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August 2009 Newsletter
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Greetings!
If you attended Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) in
New Orleans last month, hopefully we were able to connect. As a
quick update for those unable to attend, key announcements included
Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2 and Office 2010, and the unveiling of the
new Partner Program, called the
Microsoft Partner
Network. In Steve Balmer's general session (where he was
captivating and entertaining, as usual!), Steve talked about his
view on the economic future, and how Microsoft's new product
releases will play an important part.
Of course, I attended all of the SL sessions. One of
particular interest was a general session where several Partners
talked about how they approach opportunities, win deals, and partner
with each other. There was also a break-out session for Government
Contracting and Construction.
Now that WPC is past, I've noticed that many of us have employees
using vacation time to relax, enjoy the weather and spend time with
family before the back to school rush starts. If you find you
are short-staffed and need some additional help getting projects
completed on time - give me a call. We can talk about how you
can leverage Plumbline's resources to keep your business on track.
Best Regards,
Todd Michael
Director
Plumbline Solutions, Inc.
(419) 581-2973
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Plumbline
provides software engineering services for
Microsoft Dynamics®
Channel Partners and Microsoft
Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). We offer
software development, application support, technology and business
process consulting,
with a focus on delivering excellence and building lasting
relationships.
Our Microsoft Competencies include: Data Management Solutions,
Information Worker Solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions, Small
Business Specialist Community, Custom Development Solutions, Business Intelligence
and SOA and Business Process.
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Dynamics User Group SL Fall Conference
Join the SL User Group for their annual conference in sunny San
Diego on September 16th through 18th! This year’s event will
be the best yet! The agenda has been updated to include an IT and
finance track to provide more than 40 sessions and roundtables. There will also be ISV showcases!
During an interview with Carolyn Blaylock, Vice President of the
Dynamics User Group SL, she offered this insight about the event:
"Attending
the Dynamics Users Group SL Fall Conference provides customers with
real world experience and solutions.
Attendees have the opportunity to hear from other
customers about how they use SL to meet their most challenging
business issues and learn tricks & tips to simplify their daily
jobs.
You can use networking opportunities to forge connections with
customers that have similar business issues and stay in contact with
them year round to troubleshoot problems or brainstorm solutions.
Even the most competent users can up their game by
understanding how other companies apply technologies and extract
critical data to run their business successfully. Unlike
Convergence, which provides good high level learning about new
platforms and solutions that integrate with SL, our 2-day conference
arms customers with detailed learning that has a positive impact on
both the attendee and their organization."
For agenda details,
including How to Get Geeky at the fall meeting, [read
more].
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SQL Server
Compatibility
You can now use SQL Server compatibility
mode 90 with your Microsoft Dynamics SL databases.
Compatibility mode 80 is still supported and remains the
default mode for new or upgraded databases created by
Database Maintenance (98.290.00). However, this feature
pack is the last release in which compatibility mode 80 is
the default. SQL Server
compatibility mode 100 is not currently supported. [Read
More].
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SSRS Formula "Cheat Sheet"
Need help with creating SSRS formulas? Don Shields with
ClientsFirst-US has compiled a list of formulas and reference sites
that he has used over the years and has generously agreed to share
this information with us. You can view his notes
here.
Thanks Don!
Resizing PVs
Ever have difficulty resizing an existing possible values
window - and keeping the changes intact?
We found this tip on the Solomon Partner Forum:
If you manually enter the pvleft, pvwidth, pvheight, and pvtop
properties in the customized field in a CST file, and then reimport
the CST file, the PV for that field can be resized and the settings
will be saved when the screen is closed.
More about new hotfix downloads
To find out why the process changed, including a
step-by-step guide on how to download the hotfixes, plus tips on how
to streamline your search for the best results [read
more].
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Mark your calendars for
these upcoming events:
Dynamics User Group
SL Fall Conference
September 16-18, 2009
San Diego, CA
Click Here for Details and to Register for the Fall Meeting!
Hurry, registration is only open through August 23rd!
Microsoft
Project Conference 2009 – September 14-17 in Phoenix, AZ
SharePoint Conference 2009 – October 19-22 in Las Vegas, NV
Name:
Brian
Lloyd
Background: Brian is
one of Plumbline's tenured consultants with over10 years of experience
working with the Microsoft Dynamics SL solution. Brian specializes in
providing Business Portal consulting services to Partners. His role
includes development, training and pre-sale demonstrations.
Likes best about consulting:
My days are never the same. One day I might be coding a new page or
customizing an existing page for Business Portal, and the next day I
could be doing a remote implementation or assisting with a Business
Portal demonstration.
Hobbies:
Family, Golf and Salsa Gardening.
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Congratulations to these WPC Award Winners!
Microsoft Dynamics SL Partner of the Year -
Strategic Information Solutions
Finalist - Queue Associates, Inc.
Finalist - Synergy Business Solutions, Inc.
Partners, have you accessed the new
Microsoft Dynamics SL Partner Private Newsgroup?
This
new forum replaced the Solomon Partner Forum on August 1,
2009. There has been some confusion about the initial link to
use to get started - the correct link can be found
here.
June Payroll Tax Tables Now Available for Microsoft Dynamics SL
Updated tax tables are now available to download for Microsoft
Dynamics SL. Updates include corrected Louisiana tax tables.
To see Microsoft Dynamics Add-On Solutions being offered, access Plumbline Solutions' affiliate web page.
There you can view a
list of over 250 Microsoft Dynamics SL add-on products in one
easy-to-search area:
Dynamics SL Add-On Solutions.
To profile your products in our Dynamics SL Add-On Solutions
Directory and gain greater visibility for your products or services,
e-mail us or
read the participation details.
If you already have your solutions profiled, please review your
posting periodically and
let us know if
any updates are needed.
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