Any other use of the personal information in your Microsoft Passport profile is subject to the Microsoft Privacy Statement. You can learn more about the privacy and security of Microsoft Passport Network at www.Passport.net. (more)
    https://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032480510&culture=en-US
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    Feature of the Day: Business Analyzer – Report Settings

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    Business Analyzer – Report Settings

    Why this feature is cool!

     

    Business Analyzer enables end users to define which reports they want to see in the application.  The window connects to the SQL Reporting Services Report Server, defined during installation, and returns a list of reports the user has security access to.  The user can choose to add any number for reports to appear within the Business Analyzer. 

     

    ·         End user is not required to know the URL to the Reporting Server

    ·         Supports SQL Reporting Services configured in Native or SharePoint mode

    ·         All settings are per user

    ·         Users can add/remove multiple reports at a time

    ·         Users can arrange the order of how they want the reports to appear within Business Analyzer

     

    What does it look like?

     

    Start>>All Programs>>Microsoft Dynamics GP>>Business Intelligence>>Business Analyzer>>Options

    >>Report Settings

     Dynamics GP Navigation list>>Customize>>Report Settings

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    Office Products Distributor Optimizes Finances With Easy-to-Implement ERP Solution

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    Formerly the office products division of Stanley Black & Decker, Amax Incorporated holds exclusive rights to distribute office products under the Stanley Bostitch brand in the United States. The company sells to more than 800 retailers, including the largest national chains. When Amax spun out from its corporate parent, the company sought an ERP solution that was easy to implement and would help keep operations lean while supporting continued growth. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner CAL Business Solutions, Amax implemented Microsoft Dynamics GP in just 12 weeks while managing other aspects of the spinout. The new solution provides employees with an unprecedented level of insight into business activities so that they can manage inventory, optimize sales performance, and process large volumes of work efficiently.

    Full Case Study located here:

    http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_Detail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000009347

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    Feature of the Day: Display Business Analyzer information in Office Communicator/Microsoft Lync

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    Display Business Analyzer information in Office Communicator/Microsoft Lync

     

    Why this feature is cool!

     

    The Manage Business Analyzer Contacts menu item gives a user the ability to go directly to the Microsoft Dynamics Business Intelligence Configuration window to assign contacts to reports.   Adding this menu item allows a tighter integration between Office Communicator 2007/Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft Dynamics GP2010.  When you select a contact to manage the information for Office Communicator 2007/Microsoft Lync 2010 will automatically populate the Configuration window making the setup process quicker.

     

    ·         Contacts can be assigned per report per user.

    ·         This feature is available with Microsoft Lync and Microsoft Office Communicator 2007

     

    What does it look like?

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    Zeller Corporation receives Excellence in Financial Management Customer Excellence Award at Convergence 2011

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    Zeller has a wider range of customers, including OEM Manufacturers, general contractors, and one time or repeat end users. This requires multiple sales strategies, techniques and tools to address each type of customers’ needs with precision. In order to compete with other suppliers, Zeller must be price competitive and excel at each delivery model; whether it is delivering a single low cost replacement part or a large, complex engineered solution. Additionally, all orders funnel into a single and consolidated materials management and fulfillment model.

    This comprehensive solution and tightly integrated environment has helped Zeller transform the way they work with their customers, with their vendors, and with each other. The company embraced moving away from a highly customized, long standing AS400 green screen based ERP application that was tailored for the distribution industry and did not offer manufacturing capabilities. Equally impressive is Zeller’s implementation of a data warehouse that offers near real-time reporting and analysis tools to review a division’s performance and be able to drill down to a single part number or employee time card entry that caused a project to come in under/over budget.  Zeller is truly in control of their success by being positioned to quickly, easily, and proactively learn and know more about their customers and vendors, than their customers and vendors know about themselves. This makes Zeller the strongest, easiest, and most ideal business partner with whom to conduct business. Zeller’s ability to accurately measure their ROI , as well as the strong improvements achieved during a down economic market, are evidence to their success with the implementation of the Dynamics GP solution. 

