The Dynamics Support team is publishing a series of helpful videos. Their latest video, covering how to secure a Word Template in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 when using Word 2010 and 2007, is now available at the Microsoft Dynamics Community Team Blog as well as the Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog. Check it out!
New video posted!
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Customer Videos that support the Dynamics GP Story
Microsoft Dynamics GP gives you control over and visibility
into your entire business. With greater control, you can have the confidence
that the everyday decisions made by you and your employees will help improve
profitability, turn margins into cash flow, and ultimately drive your business
growth. View customer testimonial videos that showcase how Microsoft Dynamics GP
can help customers gain greater control over their business, improve their
margins and ultimately grow their business.
- Gain
Greater Control of Your Business with Microsoft Dynamics GP
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Increase visibility and insight into how your business is performing.
With Microsoft Dynamics GP you can streamline accounting processes, improve
transparency, and collaborate more efficiently to gain greater control of your
business. - Drive
Your Business Growth with Microsoft Dynamics GP
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Turn
improved profitability into new opportunities with a solution that drives and
supports your business growth. With Microsoft Dynamics GP, you can easily scale
to accommodate new business processes and growth without significant increases
to your original investment—or your payroll. - Increase
Your Margins with Microsoft Dynamics GP
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Make smarter
decisions to improve your operating margins—and your cash flow. Microsoft
Dynamics GP helps you maximize profitability by getting the most out of your
people and systems. - Microsoft
Dynamics GP Delivers Simplicity, Value and Agility for Your Business
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Simple to learn and use, Microsoft Dynamics GP works with the
technology systems you already have, delivering long-term value without a
complex and costly implementation. And, you can easily scale to accommodate new
business processes and growth.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP and Office 365 - Better Together Video
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Virtual Town Hall Meeting (QandA) With Microsoft's Mark Albrecht
The GP User Group is sponsoring a town hall meeting with Mark. Partners and ISV's submit and ask your questions around ISV strategy.
Virtual Town Hall Meeting With Microsoft's Mark Albrecht
August 22, 2011 - 4:00-5:00pm
(Eastern)
It's more important than ever for partners to
have open connections with Microsoft executives. GP Partner Connections (GPPC)
wants to play an important role by being an advocate to both partners and
Microsoft. We're pleased to announce the first in a series of quarterly Virtual
Town Hall Meetings.
Our first Virtual Town Hall Meeting will
feature Mark Albrecht, Microsoft's Director of US ISV Strategy. Today, a
typical Dynamics GP user has 5 third party solutions, so it's an important
aspect of our community. In this radio talk-show style call, GPPC Director Kim
Peterson will pick Mark's brain on the hot topics that affect ISVs and VARs.
You'll also be invited to submit your own questions that will be covered in the
partner Q&A portion of the call.
To learn more and sign up: Click here if you are a GPUG member or Click here if you are not yet a member.
Email kim@gpug.com any questions you'd like to ask
Mark.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP Product Vision
Join Dynamics GP Product Management Director Errol Schoenfish as he discusses the key themes surrounding the overall Microsoft Dynamics GP product vision.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eatm7K4Gn2w
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MVP Shout Out: Who are the longest, oldest, maybe wise beyond age?
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
| Charles L. Allen | 7/1/2005 |
| Victoria Yudin | 1/1/2005 |
| Andrew Anatol Karasev | 4/1/2006 |
| Leslie Vail | 7/1/2007 |
| Mark Polino | 10/1/2007 |
| Monzer Osama AL Shaikh | 4/1/2008 |
| Frank Hamelly | 7/1/2008 |
| Mariano Gomez | 7/1/2008 |
| Mohammad R. Daoud | 4/1/2009 |
| Ian Stewart | 4/1/2010 |
| Sivakumar Venkataraman | 10/1/2010 |
| Jivtesh Singh | 7/1/2011 |
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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 RTM Technical Demonstration Toolkit
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.
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Two New Videos Posted!
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!
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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 RTM Technical Demonstration Toolkit - HyperV
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
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Kinect and Dynamics GP . . . Cool!!!
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?
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ZDNet picks up on Dynamics GP MVP's Kinect and Dynamics GP demo
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.
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Sure Step Online Now Available
Sure Step is now online for customers and partners. Now sharing Sure Step content is much easier and can be updated real-time. It's a huge step.
