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May 17, 2011
Doug Pitcher's 100 most famous, awesome and totally influential Dynamics people for 2011
Doug Pitcher took his bitterness about not making the 100 Most Influential in Microsoft Dynamics and created Doug Pitcher's 100 most famous, awesome and totally influential Dynamics people for 2011.
I'm on at number 5 and apparently if I had included Doug on my list of people missing from the top 100 I would have moved up.
The list is a hoot. The problem is that now I don't want Doug to make the top 100 list so he'll do another one of these next year. Stupid unintended consequences.
Announcing the New 'LITE' Cookbook for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010
I am thrilled to announce that Packt Publishing has released a new 'Lite' edition of the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook.
For those of you who just aren't ready to bite off the whole Cookbook, the Lite edition gives you a taste of what's in the full cookbook at a much lower price point. Packt's new line of Lite editions are designed around minimum effort, maximum value.
Get the ebook version of the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook: Lite Edition right now for only $8.49 or get the book/ebook combo for just $17.99.
Even better, if you later decide that you want the full version of the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook, the price of the Lite edition can be applied as a discount against the full Cookbook meaning that you can't lose on this investment.
The full details are on Packt's launch site for the Lite editions.
The Lite Cookbook is also available at Amazon and Barnes and Noble but right now, the best deal is from Packt.
This is the only Microsoft Dynamics related book included as part of the launch of the Lite editions and I am thrilled that it's available. I think that this book will open up these recipes to more of the Dynamics community. Get yours today.
May 16, 2011
The Dynamics GP Blogster: Microsoft Dynamics GP "12" Web Client Architecture - Part 3
Mariano continues his terrific series on the Microsoft Dynamics GP "12" Web Client Architecture - Part 3. If you've missed anything in the series makes sure to go back and review.
How to read a Dexterity Script Profile to solve Performance Issues
From David Musgrave comes some great information about How to read a Dexterity Script Profile to solve Performance Issues.
This is a detailed example and provides a great real world look.
Management Reporter – Currency Translation with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 - Dynamics Corporate Performance Management
Over at Dynamics Corporate Performance Management they have a look at Currency Translation with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010.
Top 100–Who's Missing?
Some of the more prominent names that I think should be on the list are:
David Musgrave – He a prolific Dynamics GP blogger, he answers questions in the forums, he wrote the incredible Support Debugging Tool, provides support for it and he's a highly rated speaker at events like Convergence. Plus the GP MVP's voted him an honorary MVP. (He can't be an MVP because he works for Microsoft. Apparently the MVP recognition isn't enough to make him quit. Go figure.)
So how is it that David Musgrave didn't make the list?
Adam Berezin / David Gumpert / Jason Gumpert – One of these guys should have made it based on all the hard work they put in at MSDynamicsWorld.com.
[Disclaimers: MSDynamicsWorld and DynamicsWorld.co.uk are two different entities with some overlap in audience. I do a lot of writing for MSDynamicsWorld.]
But when you run one of the largest websites dedicated to all of the Dynamics products and put on two virtual conferences a year around Dynamics I would think that you crack you the top 100.
Nick Hoban – Nick runs the wildly successful Dynamics Community site for Microsoft. Surely someone who runs a site that affects tens of thousands of Dynamics users has the juice to make the top 100.
[Disclaimer, yes I write for them too. Get over it.]
Bob McAdam, Frank Hamelly, Errol Shoenfish, Chad Sogge and Pam Misialek
These are few more names that surprise me in their absence.
GP2themax - Helping users get the 'max' from Dynamics GP: Why do you think your company's utilization of GP is not optimal?
Frank Hamelly digs into why users think their company's utilization of GP is not optimal.
I've had some thoughts on this before. I'm huge believer in ongoing training. Too often companies fail to train beyond implementation. On the flip side, a lack of training is is also used as a crutch by some people.
Ultimately, a person is responsible for their career and a ton of learning opportunities are available for people willing to put in a little work.
Interesting Findings & Knowledge Sharing » Missing Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio
Over at Interesting Findings & Knowledge Sharing is a look at Missing Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio.
Weekly Dynamic: SmartList Any Field
SmartList contains an item in the Column Name section of the Search Box labeled Any Field. When searching a SmartList Any Field does just what you expect. It search any field in the SmartList for the value you input.
For example, using Any Field begins with cen in the Fabrikam Sales Order Invoice will return any fields whose value start with "Cen"
There can be some problems with this though. A bug in some versions of GP prevents this from working right. Even in GP 2010, I've seen errors where the search generates errors trying to convert a field to search it. It's not perfect but that doesn't mean that it's not useful.
May 14, 2011
Blogger is Back
I had a few missing posts from the blogger outage. Thanks to Windows Live Writer my posts all seem to be back.