    Here is some of the incredible ROI that Zeller has seen:

    -Realized a 447% increase in profitability with a 38% increase in revenue and 37% increase in backlog. 
    -Increased First Pass Yield on Contract Entry by 17% resulting in a decrease in cycle time of seven days
    -Implemented KPI website utilizing extensive SSRS reports and integrated Phocas application allowing Zeller Corporation to:
    -Manage By Fact (MBF)
    -Accurate Revenue Forecasting
    -Successfully implement Goal Deployment supported by automated KPI’s
    -Reduced man hours required to prepare quarterly board of directors book (Zeller prepares a book that’s 1 ½ inches thick every quarter) by over 80 hours
    -Reduced man hours required to produce monthly staff meeting reports by over 24 hours
    -LEED Silver Certification – During the Microsoft Dynamics GP implementation, Zeller relocated into one of the oldest and largest manufacturing buildings within the city of Rochester, NY. In enhancing and redeveloping this historic space, Zeller focused on minimizing its environmental impact, and became LEED silver certified. Additionally, Zeller focused on being green throughout the Microsoft Dynamics GP implementation from a new organizational layout, in redesigning business processes, as well as in the implementation of an electronic AP Invoice approval.

    WOW!  WOW! WOW!

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    Convergence 2011 Review

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    As many regroup from the energized week of Convergence 2011, it's a great time to reflect and gain perspective. Time to make priorities and think about what's important. Several of my fellow bloggers have documented each day of Convergence giving you highlights from their perspective. I am sure many more will be posting in the near future. They are great way to connect with the value everyone had.

    Every year I come back from Convergence filled.  Filled with new ideas.  Filled with energy and excitement.  Filled with what’s possible.  This year is the same (with exception to being filled with green and yellow goop in my chest.)

    One of the main things I enjoy about Convergence are the stories.  Customers from previous years catching up, tell me what they added, how business is going.  Partners offering new ideas, telling stories about their customers.  If you have any stories, please share, I’d love to hear them.

    A few stories from this year:

    -      A customer was acquired this year by a company using SAP.  They were being pushed to move.  They showed them Dynamics GP and now their counterparts are jealous.  Now the corporate office uses SAP and the satellites will use Dynamics GP from a long term plan.

    -      A prospect fell in love with the Business Analyzer.  I showed her a 10 minute demo at the Expo.  I told her that she shouldn’t chose an ERP based on this one feature and there are other things to consider. Not sure if she heard me.

    -      A customer looking to upgrade.  We had an interesting discussion on the risks and opportunities of upgrading, including if they should do it themselves.  It came down to a simple truth, how many ISV’s do you have?  I don’t know.  Then, you need your partners help, but ask them how you can work on it together.

    Customer Value: If you are an existing Dynamics GP customer, think about what you learned and how you can realistically implement one thing in the next month or two. Even better, think about 5 things, prioritize and plan to implement one every two months. The passion I experienced talking with our customers is potent, but continuing the energy after the conference takes dedication.

    A few Pam Tidbits for Customers:

    - Many customers are not getting what they can out of their existing implementations. Hopefully now they are aware of what they are missing and bring needed change to their organization.  Stop upgrading for the sake of upgrading and look to get more value.

    - Customers value talking to other customers and sharing best practices. The GP User Group is a great way to continue this past Convergence. You will see Microsoft investing our time with GPUG to give customers even more value.  They have a conference in November you should look into. www.gpug.com

    - Attending Convergence takes time and money, so I understand not everyone can attend.  I’ve spoken with so many customers who found that one thing that made it worthwhile.  The one thing they can bring back that pays for their trip.  Please try to send one person from your organization.

    Partner Value: For years, I've referred to our business model as the power of four. The close relationship between a customer and their partner who understands their needs, complemented by our ISV channel to extend the solution further backed by the power and resources of Microsoft . By organizations working together, it forms something more valuable and richer then working alone. In our virtual world of online communities, customers are expecting more out of their partners and are looking for other alternatives than our power of four, wanting the power of the entire community of over 40,000. As a partner, look at your organization to see how you can embrace the changing evolution of this online world. Get involved.

    A few Pam Tidbits for Partners:

    - Our Dynamics GP partners are a big family, not always happy, but bonded just the same.  We yell, we listen, we debate, and we hug it out when needed.  Keep engaged, giving feedback, offering new ideas.  Remember, once part of the Dynamics GP family, you’re stuck for life.

