Microsoft Dynamics NAV UK Blog

Hello Everyone!! I am Will McIntee, the new Partner Technology Specialist for NAV, and I will be working closely with Phil over the coming months and hopefully years!!

The following NAV courses will be run by Xpertise in Maidenhead:

NAV 2009 Readiness activities will be kicking off soon, keep an eye on the blog for concrete dates!! 

I look forward to meeting all the NAV partners in the not too distant future!!

Will McIntee

MS Dynamics Books (http://www.msdynamicsbooks.com/) have produced a new Dynamics NAV 2009 training manual that looks fantastic!

You can download the TOC from here to get an idea for what's covered.

https://cid-84a09f3e130caea0.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Shared%20Documents/MBST|_BOOKS|_MicrosoftDynamicsNAV2009Inside|_TOC.pdf

I am going to be reviewing the material over the next week or two and will blog my feedback. In the meantime if anyone has comments on the book please send them through and i will add them to the blog.

Phil Newman

Missed WPC? Download all the keynotes here on WPC Digital.

This site is open to all partners.

Download the NAV 2009 What's New Training Material here:

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/communities/training/trainingmaterials/student/whatsnewmsdnav2009.htm?printpage=false

With all the hype around hosted solutions, S+S and Hyper-V the licensing implications have been drowned out. Book in for this session to get yourselves up to speed.

Tuesday, July 31, 2008

8:00 – 9:00 AM Pacific Time (GMT-07:00)

Level 100

Partner Type:  Distributor, Enterprise Software Advisor, Independent Software Vendor, Large Account Reseller, Original Equipment Manufacturer, Regional Solution Partner, Systems Integrator, Value Added Reseller

Partner Role:   Architect, Exec/Owner, Sales

PLC Registration Link

Live Meeting Link

Microsoft offers numerous virtualization solutions, and proactive licensing policies, that provide a flexible framework for cost-effective virtualization.  This session is intended to share the Microsoft licensing strategy for Virtualized environments, and provide best practices around engaging and working with customers in each area.

In this session we will cover:

• A Virtualization overview, understanding the different areas of Virtualization

• An overview of Server Virtualization, V-Motion (live Migration), Disaster Recovery and Clustering and the Licensing Ramification of each

• A look at emerging areas of Virtualization like (VDI, VECD, ACE and Kidaro) and concerns and questions you should be asking

• How to talk licensing to a VMware customer, and using Microsoft’s proactive licensing story as an asset in those conversations.

• And overview of the significant licensing changes Microsoft will be announcing come 8/1.

Phil Newman

Phil Newman

Hello Everyone

I hope you are all having a great summer?

Thanks to everyone who submitted ideas and suggestions for the NAV Resource kit over the last couple of months. Much appreciated.

V1 of the NAV Resource Kit is now available for download: https://mbs.microsoft.com/fileexchange/?fileID=2320dd81-c2e9-4388-97b4-f6b4d00b97d2

Here is a list of the highlights from this edition:

• New NAV & CRM UK VPC

• Step by step recorded demos & scripts

• ISV Demonstrators

• NAV Web Showcase (kindly provided by QEB)

• VPC best practice guides

• Futures Demos & Roadmap Documents

This is a first attempt at improving the sales and pre-sales resources for NAV. It would be great to get feedback on the things you like. Don’t rely on someone else to steer the content. If there are items that you want changed or new content you would like to see please send it through. All feedback welcome.

Phil Newman

Technical readiness around NAV 2009 is coming more and more into focus.

I spotted this link on the Partner Source home page. Its a full 'What's New' manual for NAV 2009 focused on development and installation.

Haven't fully reviewed it yet but is well worth a look. A great starting point!

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/communities/training/trainingmaterials/student/coursenav09wn.htm

Any feedback on the content or reviews would be welcome.

Phil

Hi There

This could be of interest for quite a few of you. I can't make it. Any feedback would be welcome.

Have a great weekend!

Phil

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Monday, June 23, 2008

8:00 – 9:00 AM Pacific Time (GMT-07:00)

Level 200

Partner Type: Independent Software Vendor, Microsoft Employee, Systems Integrator

Partner Role:   Architect, Developer, Implementer

PLC Registration Link

Live Meeting Link

The Microsoft Business Intelligence solution provides a robust BI platform in SQL Server, end user tools with Excel 2007, ProClarity and Performance Management application in PerformancePoint. This session provides insight into Business Intelligence team development, understanding and identifying performance bottleneck across SQL Server Relational Database, Analysis Services, Integration Services, Reporting Services and PerformancePoint Server. Finally, the session will provide optimization techniques for the above identified bottlenecks. Together with the previous session, you will have an ability to understand how to choose, implement and optimize the most scalable Business Intelligence infrastructure.

Hi there

Take a look at this link for Dynamics sound bites. Mainly CRM content but there is some NAV if you scratch about. Site is beta at the moment but has potential.

http://preview.microsoft.com/video/search.aspx?phrase=Microsoft+NAV

Found this on the web. It looks great.

Comes with free developer license.

http://www.nextanalytics.com

I get loads of emails around BRL licensing.

