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Top Ten Reasons to Attend Microsoft Dynamics GP Tech. Conference 2009

John O'Donnell — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:47:00 GMT

If you are still thinking about whether to attend the Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Conference 2009 in Fargo, ND on Nov 9-11 then take a look at this video and see if the team can convince you this is an event not to be missed.

This event is a great place to network with your Dynamics GP peers and learn what is coming next with Dynamics GP

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John O'Donnell
Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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CWRMobility and the ZuneHD

John O'Donnell — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:32:00 GMT

Erik van Hoof from http://www.CWRMobility.com stopped by at the CRMUG Summit to show me his companies Dynamics CRM product called CWR Mobile CRM running on his new ZuneHD. Interesting to see how a ZuneHD can be used for business applications as well as consumer applications.

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Microsoft Corporation
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End of week overview of Dynamics Communities event

John O'Donnell — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:22:00 GMT

During the week of September 14th the Dynamic Communities team ran a successful event in Illinois focusing on Dynamics CRM, Dynamics GP, Dynamics AX and Dynamics NAV. I met with two of the organizers to get their feedback at the end of the week.

If you work with a Microsoft Dynamics product and are not part of a user group consider joining a group at http://www.dynamiccommunities.com/

The opportunity to network with your Microsoft Dynamics peers is one not to be missed.

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Microsoft Corporation
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BuyDesign From TDCI Overview Part Two

John O'Donnell — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:29:00 GMT

Configuration with Microsoft Dynamics NAV

The BuyDesign Configurator and Guided Selling solutions transform Microsoft Dynamics NAV into a uniquely powerful solution for configure-to-order manufacturers. Seamlessly embedded in Microsoft Dynamics NAV, the Configurator is accessed through the sales and production documents and also supports variants, charge items, kitting, and much more.

In this video, see how easy it is to for your sales partners to create a configured quote and submit an order for processing in Microsoft Dynamics NAV. Watch how the order results in the creation of a production order with configured BOM and routings. Also see an example of how the Configurator produces dynamic photo-quality renderings of a cheer leader uniform from within Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Learn more about how BuyDesign from TDCI complements and extends the Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform to deliver significant value to Microsoft Dynamics customers at the end of the video.

For more information, visit http://www.tdci.com/nav/buydesign-nav.htm, or the corporate web-site at http://www.tdci.com/.

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Microsoft Corporation
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BuyDesign From TDCI Overview Part One

John O'Donnell — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:03:00 GMT

Powerful Configuration and 2D Engineering Visualization with Microsoft Dynamics NAV

In this video, see an example of how easy it is to create a configured sales order and a production order for a wood door within Microsoft Dynamics NAV using the BuyDesign Configurator. Watch the dynamic selection of options, generation of 2D engineering visualization, and the creation of a Dynamic BOM and routing.

Learn more about how BuyDesign from TDCI complements and extends the Microsoft Dynamics NAV platform to deliver significant value to Microsoft Dynamics customers at the end of the video.

For more information, visit http://www.tdci.com/nav/buydesign-nav.htm, or the corporate web-site at http://www.tdci.com/.

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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XE-XI builds location aware solution to help you find your way around town

John O'Donnell — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:22:00 GMT

Larry Gregory talked to Carlos Reinoso or http://www.xe-xi.com at a recent BizSpark incubation event hosted by Sanjay Jain.

http://www.xe-xi.com uses location based services to deliver the ability to find businesses around you as you travel with a mobile device or even from your desktop. Businesss will sign up with Xe-Xi to be part of their portal such as restaurants, shopping and more.

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Microsoft Corporation
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Freeltor uses WPF and Windows 7 Touch to drive increased business for real estate agents

John O'Donnell — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:50:00 GMT

Larry Gregory talked to the team of Adrian Manzano and Rene Nario of http://www.freeltor.com at a recent Bizspark incubation event hosted by Sanjay Jain.

Their solution reduces the administration overhead of running a business for the real estate agent and frees them to focus on their clients and buying and selling property. In a few short days Freeltor took advantage of touch in Windows 7 and Expression Blend to deliver both an administration tool as well as a Windows 7 gadget.

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Microsoft Corporation
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Intertouch Media Technologies innovates on WPF and Multitouch at BizSpark Incubation Week

John O'Donnell — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:53:00 GMT

Larry Gregory talked with David Marra and James Cadd from Intertouch Media Technologies at a recent BizSpark incubation event hosted by Sanjay Jain

Intertouch Media delivers platforms to enable companies to build very compelling interactive systems such as airport kiosks that take advantage of Windows 7 and Multitouch. In addition their solution leverages inertia in their controls so the user really feels compelled to interact with the display.

Do not miss the demo which starts at time index 6:00 minutes as they inertia in their controls and also a Bing integration.

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Students from GMU build medical record systems on Windows 7 at BizSpark event

John O'Donnell — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:58:00 GMT

Larry Gregory talked to the student team of Bo Yu and Changwei Liu from George Mason University at a recent BizSpark incubation event hosted by Sanjay Jain.

Their research interests and technology focuses on making it easier to access your medical records in a secure manner.

Both students gained great insight into developing using Windows 7 and .NET during this event.

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Take Comics builds new comic publishing solution with Windows 7 and Touch

John O'Donnell — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:45:00 GMT

Larry Gregory talked to the team of Kevin Mann and Tony Williams of http://www.takepublishing.com at a recent Bizspark incubation event hosted by Sanjay Jain.

Their solution called TakeComics finally solves the problem of trying to find that missing issue of your favorite comic as well as new comics and render them digitally on many devices.

In a few days of development the TakeComics team were able to build a solution that could render comics and let you interact them using Windows 7 touch capabilities.