    - Our environment is changing and partners need to adapt. They need to explore new ways to do business. The next several years will be very interesting and those who embrace change and dream up new ways will be highly successful. It's time to dream big.

    Hope you all enjoyed Convergence.

    Take Care,

    Pam

     

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    Feature of the Day: Business Analyzer - Assign Contacts

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    Business Analyzer - Assign Contacts

    Why this feature is cool!

     Business Analyzer enables end users to assign Microsoft Lync, Office Communicator 2007, or Email contacts to reports.  This great feature allows users to always be one click away from sharing report data with the people they commonly work with. 

     ·         Contacts can be assigned per report per user

    ·         Supports Microsoft Lync, Microsoft Office Communicator 2007, and Email contacts from the Internet Information window in Dynamics GP

    ·         Contact assignment can be initiated from Business Analyzer, Microsoft Lync (context menu), Microsoft Office Communicator 2007(context menu), or from a report action

     What does this look like?

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    Follow the Official Microsoft Dynamics GP Twitter Account

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    We've recently set up a Twitter account dedicated to all things Microsoft Dynamics GP.  @MSDYNGP

    And just a reminder, if you tweet about anything Dynamics GP related please use the hashtag of #MSDYNGP.

    Thanks!

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    Monterey Bay Aquarium receives Evangelism Customer Excellence Award at Convergence

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    After implementing Great Plains in 1997, MBA realized that they could leverage this investment to achieve greater efficiencies in business processes and integration between various business systems.  "By utilizing the Frank, Rimerman Consulting customizations to our already highly effective Dynamics system, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is now able to budget departmentally at the detailed line item level as well as post all transactions from our Development, Membership and Ticketing systems on a daily basis enabling staff to see up-to-date actual versus budget figures" says Brian Fulmer, IT Director for the Aquarium.  Monterey Bay Aquarium is now able to respond quicker to internal and external needs. Being conservation driven, they are trying to do everything green. They have increased the number of EFT vendors and reduced the number of paper checks. Reporting is all on line so managers can get their monthly financials. Customer service has improved significantly based on reporting functionality and improved commucations.

    Monterey Bay Aquarium is a Microsoft zealot and advocate.  They continue to be a spokesperson for Microsoft at every occasion, every event, and often unsolicited, about the solution’s capability, scalability, reliability, flexibility and ease of use. They attend Convergence, near or far.  Every time FRC needs a quote, a reference, a guest speaker, a case study, etc to promote Microsoft, we can call Monterey Bay Aquarium and we KNOW that they will participate.  They also provided a case study for Microsoft.  They belong to the Microsoft Dynamics community site.  There is no client more deserving for this award.

    Thanks and Congratulations to Monterey Bay Aquarium for this deserving award!

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    Convergence Customer Excellence Award Winner Price Transfer drives ROI through Dynamics GP Innovation.

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    Price Transfer needed to address the shortcomings of a legacy IT platform in a rapidly growing and changing business environment. The control of their business process was first automated in 1982 with a UNIX based front-office system for operations.   This was intended to last only five years.  A few years later a Sage product was deployed for financial accounting.  However, by 2001, the dramatic expansion of volume and Homeland security requirements revealed that a system created in 1982 could not accommodate current trade security regulations.

    After an extended search for a front-end solution, in 2008 Price Transfer launched the project of modernizing their line of business platform.  The selection of the Silver Bullet Technologies solutions was contingent on the unique real time integration that Silver Bullet solutions provided with Dynamics GP.  The Price team found that they would no longer have to worry about inconsistencies between their operations and accounting platform.     With Dynamics GP and Silver Bullet, all information would be consistent across their applications.  Price could ultimately take full advantage of their leading edge financial management system from Microsoft.  All of the applications used Microsoft SQL Server on Microsoft Windows Servers and Terminal Server taking full advantage of Microsoft Office.

    Price has been a true innovator in its industry.  It made a bet on Microsoft with a big investment and had a surprisingly fast return.  Its peers use a mix of homegrown and commercially available software often on the Unix platform.  As a result they have lost a significant amount of market share to Price Transfer in the last year (25%).  Price Transfer’s push toward innovation and replacing all of their platform and solutions with Microsoft Technology has actually lowered their cost of ownership and put them well on their way to becoming a $100 million dollar enterprise in the next 5 years.

