The Dynamics GP Blogster

Week 14 saw no activity from the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP team, since all the relevant players were out at the GPUG Summit 2012 Seattle event - read GPUG Summit 2012 Seattle - Wrap Up!  to find out more. Last week, the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP team, however, went nuts (probably as a result of jet lag) with Pam and Jay mixing things up a bit in renaming the "Features of the Day" to "Feature when Pam or Jay Reveals it". The truth is, these two are a bit unpredictable, so I will simply continue to call this - and in the interest of keeping your sanity and mines in check - Feature of the Day . Feature When Pam or Jay Reveals It: Reprint Payables Management Remittance Now you can reprint remittances from Payables Payment Zoom window Original article: Feature When Pam or Jay Reveals It: Reprint Payables Management Remittance Link to presentation: GP2013 13716_Reprint PM Remit FOD.ppsx Learning script: N/A Feature When Pam or Jay Reveals It:...

I'm pleased to announce that I will be visiting a number of cities throughout this year and next conducting Microsoft Dexterity training for the uninitiated. This in response to a number of requests I have had in the past to bring the action directly to your doors - well, somewhere close anyways. IntellPartners presents Microsoft Dexterity Training for end-user developers, ISV developers and implementation partners. Microsoft Dexterity is the application development system used to create and customize the award winning Microsoft Dynamics GP, and this course is designed to enable developers to customize GP or create add-on applications. Also, if you are a Visual Studio Tools developer, then this course is for you! Come learn the inner works of Microsoft Dexterity applications and be the star in your organization. You will learn: Microsoft’s basic programming techniques to develop core Dynamics GP modules How to customize Dynamics GP forms and reports How to develop add-o...

With another Summit behind us, it's just fitting that I close this one out with some remarks about the event, and as it is customary, with all links I could find from people talking about it. This is indeed my second GPUG Summit as a presenter and I have to say, this event is growing very fast in popularity, with over 550 users, partners, and ISVs from the Microsoft Dynamics GP world. It's also good to note that over 2,000 participants attended on behalf of all the user groups (AXUG, NAVUG, CRMUG, and of course, GPUG). What also shocked me was the total number of sessions: over 150! Sessions were as diverse as anyone could imagine: from Social Media, to Excel, to Reporting Services, to Business Intelligence, to myriad of sessions on tips (50 tips, 100 tips, 150 product tips, etc., etc.) , Microsoft Dynamics GP functionality, and the upcoming Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013. No, it doesn't end there either. Attendees got an up close and personal view of the web client, Busines...

Day 3 marks the end of GPUG Summit 2012 Seattle . However, this day would go out with a bang and still tons of sessions left. Kim Peterson, Michelle Spitzer, David Eichner Next up was the "Ask the Experts" town hall session, where I had a chance to be on stage with fellow Microsoft Dynamics GP MVPs and last Summit's GPUG All-Stars Bob McAdam , MVP John Lowther , and Zubin Gidwani . "Ask the Experts" Panelists Left to right: Andy Hafer (Moderator), MVP Charles Allen, MVP Frank Hamelly, MVP Leslie Vail, MVP Mark Polino, MVP Mariano Gomez, Bob McAdam, MVP John Lowther, Zubin Gidwani Somehow, the GPUG organization saw fitting that me and my fellow colleagues on stage wear these propeller head caps. I must say, we did look the part. After some introductions, some fun on stage, and the cap fitting, the questions began to poor in from the attendees and we had a wonderful time taking on some challenging ones. The "Propeller Heads" in action ...

After a late dinner the previous day, today I would start the day with an 8:00 AM session - ITP16 Advanced Microsoft Dynamics GP Administration with the Support Debugging Tool . For an early session, I had a good turn out with 17 attendees, all of which were asking very interesting questions about the tool. Couple suggestion to improve the SDT come to mind from attendees: 1. The Resource Information window should incorporate a "Back" button that would allow a user to return to the starting resource once the user begins to drill-down into other resources. For example, if the Resource Information window starts out with a form or window, then the user chooses a table associated to that form, and them moves on to a field in a table, the back button should allow the user to navigate to the table, then to the original form/window if pressed again. 2. Support Debugging Tool training should be a part of the Summit Optional Training sessi...

Let the show begin! This is the only way to describe Day 1 of GPUG Summit 2012 Seattle. The day started out with breakfast in room 304 of The Conference Center. Attendees had one last chance to check out the sessions they were attending for the day, before the opening General Session. Breakfast at the Opening General Session Mama Kim took control of the stage, welcoming all attendees and talking about the benefits of GPUG, joining the regional chapters, and participating in the Microsoft Dynamics GP community as a whole. She then presented some formidable statistics on GPUG's growth over the past 5 years, the number of attendees to this event - 2000 users across all products, 550 Dynamics GP attendees. Kim Peterson, Director of GPUG Kim gave way to Mike McDowell  who explained away the functions of the GPUG Advisory Board and the importance of the volunteer work performed by its members. Mike provided a comic relief to attendees when he described being a sort of...

The past two days have been officially Optional Instructor Led training sessions at GPUG Summit 2012 Seattle . So the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) has been buzzing with people attending a number of classes across all Microsoft Dynamics product lines. Now that I am settled in, it was time to head over to the register for the Summit event and catch up with friends. Registrations were being conducted at The Conference Center . Over the next 3 days, The Conference Center will host over 550 attendees to the GPUG Summit . The Conference Center, home of the GPUG Summit It's always great to see a friendly (and I might add, beautiful) face after a long day of traveling. Liz Hallen , Director of Member Relations with Dynamic Communities  was at the registration booth with a big smile, ready to welcome and sign up all attendees to the Summit. However, I was not that lucky - no, not that kind of lucky.  Liz Hallen As logistics would have it, MVPs and speak...

As I write this first segment of the article, my flight is cruising at 37,000 ft. just about North-North East of Kansas City, Missouri. The GPUG Summit 2012 Seattle is not officially kicking off until tomorrow. However, GPUG organizers have decided that presenters should meet at 5:00 PM PST to get some final pointers and make sure that we are ready for the show. My morning started very chaotically, getting up early and packing my suitcase to rush into the all too well documented Atlanta traffic to get to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport . Highway 400 is usually not the place to be at 7:30 AM and it proved me right this morning. I had to deviate through the much slower Highway 9 (Alpharetta Highway) which took me out to the Perimeter (I-285) and back onto Highway 400 and through the Down Town and to the airport. Upon arrival at the airport and within 30 minutes of boarding, I ran into my second stumble: the South Terminal parking lot was full, wi...