For those of you who don't know what Sure Step is, it's a standard methodology for implementing Microsoft Dynamics GP including templates, best practices, diagrams. It takes risk out of the implementation process.
Announcement:
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Clouds aren't bad...they're a fad. Really?
In reading the Developing for Dynamics GP Blog by David Musgrave, I came across this post. It is hilarious and I caught myself holding back chuckles.
In reality, this has actual merit and is something we are thinking about in our journey to the cloud.
Pam
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Grow Your Business with Microsoft Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics ERP delivers proven, comprehensive business management capabilities that provide the increased control, streamlined operations, and insight you need to help improveprofitability and, ultimately, support your business as it grows. And it’s easier and more affordable than you think.
If you’re outgrowing your entry-levelaccounting software, stuck on an outdated legacy solution or wondering why you keep renewing a maintenance agreement on a solution that no longer provides the innovation you need to move your business forward, Microsoft Dynamics ERP for small and mid-sized businesses can help you:
Gain greater control by giving you confidence that the right decisions are being made by the right people in your organization.
Increase Your Margins with a solution that helps maximize your profitability by making the most of your people, processes, and systems.
Drive Growth by turning improved profitability into new opportunities with a financial management solution that helps drive and support your business growth.
And the best part is that it is easier and more affordable that you might think with packaged starter solutions offered by our reselling partners, starting as low as $165 per user per month. To find out more about the starter solution
packages available to new customers in the United States visit http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/growyourbusiness/.
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Don't Miss the Upcoming Microsoft Dynamics ERP Webcast Series
Leverage the following prospect webcast series featuring Microsoft Dynamics GP! Watch for monthy webcasts that will be delivered througout the year.
Changing Perceptions on ERP Strategy: The Best Keep Getting Better
September 22, 2011
http://aberdeen.reg.meeting-st
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Stepping Up to an ERP Solution
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
http://www.focus.com/webcasts/
This Is Microsoft Dynamics GP
Register: https://msevents.microsoft.com
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Microsoft Dynamics GP “12” – Our Windows 8 Vision
The Microsoft Dynamics GP team, when considering the creation of our upcoming web client user experience, looked at many technologies that would offer us an architecture for future growth, a feature set that was strong with controls and flexibility, and one that provided us a performance model that benefitted our customers.
Silverlight was a clear standout product in this research. In fact, we’ll be using Silverlight 5 features as it ships, specifically Silverlight 5 has been architected to deeply support business application development far deeper than other similar toolsets.
Windows 8 is an amazing product and has gained a lot of recent attention, especially around Tiles and Apps. Those work particularly well in the consumer experience, such as playing media, checking on the local weather, or browsing websites. Metro-styled apps, with their “clean” interface and open feel, might not be the best interface for a business application that has deep functionality sets, complex transaction windows, and deep reporting requirements. What is great about the Windows 8 operating system is that it supports multiple styles of applications, and we are making a conscious decision to develop on the one we feel is best suited for business applications.
The Windows 8 platform has also garnered a lot of press around the new browsing experience that currently is slated to not have plug-in support, such as Silverlight. What might not be evident to everyone is that XAML, the rendering technology for Silverlight is an integral part of the Windows 8 operating system. And this really flows with where the browsing experience is likely heading – where the browser experience is inherent to the operating system and no longer remains a separate application to run.
The current usage of Internet Explorer as an application running inside of the OS is something that is being re-architected into the always-on, always-connected metaphor where a program such as Internet Explorer becomes irrelevant. In the future, you’ll be browsing right from within the operating system itself, which means the choice of browser, or technology that it supports, will change to that of what the operating system inherently contains. In our case, it will have XAML. We are focused on those technologies that, when market focus shifts to those devices running an always on, always connected OS, we’ll be able to minimize our efforts to get on that platform. By supporting the toolset that we are supporting today, we are using the Microsoft development platform to deliver a solid experience today, but also giving us the path to upgrade to those devices in the future.
As we all know, technology and toolsets change over time, and our Silverlight investment, with its available controls, the realized performance, and the architecture it offers, is the right choice for the Microsoft Dynamics GP “12” release. Moving to Windows 8 will require most existing applications and functionality to be ported, whether Silverlight, HTML, or Javascript.