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Dynamics CRM, Silverlight and more with CRM Innovation LLC

John O'Donnell — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:12:00 GMT

CRM Innovation LLC are an ISV based in Lenexa, KS. who specialize in Microsoft Dynamics CRM as both an ISV and implementor. As well as working on innovative solutions for Dynamics CRM the company has also embraced Silverlight and used it to enhance the capabilities of Dynamics CRM for both on premise and S+S deployments.

For more product information go to this link

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Local Government and Microsoft Dynamics CRM with Mitchell Humphrey

John O'Donnell — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:04:00 GMT

Mitchell Humphrey is an ISV who now uses Dynamics CRM as a development platform to build their solutions for local government. In this video they talk to us about the work they do and showcase their solutions.

For more information go to FastTrackGov

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A look at Cloud Computing, Azure and Dynamics CRM

John O'Donnell — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:50:00 GMT

In this video Jon White, a CRM Technology Specialist with Microsoft Dynamics CRM talks to us about Cloud Computing, Azure, Dynamics CRM and what it really means for anyone working with Microsoft Dynamics products

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Talking about Microsoft Robotics and VPL with Trevor Taylor

John O'Donnell — Fri, 22 May 2009 22:19:00 GMT

During my last visit to the Microsoft Redmond Campus Trevor Taylor from the Microsoft Robotics team was kind enough to talk to me about the Microsoft Robotics platform and in particular Visual Programming Language or VPL. Of course when you talk aout robotics there is always an opportunity to talk about other cool technology such as the simulation environment and the great things our partner http://www.simplysim.net are doing with it.

If this video peaks your interest in Microsoft Robotics then take a look at the book Trevor co-authored with Kyle Johns

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Interview and demonstration of Dynamics AX 2009 snap-ins with Merit Solutions

John O'Donnell — Mon, 04 May 2009 05:18:00 GMT

In this video I talked with Bill Burke and Nenad Simeunovic of Merit Solutions and learned about their snap-in product for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009

Product Demonstration starts at time index - 8:10

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Interview and demonstration with ExactShip and Dynamics CRM

John O'Donnell — Mon, 04 May 2009 04:41:00 GMT

ExactShip gives you the ability to ship products directly from solutions like Dynamics CRM, Dynamics GP and Dynamics AX. As the guys from ExactShip say, everyone ships!

See more product demonstrations at http://www.exactship.com/msdynamics

Product Demonstration starts at time index - 9:29

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Transcensus Interview and Demonstration - Deliver easy training with SHO Guide

John O'Donnell — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:56:00 GMT

Just before Convergence 2009 wrapped up I caught up with Dan Higbee and Dan Peay from www.transcensus.com and talked with them about their solution for delivering application help. In this video we show it running with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online but it can also be used with Microsoft Office applications, Dynamics or any application developed using Microsoft .NET.

Product Demonstration starts at time index - 5:45

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Overview and demonstration of Cast Iron Systems Application Integration and Migration Solution

John O'Donnell — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 17:15:00 GMT

While in Mountain View, CA I had the pleasure of visiting Cast Iron Systems and talking about their hardware and cloud based solution for data migration and integration. Chandar also did a great demonstration of the solution with Dynamics CRM and Dynamics GP.

Overview starts at time index - 4:01
Demonstration starts at time index - 14:23

More information about the solution can be found here -http://www.castiron.com/integration-solutions/ms-dynamics/index.html

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Demonstration of Cincom Acquire Product Configurator in Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online

John O'Donnell — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:05:00 GMT

In this interview, Rick Wood and Jim Wilson of Cincom Acquire talk to me about their product configurator solution and how it can be used to configure simple to very complex product packages. In addition Jim shows us the solution working with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online which starts at time index 8:44. This solution is also available for Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009.

More information about the solution can be found here - http://www.cincomacquire.com/product-configurator-for-microsoft-dynamics.html

Cincom Acquire will at booth #300 at Convergence.

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Microsoft Corporation
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Interview with Bill Knapp and Scott Mills of vSync

John O'Donnell — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:52:00 GMT

In this interview, Bill Knapp and Scott Mills of Vsync (http://www.vsync.com) talk about their companies work on the Dynamics ERP platforms of Dynamics GP and Dynamics AX and also talk about their new product - vSync EDI for Dynamics AX 2009 - http://www.vsync.com/Portals/0/Documents/solutionsAX/AX_EDI_TNL.pdf

vSync will at booth #607 at Convergence.

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Interview with Richard Barnett of Kineticsware

John O'Donnell — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:14:00 GMT

In this interview, Richard Barnett of Kineticsware (http://www.kineticsware.com) talked to us about his company and the work his team has been doing with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 which was released earlier this year.

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Interview with Jeff Gerardot of Interactive Intelligence

John O'Donnell — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:09:00 GMT

Jeff Gerardot of Interactive Intelligence (http://www.inin.com) talked with me about their call center solutions and the work they have done to integrate Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 into the solution.

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John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist Microsoft Corporation
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Interview with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Community and Content Strategy Team

John O'Donnell — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:09:00 GMT

While in Redmond I managed to catch up with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Community and Content Strategy team and talked to them about the great work they do for the various Dynamic CRM Communities including these:

CRM Team Blog

CRM Forums

CRM Community

Resource Center (external)

CRM SDK

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John O'Donnell
Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Interview with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Engineering for Enterprise team

John O'Donnell — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:18:00 GMT

In this interview I talked with the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Engineering for Enterprise team and their great work including performance testing Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 to 24k users!

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Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 : Multi-Tenancy with John O'Donnell

John O'Donnell — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:52:00 GMT

Hello and welcome to another Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 screencast.

In this presentation I talk about the multi-tenancy feature in Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0.

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