DynamicPoint publishes new whitepaper, Best Practices in SharePoint Development for Microsoft Dynamics GP. Almost every ERP and CRM software implementation can be supplemented with additional areas of functionality. Learn just how SharePoint can provide enhancements to magnify the benefits of your Dynamics solution. This whitepaper specifically targets organizations interested in extending the critical data within Dynamics GP with SharePoint Portals, Business Automation and Custom Products that will help automate your business and allow employees to collaborate in ways that save time, money and frustration....

 

I was hunting around recently looking for a good online training service for one of our members when I found the following gold mine.  Maybe many of you already knew about this, but I didn’t, and it is yet another amazing resource that Microsoft has provided, but is a bit buried and hard to find.

Microsoft has its weaknesses, but one of them is Not Customer and Partner support material (IMHO).  You could argue that there often is no global hierarchy for organizaing and finding all of the resources available (often times they are siloed by MSFT team or group), but not that there isn’t enough.  I’m in the business of knowing these, and I find new ones every day

For example, I ran across this Youtube video last week that showcases something called the Microsoft All-In-One Code Framework:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5Li3APU58 I sent it to our developers and they were blown away by this free resource.

Anyway, I digress. ...

 

Cloud computing is to business what the pocket calculator was to education back in the 1980s.  I’ve already  told you how I was addicted to the Cloud , and your now probably hearing about it daily.  So why should you be interested in this new buzz word.  Well, there are a couple reasons your ears should perk up when you here news about The Cloud, especially when it involves the Microsoft products your company has become dependent upon over the years like Microsoft Office, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint, or Microsoft Dynamics.

1. Cost – costs usually include little to no up-front costs, and monthly per user costs moving forward.  This allows you to convert capital expenditure to operational expenditure which can lower the barrier to entry into new products and services.
2. Freedom – your team can more easily access systems remotely and from multiple devices such as Mobile devices
3. Reliability – cloud computing is ideal for business continuity and disaster recovery.
4. Scalability – you get “on-demand” provisioning of resources on a self-serve basis in realtime.
5. Maintenance - cloud computing application maintenance is done for you by the host, and changes and updates apply to all users independent of location.

For Release October 11, 2010

Full front to back staffing solution using the Microsoft Dynamics® platform

Fargo, ND — October 11, 2010 — Today Professional Advantage announced their Front Office staffing software, 1Staff for Microsoft Dynamics.

1Staff for Microsoft Dynamics® provides an end-to-end staffing software solution for staffing organizations from resume parsing to generating financial statements. It is designed to fully leverage the Microsoft Dynamics platform so customers receive the benefit of Microsoft's R&D investment while having a system tailored to the needs of the staffing industry.

Users can easily deploy 1Staff in Microsoft Office® Outlook or Internet Explorer and enable users to create powerful workflows without the need for custom development.  Not only can they rename fields and redesign forms, users can add entirely new fields and related data forms...

 For Release October 26, 2010

Fargo, ND — October 26, 2010 —Professional Advantage has been named to the 2010 Accounting Today VAR 100 list, an annual ranking of the top 100 Value Added Resellers (VARs) nationwide.

Accounting Today’s selection is based on revenue generated by each reseller during the previous year. The top 100 are chosen from organizations specializing in the sale and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and accounting software. These organizations own the lion’s share of this business out of the thousands of companies and firms that compete in this market.  The names of all 100 organizations are published in “VAR 100 Still Standing” article within Accounting Today’s online issue.

“The Accounting Today VAR 100 list is comprised of top accounting and ERP software resellers...

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Press Contact:

Pam Metzger

Tel: 630-566-8451

Fax: 630-375-8810

pmetzger@sikich.com

 
Aurora, IL August 19, 2010 Sikich has been ranked 14^th in Accounting Technology's Top 100 Value Added Reseller (VAR) list with revenue totaling over $18 million in 2009, an increase of just over 10%.

Accounting Technology's selection of the VAR Top 100 list is based on the amount of revenue generated by each published reseller during the previous year. More than one thousand companies are considered for inclusion for the annual listing, the top 100 are then selected for publication. The names of all 100 organizations will be published in the August 2010 issue of Accounting Technology and can be accessed at www.webcpa.com

“The Accounting Today VAR 100 list is comprised of top accounting and ERP software resellers throughout the country, ranked by revenue,” says Seth Fineberg, Technology Editor of Accounting Today. “This select group represents those in the world of accounting software resellers that are truly ahead of the pack and we are pleased to honor them in this special report.”

Microsoft is gearing up to release the first public Beta development milestone of Dynamics CRM 2011 next month, and customers interested in test driving the release should make sure to sign up.

RoseASP has launched myGPcloud, an on-demand Microsoft Dynamics GP solution available with rapid cloud provisioning.

The myGPcloud service includes a standard Dynamics GP deployment, as well as automated on-line provisioning, training videos and guides, template setup and technical support, and available integration to business portal, SharePoint, and CRM systems, according to Linda Rose, president of RoseASP.

ST. LOUIS, MO July 28, 2010 — The Sikich technology office in St.Louis has moved to join offices with our tax, consulting, accounting, and auditing practice at 12655 Olive Blvd, Suite 200, St. Louis. In January of this year, Sikich and St. Louis accounting firm, Stelmacki, Cochran & Sauerburger, P.C. entered into a merger and now operate under the Sikich name. The 19 Stelmacki, Cochran & Sauerburger, P.C. personnel will now be joined by staff from Sikich's Earth City technology office and operate as the St. Louis, Missouri office of Sikich.

