Today was a initial “Official” day of a Convergence conference. After assembly Leslie and Sheila for breakfast, we went to a Open Keynote: Winning with Microsoft Dynamics. The event is now accessible from Virtual Convergence, greatfully use this link: Winning with Microsoft Dynamics.

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Today was a initial “Official” day of a Convergence conference. After assembly Leslie and Sheila for breakfast, we went to a Open Keynote: Winning with Microsoft Dynamics. The event is now accessible from Virtual Convergence, greatfully use this link: Winning with Microsoft Dynamics.

The event started with Microsoft Corporate VP and personality of a Microsoft Dynamics group, Kirill Tatarinov, giving us some of a statistics about a conference. This year there are 9,300 attendees from 36 countries, that creates this year’s discussion a 2^nd largest Convergence discussion ever.

Kirill discussed a joining that Microsoft has to a ERP space and how any of a product groups are delivering on that commitment.  Each of a products has new versions entrance adult in a nearby future. This includes a Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 release.

Kirill afterwards introduced Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, to a assembly who responded with clapping and cheering.

Steve reminded us that a 10 year anniversary of Microsoft’s acquisition of Great Plains had only passed. Ten years ago, Microsoft acquired 30,000 Great Plains business and currently Microsoft has over 350,000 Microsoft Dynamics business with over 5 million particular users. Proof that a preference done 10 years ago to enter a ERP space was a right one.

We had some genuine good demonstrations of some of a arriving functionality of a latest Dynamics AX and Dynamics CRM products, though dual of a demos unequivocally stood out to me.

The initial was Lachlan Cash demonstrating changing prolongation schedules regulating an Xbox Kinect controller and just his palm suit to pierce a designed prolongation from one day to a next. This shows how a Kinect controller can be used in some-more ways than only a gaming controller or media core controller.

The other demo was from Carolyn Chau who showed us the new SQL Server BI (Business Intelligence) tool, formula named Project Crescent.  With a drag and dump interface, she was means to fast emanate a accumulation of “executive level” graphs and diagrams that were related to live information and were interactive and could cavalcade down or filter with a singular click. Very cold stuff.

The opening event finished with some some-more good song from a Nick Brophy band.

After a brief interval, a Dynamics GP focused general event Making Your Business Better with Microsoft Dynamics GP started. This event is accessible regulating a following link: Making Your Business Better with Microsoft Dynamics GP.

The event started with a video couple to Errol Schoenfish behind during home. If we were wondering where he was, a video subsequent shows how a Microsoft Dynamics GP group built a barrier around his residence in Fargo, ND, USA to keep it dry while a area flooded.  The waters are decrease now, though we don’t consider his wife, Cheri, would have let him leave while a residence was underneath threat.

While Errol was incompetent to attend, we had a overwhelming talents of Pam Misialek to keep us entertained and prepared on a arriving Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 release.  This recover is scheduled for 1^st May 2011, and will be implemented as a use container for existent business or accessible as a new DVD picture for new customers.

We had demonstrations of some of a new facilities of a R2 recover from Hal Howard (Concur Expenses integration), Craig Crescas (Business Intelligence in a form of a Business Analyzer) and Jennifer Olson (Navigation Lists and new placement functionality).

The final territory of a event was from Jeff Trosen and Chad Sogge, who gave us a few insights into a subsequent GP “12″ release.

They discussed a Office 365 formation that would concede papers to be stored in ”The Cloud”, though afterwards spent many of their time articulate about a GP “12″ Web Client.  The slip subsequent shows a pillars that a Web Client is being built on. 

After “deploying” by typing in a URL and logging in, a Web Client will arrangement the Business Analyzer on a user’s home page.

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Utilizing a latest web User Interface technology, a GP developers have optimized a “high useage” forms in Dynamics GP for palliate of entrance and opening in a web environment. By requesting templates to a existent PO Entry form we can build this web formed form. Templates provide a ability to change a blueprint of a form though creation functionality changes. The outcome is a streamlined SilverLight form with a Ribbon functionality opposite a tip creation a knowledge richer, faster and some-more discerning for users of this window. Below is an instance of a new Purchase Order Entry form.

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However, there is no need to emanate a specific template for a form as a customary template will concede any Dexterity form to be rendered. This means that ISV’s who rise in Dexterity will have their products web enabled though any additional work on their behalf. How AWESOME is that!!!!!!!!!

Below is an instance of a Vendor Maintenance form.

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While it is unlikely as this theatre that Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) formula will be means to work on a web client, a developers are looking during choice customization methods.  They are also looking into what would be compulsory to describe customizations grown with Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Dynamics GP in a web client.  It is too early to endorse accurately how distant a web customer record will go, though a growth group are operative really tough on creation as most as probable work seamlessly.  Exciting times are ahead.

Coming adult next…. a afternoon and a initial Support Debugging Tool session. 

David