Mary Jo Foley, a well known industry expert, recently picked up on the cool work that Jivtesh Singh showed us with Kinect and Dynamics GP Business Analyzer working together.  Thanks to Jivtesh for being a great Dynamics GP MVP.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/how-microsofts-kinect-could-bring-gesture-recognition-to-business-apps/10489

Look what Jivtesh (My MVP Compadre) has done now! He’s used Microsoft
Dynamics GP with Kinect to make Business Analyzer work with hand Gestures. Is
this cool or what?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugJsdg4WWS8&feature=player_embedded

We have completed the coversion of the VPC to a HyperV - it's not the "new" all-64bit image that we'll release late this year, but taking the 32-bit VPC and converting it to HyperV.

You can download it from the same site:

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/deployment/methodology/vpc/MSDYGP2010R2_RTM_TechDemoTookit

There are currently two new Microsoft Dynamics GP Videos up-and-running featuring some really interesting content. Both videos feature Dynamics GP Product Management Director Errol Schoenfish.

The first video, "The Key Themes for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2," discusses GP's latest release: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZYkpgMEC2U

The second video, "Microsoft Dynamics GP Product Roadmap," explores the future plans for GP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9bCvXKcOS4 

Check them out!

Say goodbye to the Beta, say hello to the R2 RTM technical demonstration toolkit.

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/deployment/methodology/vpc/MSDYGP2010R2_RTM_TechDemoTookit

Now, this blog will be a bit longer than usual.  The first point below is some info on future direction, then below that, information on what we delivered in this release.

First - This is absolutely, positively, without any further ado, the last 32-bit VPC that we'll ship for Microsoft Dynamics GP.  In fact, we're likely the last 32-bit VPC image across all of Microsoft that will be shipped.  Got your attention?  Ok.  So, it's NOT the last image ever, just the last 32-bit image.  We will be delivering, moving forward, 64-bit Hyper-V images.  Some of you have already been asking about Hyper-V images, and we'll try to get you one for the R2 RTM image right away, and then moving forward, expect that as our usual delivery method.  We'll also be publishing a guide on system setup.

Next - What did we deliver in this release?

Updates:

• GP 2010 R2 RTM, Business Portal, Workflow, SRS/Excel Reports, Web Services
• Management Reporter 2.0 SP1
• Forecaster 7 SP3-CU5

 Improvements:

• Management Reporter – Multi-currency databases and reporting
• New databases CES- (Contoso Entertainment Systems), USD,CDA,TWO-A
• Added TWO-A (copy of TWO company) for Multi-company SRS Reporting
• SQL Native Mode install for Dynamics GP 2010 R2 HomePage Reports
• Setup AP Batch Approval Workflow
• Added Sales Territory “maps” reports to Dashboards

 Added:

• Multi-company SRS Reporting for TWO and TWO-A
• Added link to Report Builder 3.0 in Program Files
• Two new Extend the Reach demos – Light User Vision Demos
• “Simple” Employee Expense Management example using Excel 2010 and Document Information Panels and driving approval thru SharePoint Designer Workflow and creating an AP Invoice in Dynamics GP 2010 R2 thru Web Services – Demomate Coming
• Email based workflow approval “Lazy approval” thru SharePoint Designer Workflow  completing tasks in Dynamics GP 2010 R2  Purchase Order thru Workflow Web Services  - Demomate Coming

 Tweaked/Fixed

• Word Forms Developer tab render on Dynamics GP 2010 R2 login as Phyllis
• Added SQL Analytics Setting to cube builder in Dynamics GP 2010 R2
• Enabled Default PO in Purchase Order Screen in Dynamics GP 2010 R2

We worked hard to really give you a meaningful R2 RTM image, and I hope that you find this very valuable.   

Many of you know our MVP's already, but I found it interesting on how long they've been a MVP.  Who our longest awarded MVP's, who may also be the oldest?  Many of these MVP's are dedicated to our community, active bloggers and help Dynamics GP.  They make out community better.

Here are the current MVP's.  Thank you all for being part of the Microsoft Dynamics GP family. 

Pam