One of the questions I have been asked, and I thought I'd clarify, is "who owns the event?" I have heard from several sources that assumed that, since I have been utilizing GPPC as the hosters for the event, that it is their event, no longer with any Microsoft support or guidance. Let me start by saying that the Dynamics GP Technical Airlift is first, and foremost, a Microsoft event. This event is focused primarily on our technical resources, those that have development, presales,...

I've been asked more than I like to hear "how can I convince my management to let me go?" The consultant and/or developer sees and understands the benefit to attending the Dynamics GP Technical Airlift, but their management does not. First, you probably want to gently remind them that if they want you to know how best to position, sell, and implement Dynamics GP, there is no better source of information than direct from Microsoft! Next, think about what you can get out of it for them...

One of the sessions that Brian Allrich will be a presenter on is the "Deploy and Manage Web Client - Includes Multi-Tenancy" session. This is definitely a session that you'll want someone to attend. Come and learn from the development team and discover best practices for deploying and managing Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Web Client. During research and development, many customer scenarios needed to be addressed and this session touches on what was built; Named System Databases, On...

At this Airlift, Daryl Anderson from our development team is going to host two sessions. If you are a hoster (or want to be) of Dynamics GP, you'll want to attend BOTH of his sessions. If you are coming for presales or implementation consulting tracks, and you host, you'll want to tell your management to send someone to attend the development track to hear Daryl talk about these two topics: Multitenant Dynamics GP - Come to the this session to learn how the multitenant changes in Dynamics...

Want to know why you should get signed up to attend the GP Technical Airlift today? At this year's Dynamics GP Technical Airlift, one of the sessions you can attend is the GP Engineering Team Unplugged session. Why is this cool? This is your opportunity to ask the technical question on GP you’ve always wanted to ask but didn’t know who to ask. Join us at the GP Engineering Team unplugged session and get access to the folks who build the product to get the answers straight from the...

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Today I wanted to share with you some comments from Alice Newsam, who is a Software Engineer on the Dynamics GP development team. She has a session at the Tech Airlift on VS Tools customizations into the GP 2013 Web Client. Here's what she has to say about attending her session: Do you have a Visual Studio Tools addin for Dynamics GP that you’d love to offer your customers on the GP 2013 Web Client? Or, are you considering .NET to implement new functionality for your segment but want...

Thanks to Errol for his thoughts on attending the Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift yesterday. Since my "Reason of the Day #2" post, I have been bombarded about people that want to attend the Friday event, but are concerned about flight times and travel to the airport (with 300 attendees and only about 20 taxi's in town, it could be a concern). As I mentioned, the event ends at Noon on Friday, which means realistically that if you have a flight out on Friday it should be 2pm...

September will bring about the harvest season in North Dakota, the start of school, and an opportunity for you to learn about the present and future of Microsoft Dynamics GP. Along with the strategy and direction being presented at this years Technical Airlift, we will also release the latest Statement of Direction for Microsoft Dynamics GP, in media form. Some people have been asking “With this being a non-major release year, is it important to attend this years Airlift?” Well . . . If you...

Its Friday today! Nearly time to think about shutting down for a couple days, relaxing (or, in my case, raising my adrenaline level to 80% of max), and getting ready for another week. While I'm capturing the beauty of North Dakota upside down in a glider this weekend, I want you to start thinking about your trip to Microsoft Fargo for the Technical Airlift. We are breaking the sessions into three tracks - Development, Pre-Sales Consultant, and Implementation Consultant That doesn't mean...