"Although we have separate histories we have always shared a common objective: to ensure absolute customer satisfaction. Combined, our two firms can capitalize on the years of experience, and a broader base of industry-specific knowledge, creating an even stronger presence in the St. Louis area," said Michael Stelmacki, CPA, Senior Partner, Stelmacki, Cochran & Sauerburger, P.C.

In addition to accounting services, this joined office will continue to focus on bringing Microsoft Dynamics business solutions and IT infrastructure services to middle market companies in the St. Louis area. "This move is the next step in increasing our footprint in the metro St. Louis area," said Jeff Rudolph, Partner-in-Charge, Sikich, Technology. "We are thrilled to continue our commitment to serving the middle-market in St. Louis and look forward to making some new introductions at our upcoming Open House event in early September," he continued. Eddie Marshall, General Manager, Microsoft Central Region Dynamics, said of the merger, "Sikich's merger with the accounting firm of Stelmacki, Cochran & Sauerburger, P.C. further establishes their footprint in St. Louis and demonstrates their continued commitment to bringing Microsoft Business Solutions to the region." 

If you are enthusiast of ecommerce programming, EDI, or any generic data feeding to Microsoft Dynamics GP and you want all the processing to be done automatically this publication is the step in the right direction.  As powerful mid-market Corporate ERP platform with reasonable openness for customization and integration (GP Dexterity, eConnect, Integration Manager, ad-hoc SQL insert to name few popular options), Great Plains Dynamics (as this accounting application was formerly known) separates duties for transaction entry (where transactions are SOP Sales Invoices, POP Purchase Receipts, Manufacturing Orders, GL Entries, etc.) and transactions approval (in GP approval is done through the batch mechanism, where batch has reasonable level of reporting and analytical tools for being reviewed).  So to speak batch of transactions should be approved by manager and then posted manually in Microsoft Dynamics GP by its user interface and business logic.  Even if you are looking at eConnect SDK for Dynamics GP – there you can only create documents and place them into the batch, as eConnect doesn't violate Corporate ERP model rules.  However we do respect the desire to automate Great Plains Batch posting automatically, when you have certain level of trust to the channel, where transactions are coming from: examples could be ecommerce, Electronic Document Interchange, Time Logs or timesheets from Project Accounting, Manufacturing Orders (coming directly from your Production oriented standalone barcoding based Warehouse Management System), or similar scenarios.  Let's review the options.

I'm excited to announce the 2.0 release of the Rapid Implementation Tools is now available for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010! I've blogged about the Rapid Tools many times before (you can find them here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/gp/archive/tags/rapid+implementation+tools/). With the great momentum of the Dynamics GP 2010 launch and the strong close to our fiscal year in June, now is a great time for Partners to leverage this great toolset to rapidly implement their new customers so they can immediately take advantage of all of the great new features!

When you think Microsoft Dynamics GP, what comes to mind?  My guess is that most people would say financial data processing, business intelligence, or transactional data.  However, did you know that   Microsoft designed Dynamics GP so that when users think of the product, they’ll think about people rather than just numbers?

DynamicPoint, a custom developer of SharePoint applications build specifically to integrate with Dynamics ERP products, launches a three part online series that may meet many of your current business challenges: lengthy processing time cycles, duplicate data entry, endless paper trails, and lack of control and compliance. See firsthand how DynamicPoint's Sales Orders, Purchase Requisitions and Expense Report applications can reduce costs while continuing to innovate and grow the business with SharePoint. For more information or to watch the three part series visit www.dynamicpoint.com or call 562.726.4396.

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ERP selection for large corporations is typical because of their presence in different countries with different laws, languages, business culture, market trends, customer taste and currency. Apart from these scalability and adaptability of the ERP is also of utmost importance for future requirements and problems.

Microsoft has been working on ‘project green’ which is to unify all four ERP into one to give a powerful solution to its users. The reason being that there are serious overlapping of features and functions in the four ERP of Microsoft which does not justify their separate presence in the market. As far as Microsoft dynamics SL is concerned, it is more suitable for project based companies rather than manufacturing or large distribution enterprises. To identify the most suitable option for any large enterprise out of the other three ERP solutions of Microsoft, it is important to consider the criteria companies follow to choose an ERP solution.

Rose Business Solutions was selected from a pool of almost 3,000 applicants as a finalist for the Microsoft Partner Awards in the Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner of the Year award category.

(I-Newswire) June 23, 2010 - SAN DIEGO — June 23, 2010 — Today, Rose Business Solutions, Inc. announced it has been selected as a finalist for the Microsoft Partner Awards in the Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner of the Year award category.

“For Microsoft to recognize Rose Business Solutions as a top partner worldwide is extremely rewarding,” said K. Linda Rose, president of Rose Business Solutions. “Our customers are our top priority, and we have always worked together with Microsoft to innovate and offer high quality, affordable business solutions that drive our customers’ success.”

Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners and finalists chosen from a pool of almost 3,000 entrants worldwide. The Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner of the Year Award honors partners who have exhibited excellence in providing innovative and unique solutions based on Microsoft Dynamics GP. This award recognizes Rose Business Solutions, Inc. for demonstrating consistent, high-quality, predictable service to Microsoft Dynamics customers to help ensure significant business benefits for their customers.

The familiarity of Microsoft SharePoint and Office 2010 combined with simple accessibility to data in Microsoft Dynamics drives collaboration and helps customers strategically leverage IT investments to become more productive.

REDMOND, Wash. — May 27, 2010 — There was a time when the phrase “works well with others” belonged primarily in school report cards. But in today’s complex and interrelated IT landscape, working together is at the heart of productivity, with businesses demanding solutions that build bridges between disconnected business systems and enhance collaboration.