Category: Conferences

The remainder of the first day at Amplify consisted of breakout sessions (4 timeslots throughout the day), with expo time and lunch in the middle and a social/mingle-sponsored welcome reception in the evening. For each session timeslot, there seemed to be 5 choices of session content, with one breakout timeslot being entirely ISV presentations. Overall… (continue >)

Day 1 of the inaugural Amplify 2016 conference started with a general session at 8:30 am. The general session followed the familiar format of introductions and general administrative things, followed by Dynamics GP product strategy, roadmap and GP 2016 product demos. I won’t get into details on “breakfast”. The organizers got an earful of feedback on the disappointing… (continue >)

This is the first post of a small series of posts to come this week, outlining some of my thoughts and takeaways from the brand-spanking-new GPUG Amplify 2016 conference. What is Amplify? It’s a brand new conference, driven by demand from our fantastic Dynamics GP community, for end-users of Dynamics GP. With the transition of… (continue >)

Today, as I sit in the airport in Fargo awaiting my departing flight, I’m writing this wrap-up on the week with some random thoughts and things I forgot to include earlier. These are in no particular order. Rubber Ducks A rubber duck that was in my hotel room. Did everyone else at the Hilton Garden… (continue >)

Today was a half-day for the official part of the conference, except for post-conference training offerings. I chose to sign up for post-conference training, as I always take advantage of something interesting if I can while I am here. I figure this week is an investment in my self-development and it’s worth taking advantage of any… (continue >)

Day 2 was not quite as crazy as Day 1 for me, at least I don’t feel as drained as I did yesterday at this time of day (4:00 pm as I am writing this!). I can’t speak for everyone though, I’m sure those who attended the eOne Smartner Party, their opinion on today might… (continue >)

It’s been a great start to day one so far (as I am writing this throughout the day to save trying to remember it all later!).  This isn’t going to be about everything that happened today, however, it’s the things that were most interesting to me. Keynote & Opening Session Wayne Morris was the official keynote… (continue >)

Today started early but it was a lot better than my alternatives would have been! This year flying is easier since I’m leaving from the airport closest to me, in Kitchener, Ontario, and it is less than 30 minutes away. So a 6:45 am flight doesn’t seem too bad after all! A GP colleague who lives… (continue >)

As many others in the Dynamics GP community, I’m getting ready to head to Fargo for the annual partner conference dedicated purely to GP. This year, I vow to not pay ridiculous US roaming fees on my cell phone. Every year I feel a little bit stranded, a little bit out of touch and always… (continue >)

The last half of day 3 and the first part of day 4 was post-conference training that attendees could sign up in advance for.  I saw there was a deep dive on Reporting and I thought “cool”… I feel a bit behind on some of the reporting tools and surely could use some in-depth training… (continue >)

Day 3 technically is the last day of the conference, unless attendees are taking some of the post-conference training. All of the content was at the Holiday Inn since there were fewer sessions overall. There were 9 sessions + the work room 1 on 1 things again. The Big Reveal The first session of the… (continue >)

Day 2 of the reImagine 2014 conference was a full day of sessions, followed by an evening keynote and pub crawl through downtown Fargo. This day they swapped the locations of some sessions and had Sales & Consulting at the Holiday Inn, and Marketing & Development at Microsoft. I was initially a bit concerned that… (continue >)

On the first day of any conference, I find I’m spending a bit of time purely getting used to being at a conference again. Where are the rooms? What sessions do I want to see? What did I forget in my room? When are the meals and breaks? Yesterday was no exception to that… even… (continue >)

It’s Sunday, November 9th, 2014 and the day before what arguably might be the biggest Dynamics GP partner conference yet… perhaps an exaggeration but with a new release pending in 3-4 weeks (GP 2015), there’s tons of excitement around this year’s conference. My day began leaving home (I live about an hour west of Toronto)… (continue >)

This is the continuation of my first article: Part 1 where the Town Hall and Pricing sessions were described. I attempted to write this part in the Fargo airport where the wifi proved to be a little sketchy!  The first part posted through fine, but this second part? Not so much! The WOW Session Speaking… (continue >)

Today was the final day of the Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift in Fargo. So much information was presented today that I don’t even know where to start! The sessions today were all general sessions, with no breakouts. First was a Town Hall Q&A session with several of the key staff from Microsoft answering various… (continue >)

Day 2 at the 2013 Dynamics GP Technical Airlift seemed a lot less busy. Not in the sense of fewer people attending, but in the sense of less rush, less overload. Chalk it up to a better night’s sleep the second night (and chalk that up to less socializing last night, haha, no correlation there… (continue >)

Wow, what a day!  The first day at these conferences is all about getting acclimated to the pace of the day and the overwhelming amount of information that is presented to us. I always find the first day is more tiring than the subsequent days, as I’m not used to being on the receiving end… (continue >)

Hey, look! It’s my semi-annual blog article… OK, I jest a little, and hopefully, today I start back with regular blogs. I’m in lovely Fargo as I write this, having arrived mid-afternoon, the day before the Dynamics GP Technical Airlift 2013 kicks off.  Unlike last year, I didn’t partake in any of the pre-conference classes… (continue >)

A continuation of the first part of my articles on the GP 2013 Web Client, this post goes through some of the other training things that were covered that are installation-related. Some of the things in this article are: Certificates SSL Firewalls Domain Users & Groups Deployment Strategies As I mentioned in the first article, this… (continue >)

Tuesday was the unofficial first day of the conference for me with the agenda being one of two things for those who chose to come a day early. There was a sales presentation for those on the business development side and there was technical training on the web client for the rest of us. Generally, partners… (continue >)

It’s that time again, the time to trek to Fargo and be immersed in all things Microsoft Dynamics GP!  The last technical conference was a blast and this proves to be no different. The content this time around is, of course, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and all of its new features including a ton of… (continue >)

Today is day 3 in Fargo, and the majority of the day is wrap-up and some chances for the vendor sponsors to present their wares. The room is emptying gradually as the day progresses as people are heading to the airport to catch their flights. This is mostly some observations of the overall conference and a… (continue >)

Day 2 at the Dynamics GP Technical Conference in Fargo:  It was another long day, with a lot of information presented in the sessions. On the weather side of things, it was quite a bit warmer today vs day 1, which I have come to learn was unseasonably cold for this time of year. Great…. it reminds… (continue >)

Today was day 1 at the Dynamics GP Technical Conference in Fargo. It was a long day of sessions, lots of interesting information to be had. It was also bitterly cold outside, and it’s safe to say not too many people ventured outside between sessions today! These update posts won’t have a TON of detail… (continue >)