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August 2008 Newsletter
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It was great to see many of you again at WPC and to learn about
the new technologies and programs from Microsoft that will be coming
out over the next year. I also thought it was exciting to see a
Dynamics SL customer featured in the General Dynamics pre-session video!
This general session covered how Microsoft continues to focus on
role-base tailoring within their product lines (menus, templates,
user interface, etc.) and how the most recent updates to
Sure Step provide even more templates to assist Partners with rapid
site deployments. You can visit
Digital WPC to
watch this and other recorded sessions from the conference.
Best Regards,
Todd Michael
Director of Sales & Marketing
Plumbline Solutions, Inc.
(419) 581-2973
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Plumbline Solutions
provides software engineering services for
Microsoft®
Dynamics Channel Partners and
Microsoft
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). We offer
software development, application support, and technology
consulting, with a focus on delivering excellence and building
lasting relationships.
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Innovation was a key
theme at this year's World Wide Partner Conference. On the
technology front, we learned that
Hyper-V is a
key virtualization feature of the
Windows Server 2008
operating system, and is in the RTM (released to manufacturing)
stage of the release cycle. This
updated beta version
for Hyper-V is available for download. Also,
Microsoft SQL Server 2008
is on schedule to RTM later this year!
[read
more]
All of the
WPC Announcements
are available to review in case there is some news you may have
missed.
Imagine this
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You’re walking into a prospect or customer who wants a demo. You
pull out your laptop,
start it up, access the VPC image (and now wait for 15 minutes for
things to cache and begin
running). Or better yet, are you always apologizing for the screens
to load during your presentation?
Sound familiar? Well, we know of a few things that will make this
experience not so dreadful and improve the overall perception of the
system performance.
Try these things for a better overall performance with the VPC
image:
1. Use an eSata (external SATA) drive to store and access your
image. (For additional information on benefits of eSata drives visit
http://www.serialata.org/esata.asp.)
2. Allocate 3 gigs of memory to the image
3. Undo Disks – turn this setting on. With Undo Disks turned on,
upon completing a presentation you can delete the changes and the
next time you start the image it will be as though the other demo
never occurred. With this option not selected, any changes done in
the image will be saved. Having Undo Disks turned on helps when
using the Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0 Sales Demo VPC image by allowing
you to start an image prior to the demo, doing a Save State, and
then when you are ready to use the image all of the services would
be started already. There wouldn’t need to be the 10-15minutes of
prep for the image’s services to load. If you are using an eSata
drive you can have everything up and running within 2-3 minutes.
To correct the error "System Message 10202" that
occurs when changing the currency ID in the Landed Cost Receipt
Entry (61.010.00) sub screen of the Receipt/Invoice Entry
(04.010.00) screen in Microsoft Dynamics SL 7.0 SP1, download
Hot Fix 16591 LC.
You may notice performance
issues when saving, releasing, or posting various batches
in Dynamics SL. This can happen when:
- You are using SL 7.0 or higher
- You are using Windows Authentication
- You have FRx 6.7 Service Pack 10 installed
Because of a bug in the FRx triggers, when all of the above are true
a time consuming statement is run each time a record is inserted
into the GLTRAN table.
Go here for more information and a corrected script.
How to change the port for Business Portal in 4 easy steps:
1) Change the port in IIS
2) Change the port in SharePoint
3) Change the port in the BusinessFramework.config file
4) If using Project, run the PCConfiguration.exe
More detailed instructions are also available. |
Mark your calendars
for these upcoming events:
I t’s
that time of year again and the
Dynamics Users Group SL
has some great things in store! Their annual Fall
Meeting is being held in Hartford, CT on September 17th through 19th.
Click here to see the details of what they have planned for this
event and how to register!
Also, they now have a group on
LinkedIn so if you are interested in contacting other members within
the group you may join using this
link.
Digital WPC
provides online access to WPC keynotes,
announcements, etc. and is a great resource to review the conference
events and learn more about the
new Microsoft strategies.
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Microsoft Virtualization ISV Web Seminar Series:
This four-part Web seminar series
will introduce you to the benefits of virtualization for
ISVs. Focusing on the new Windows Server Virtualization
(Hyper-V) and Microsoft Virtual Server, the series will
cover the how and why for custom development on the new
technologies.
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Name:
Pat Gibson
Background:
At Plumbline, Pat is a
developer and manages the System Development Team. His group is responsible for
Dynamics SL SDK features (VBTools/ System modules), which includes the estimate,
design, code and communication of new features, as well as performing sustained
engineering.
Prior to joining Plumbline, Pat was a Development Manager for the Microsoft
Developer Division. There, and also while at Great Plains, Pat worked on
implementing the Business Framework User interface. Pat was also a Product
Manager and Systems Team Lead at Solomon Software, responsible for Operating
Systems/Networks, developing the Customization Manager and System Manager
modules, the User Interface and providing customer support.
In his 26 years of experience, Pat
has worked with the Solomon I, II, III, IV and Dynamics SL products.
Likes best about
consulting:
Applying new technologies to
current products and the challenges to meet customer requests with the
ever-changing needs of the industry.
Hobbies:
Spending time with family, sports photography, playing
sports and gaming.
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Congratulations to our customers
that were WPC 2008 Partner Award winners and finalists this year!
Microsoft Dynamics SL
Winner:
Synergy Business Solutions
Finalist:
Strategic Information Solutions
(SIS)
Finalist:
Tribridge
Microsoft Dynamics GP
Winner:
InterDyn – Socius
Microsoft Dynamics Point of Sale Solutions
Winner:
Elypsis – (for their Navision
Wine Distribution vertical)
Microsoft Dynamics AX
Finalist:
Hitachi Consulting
Information Worker Solutions, Enterprise Content Management and
Forms
Winner:
LegendCorp, Canada
A full list of the WPC Partner Award finalists and winners can be
found
here.
Product Strategy Toolbox Version 3.0 - Microsoft Dynamics SL
contains tools to help explain current offerings and future
product roadmaps.
Microsoft
Connect is a new website (hence, not much content yet) that
Partners can use to rate items, validate software errors, and submit
workarounds, etc. To find Dynamics SL specific issues, sign into
MS Connect using the link above, then change to this
URL.
Access Plumbline Solutions' Link Exchange for a list
of Microsoft Dynamics SL add-on products in one easy-to-search area:
Plumbline
Solutions' Link Exchange
To participate in the Plumbline Solutions' Link Exchange Program and
gain greater visibility for your products or services ,
e-mail us or
read the participation details.
Welcome to our new Link Exchange Program participants!
If you have consultants in your organization that are
not receiving the Plumbline Newsletter, please forward a copy of the
newsletter to them and have them click on the "Subscribe me!" link in the
email. Sign-up is also available on our
website. We want to make
sure we have these professionals “in the know” about the latest SL
activities and ensure they have access to the monthly hints & tips.
To read previous issues of our Newsletter click
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