Jonathan Allen explains this well:
“The companies most invested in Silverlight are actually in the best position. These companies have been adopting Silverlight, and Flex, for use in internal applications. This sort of application generally have no HTML and simply use the browser as a delivery mechanism. As such these applications can be ported to the Metro runtime with surprisingly little effort. A new distribution mechanism will be needed, but something like the Windows app store for enterprises is undoubtedly in the works.”
Jay Manley
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Two new offers announced
Two offers that seek to drive ERP new business growth (Give Me 5 Offer) and drive the Existing Customer License opportunity by moving more customers to BRL (LMT Offer) were announced today. Timing for these two substantial offers is intentional to jointly drive market share in a way that rewards partners substantially while also seeking to increase partner profitability from their existing customers. Additionally, Microsoft is also launching a substantial partner incentive to ensure we are rewarding partners for driving results.
You will want to Review the PartnerSource links for ‘GiveMe 5’ & ‘LMT’ offer. Believe me . . . it will be worth your while.
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Microsoft Dynamics GP soon to offer 64-bit Hyper-V images only
For years, the demo image for Microsoft Dynamics GP had been offered as a 32-bit VPC image, which was used as a sales tool for many partners and also helped the ISV community with testing of their products. But times change, and we have to now change to a 64-bit Hyper-V image.
We had to make this change. The version of Windows Server that we had to use is 64-bit (Windows Server 2008 R2). We also historically struggled with other products that required a 64-bit operating system, such as Microsoft SharePoint. In order to support a more complete experience across the ever-growing integrated environment, and in order to support a deeper product set, we had to make a break from a 32-bit images. Finally, 64-bit virtualization is currently the only option available from Microsoft, utilizing Windows Server and Hyper-V.
When we talked to Partners, we heard two distinct stories. The first group were strong supporters of Hyper-V images, having switched to them already. The second group were nervous about the switch because they were unsure what it would mean to the hardware and software requirements to run it, and realized that it likely would mean upgraded hardware for their sales teams.
To run the image that we are planning to deliver in December, the computer it runs on will need 8GB of RAM, approx. 200GB of free hard disk space (or an external hard disk with appropriate space and a quick enough interface – preferably USB3), and at least a dual core processor. These are really the minimum specifications – anything that you do to improve on this will only help you out. If possible, it is strongly recommended that 16GB of RAM is installed and approx. 300GB of free hard disk space is available.
One concern you may have is setup of the laptop. Not too many sales consultants desire running Windows 2008 R2 Server as their primary operating system on a laptop. We realized this, and we will publish shortly a guide to help explain how you can take a Windows 7-based laptop and create a dual-boot-to-VHD (dual boot to a Windows 2008 R2 Server Hyper-V image) scenario. While it won’t cover your hardware exactly, it will give you insight into the process.
So, what does all this mean?
For those of you with a newer laptop, typically 2 yrs old or less, you might need to add some RAM, and maybe add an external drive. Older laptops will almost indeed require additional RAM. For those of you not yet on Windows 7, you’ll need to upgrade your primary operating system of your laptop to Windows 7. Then work with the guide to get your laptop ready for the next Microsoft Dynamics GP image, a 64-bit Hyper-V image. As a benefit, many are reporting better performance with the Hyper-V environment.
Jay Manley
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GPUG Academy Professional Certification in Accounts Payable
Did you know that GPUG offers a new certification program exclusively for Accounts Payable professionals?
http://www.gpug.com/member-resources/academy/certifications/PCAP
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Happy Halloween
No Tricks . . . only treats coming from the GP team. We wish everyone a happy and safe Halloween.
Personal Note:
This past weekend my wife and I spent the weekend with 4 couple friends on a "Staycation". That's right, instead of traveling we spent the weekend in downtown Fargo! We made a rule that we could not travel more than a mile from our hotel. Each couple planned surprise activities including an "Amazing Race Fargo" expedition. It was so much fun experiencing the city as a tourist and the trip home was so much nicer than the normal plane ride with multiple connections. We all learned more about our home city and found some interesting, businesses, shopping and eating experiences that we hadn't known before. I'd highly recommend a staycation if you are wanting to take some time off but don't want the hassle of the flights.
Cheers
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