    Price Transfer realized all of the benefits targeted in the original ROI analysis.  The combined Microsoft/ ISV platform paid for themselves in less than 6 months.  In the past 12 months Price Transfer has taken share from the competition.  This increased volume has been absorbed without any additional resources confirming the scalability of the software platform.  Price has seen what innovation can do and they are addicted.  They have re-set the bar and are continuously building on what they have accomplished making it very obvious that they will never fall behind again.   Price Transfer is very proud of the sanity that was returned to the workplace and the pride it restored in their company.  Now, they can deliver on their promises and the customer doesn’t have to hear excuses.  Since they went live they haven’t once lost a customer to the competition.  Automated workflow has given the CSR’s the time to devote extra attention to their customers.  Managers, who used to work 80 hour weeks, now work 50 hour weeks.  Work has become more interesting and although volume is up, not a single person has been added to service that additional volume.

    Congratulations Price Transfer on your Innovation Award!

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    Microsoft Dynamics GP Professional Services Tools Library FY11 Q4 Promotion

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    From April 4, 2011 until June 24, 2011, Microsoft Dynamics GP customers will be eligible for a special purchase offer on the Professional Services Tools Library.

    • 25% off when customers buy the entire suite of tools.
    • 10% off when customers buy a three-pack bundle of tools.

    https://community.dynamics.com/partnercommunity/b/dynpartnercommunity/archive/2011/04/12/microsoft-dynamics-gp-professional-services-tools-library-fy11-q4-promotion.aspx

     

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    Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 Feature of the Day: Business Analyzer Dynamics GP Client

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    Why this feature is cool!

     Business Analyzer enables end users to view important information about customers, vendors, items, etc. from the navigation lists within Dynamics GP.  This reporting application not only allows each user to access reports from their desktop, but also allows them to take actions on the reports and easily share information with others.  The application installs with default reports for each list, however users easily make edits to the default reports or create their own personalized reports using SQL Server Reporting Services.

    ·         Reports that are displayed are per list view and per user

    ·         Reports are fully customizable and users can create their own

    ·         Users can take actions on reports they are viewing

    ·         Feature installs with Dynamics GP client with no additional setup to enable

    ·         Leverages SQL Reporting Services

    ·         Drill down is enabled

    ·         Report parameters are set by records selected in the navigation lists

     

    What does it look like?

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    Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 getting high marks at Convergence

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    I've been watching the tweets and blogposts from inside the sandbag dike the last couple days and have noticed a number of good tweets and blogposts about Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2.  Specifically the newest BI functionality, that is highlighted in my previous post, is getting great reviews.  I really miss not being there.  Make sure you have a drink for me at "The Spot" party tonight!

    BTW, if you are tweeting about Convergence remember to hashtag both #CONV11 and #MSDYNGP . . . .Thanks everyone!

    Cheers

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    Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 Feature of the Day: Business Analyzer Desktop Application

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    Why this feature is cool!

    Business Analyzer enables business decision makers to manage from their desktops.  This reporting application not only allows each user to access reports from their desktop, but also allows them to take actions on the reports and easily share information with others.  The application installs with default reports, however users easily make edits to the default reports or create their own personalized reports using SQL Server Reporting Services.

     ·         Reports that are displayed are set by each user

    ·         Reports are fully customizable and users can create their own

    ·         Users can take actions on reports they are viewing

    ·         Users can assign contacts to each report

    ·         Administrators can create an install package for easy deployment

    ·         Leverages SQL Reporting Services

    ·         Drill down is enabled

    What does it look like?

    Note:  The desktop Business Analyzer application is licensed through a Light User.

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    Where's Errol? (Post2)

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    Even though I'm not able to be at Convergence this year, I love Convergence so much that I was able to open the Dynamics GP General Session remotely from inside our sandbag dike here in Fargo.  The river has reached a crest and is on the way down so we should be OK.

    See how Microsoft Dynamics GP friends make quick work of building a sandbag dike around my house!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW4JVcolqZM

     

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    Where's Errol?

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    Come to the Microsoft Dynamics GP General Session on Monday at 11am EST to find out why you haven't seen Errol at Convergence yet.

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