Take a look at this doc. It provides a comprehensive overview of Microsoft Dynamics licensing

Document includes an overview of basic licensing concepts and how they are applied, licensing guidelines/rules partners need to be aware of when making a quote/placing an order, and descriptions of the various licensing options available and when to use them. The guide also covers licensing programs, licenses for partner use, and Volume Licensing SKUs on the Microsoft Dynamics price lists.

Its not available on partner source yet. Drop me an email if you would like a copy.

Once its on Partner Source i will blog the link.

Phil

From June 2nd, 2008, Microsoft Dynamics CRM will be available to new and existing customers of the Microsoft Business Essentials Editions through the Microsoft Dynamics Price Lists

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/sales/promotions/MSDCRMavailable_BEcustomers

Hello NAV Channel

We have seen a huge uptake in the NAV Dynamics Mobile solutions over the last 3 months! NAV partners are starting to produce some really innovative solutions that showcase the technology.

There are a few issues to address around the training of new partners and this is something that we are working through at the moment.

Motorola are running a series of  Enterprise Mobility days over the Summer and Autumn. These events are FOC to attend and i would recommend that you take advantage! Details below.

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Motorola would like to invite you to Systems Integration & Application Development - Technical Seminars for 2008.

These Technical Seminars will cover the Mobile Computing knowledge required by our Motorola Channel, for better understanding the Technical needs and requirements of today’s Application Development and Systems Integration platforms, opportunities, products, and resources – to help deliver better projects – and, be able to give higher quality support to your Partners, Resellers & end-user Customers. The primary Audience is our Motorola Distributors’, Channel Partners, ISV's & Resellers (within the UKIBA region). 
These Motorola Technical Seminars’ are being delivered by our Specialist, Consulting Engineers, with many years of Application Development and Systems Integration experience, within this industry.

Schedule

Swindon –  July 16th
Dublin –  Sept 24th
Birmingham –  Nov 12th

Agenda

Systems

09:00 – 09.10          Introduction    
09.10 – 10.00            MSP v3.1 Overview - Staging & Provisioning - Ian Hatton 
10.00 – 10.30            Good Mobile Messaging v5 - Kitt Gilbert-Scott 
10.30 – 10.45            Coffee Break  
10.45 – 11.30            WM6 & CE6 Overview + WM5 Update - Richard Linsley-Hood 
11.30 – 12.15            Configuring Windows Mobile Devices via XML Provisioning & other methods
12.15 – 13.00            Lunch

Note: - During Lunch, Raj Mayor will explain the services offered by our Motorola Solutions Centre (MSC), with a brief Overview + Handout)

Development

13:00 – 14:30          ‘C’ Code & VB.NET Sample Walkthrough
14:30 – 14:45            Coffee Break
14:45 – 15:45            Development Tools & Resources Update
15:45 – 16:30           Debugging Deployed Applications
16:30 – 17:00            Q&A & Round-up
17:00                        Close of event  

Online registration CLICK here
http://www.register123.com/event/profile/web/index.cfm?PKwebID=0x1192835aaf

Following feedback from partners and in response to a few bugs identified after launch of version 2, we now have all the necessary program updates for partners to install so that the PMA works smoothly.  All the updates are located within the home screen under check for updates.

In case you’re not familiar with the PMA... that means doing the following to complete the updates:

1. If you are running Vista, please turn off your UAC from the control panel.

2. Check for updates from the home screen of the PMA

3. Install all program and content updates

If you have any issues, please contact Louise Watkins (lbransby@microsoft.com)

Phil

If you haven’t already, now is the time to download the Dynamics NAV 2009 CTP3 Virtual PC. As you will know, one of the key features of this release is the ability to publish a web service from any Code Unit or Table in the application at the click of just a few buttons. We are asking developers in the NAV community in the UK to familiarise themselves with these new features and then to start thinking imaginatively about how we can show this functionality off to its most striking effect.

At our own internal bootcamp we, for example, published the customer table as a web service and then consumed it into an InfoPath form. This form had some basic formatting and search facilities. This would allow everyone in an organisation to always have an up to date record of their customers, whether or not they were NAV users. Pretty cool...but we started wondering what else was possible given the vast array of functionality within NAV. So here are some questions that might get your creative juices flowing:

1) What could we do with exposing transactions in a Web Service? How would this help supply chains or customer service?

2) What could be done with Jobs – aiding collaboration in a project?

3) Credit checking, exchange rates, postcodes, mapping?

4) Are there applications around SMS or RSS?

5) Vista Gadgets?

6) Amazon marketplace?

7) eBay?

Need more inspiration? Here are a few links that might help:

• WSFinder
  XMethods
• RemoteMethods
• http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/btbusinessProducts/displayCategory.do?categoryId=BTB-HOSTED-SOFTWARE-I

So what’s in it for you? Firstly, for every partner entering a Web Service submitted as a Differencing Disk to our base VPC Image, we will send out all the Dif Disks we receive. That means great demo’s. And if that isn’t enough to get you going, then there is the prize. For the most compelling, business worthy and cool Web Service application we receive the entrant will win a voucher for one day’s Classic Car Hire at a location near to them. If you are not a driver, or just don’t fancy the  experience then Microsoft will offer an alternative a prize of equal value.