The travel home from GPUG Amplify was pretty uneventful, although it was an early start to my day! My flight was at 6:00 am Pacific time, which meant a 4:00 am wake-up call to get to the airport on time and check in etc. That felt SO early despite it being later than I wake… (continue >)

At long last, here is my post on GPUG Amplify, day 2. I’m writing this on March 25th, but posting it as the last day of the event for consistency with the conference dates. This was the last day of the conference, and I was heading to another hotel closer to the Ontario airport for… (continue >)

Tuesday was the first full day of content for the customer side at GPUG Amplify. After starting with a continental breakfast and some caffeine, the day began. I must say the breakfast was better than last year, despite just being a continental breakfast. There was lots of fresh fruit, always welcome, and a bonus for… (continue >)

It’s that time again! Another conference, and another series of posts around the content and observations I found interesting. This week’s conference is GPUG Amplify, in (mostly) sunny Anaheim, California. This is the 2nd year of the event, and it’s a great event for those who aren’t interested in big crowds! The attendance is in… (continue >)

I’m writing this wrap-up post, as I sit in the Atlanta airport on a nasty 5-hour layover from 5 pm-ish to 10 pm-ish. I’ve watched the end of the Blue Jays ALCS game 2 at the Delta SkyClub bar (vs. Cleveland Indians, we lost. Boo!). I’ve written the last of my blog posts except this one. I’ve eaten… (continue >)

Friday! (Yes, I’m sure!) Today was the last day of the conference and it was a busy day, as it was the first time I was presenting or involved in sessions at GPUG Summit. Here are the sessions I took part in today and how the day fared for me: Session 1 – Community Celebration… (continue >)

I’m catching up on writing these (on Saturday in the airports on my way home!) but dating them for the actual day of the sessions… and from this post onwards I’m writing AFTER I figured out what day of the week is what. (LOL, if you missed it, I’m not admitting to anything!). This is… (continue >)

Continuing on from my first two posts, Pre-Conference and Keynote Day, this post covers the highlights of my Wednesday. This was the first day where there was an organized breakfast, and it was at Amalie Arena today where the opening Dynamics GP (GPUG) session was held. I’ll be honest and say I was disappointed with… (continue >)

Technically, I don’t think today ‘s schedule was considered to be the first day but the keynote was this afternoon, so with this re-write, I am now just calling it Keynote Day. Confused? Yes it was a little but I’m assuming the rest of the conference is now Days 1 to 3. I give up labelling days… (continue >)

For the first time, I’m attending the Dynamics Communities’ User Group Summits, or as Dynamics GP customers know it, GPUG Summit in this case. I have heard the attendance is somewhere between 6,500 and 7,000 people overall, which is astounding! It’s also the 10th anniversary so it’s a great one to be at for my… (continue >)

Travel update: made it home safely. Flight delay again leaving Fargo, no delay on MSP flight to Toronto, fairly straightforward 1.25-hour drive home from YYZ. Odd drive home in that I passed a tractor-trailer on fire (still driving) with a fire engine truck following it, going the other way on Hwy 401 and then as… (continue >)

The last day of the reImagine 2016 conference was a half day, like in previous years. The plan when I woke up this morning was pretty simple: check out, take in the 3 sessions in the morning, kill a bit of time doing my blogging in the afternoon, head to the airport and fly home.… (continue >)

This is the continuation of the part 1 post for Day 2. Session 4 – Clean up your system – Leslie Vail This was a very entertaining session as Leslie has us in stitches with various slides and comments about data and subpoenas and Arthur Anderson etc.  I don’t have significant notes on this one… (continue >)

So, what happened on Day 2? No, really, that was yesterday (as I write this) and the time starts to blur when at a conference. What I think happened yesterday was actually this morning or Monday. So… I’m recreating this as best as I can from my notes and Twitter interactions! Session 1 – Advanced… (continue >)

Continuing on from Part 1 and Part 2, here is the remainder of Day 1. Session 4 – What’s Microsoft Azure? – John Dooley This was a presentation John also did at Amplify in May 2016. It was a different approach from other Azure presentations I’ve sat in on, and I don’t know if it… (continue >)

So, continuing from my part 1 blog post, there were demos during the opening session and coverage of both GP 2016 features (shouldn’t be news to anyone) and GP 2016 R2 planned features. I won’t get into those details as most were covered in the first session again, which is below. Session 1 – GP 2016… (continue >)

Wow, day 1 was busy! I’m foregoing the eOne Solutions “Smartner Party” to write today’s blog and then hit the hay relatively early, since tomorrow will be an even longer day with the evening pub crawl! First up was breakfast at the hotel starting at 7:00am. Then, everyone was shuttled up to Microsoft for the… (continue >)

So, yesterday came and went without me seeing anyone I knew that’s here for the conference. I did have a fellow GP Canadian come over and introduce himself when I was at Buffalo Wild Wings. Paul Johnson, from Winnipeg, followed me on Twitter and recognized me from my profile pic. We grabbed a drink and… (continue >)