David Singleton

Earlier this year I gave and MVP presentation, the topic was discussing the journey from Navision to NAV from the perspective of me as an MVP. It was fun, but there wasn't enough time, so I now plan to expand on that as a blog series. In fact most of…

So you are planning to become a Navision consultant. You are going to show people how to use Navision, how to run their business, and more importantly how to make their business run better. Of course you already know that NAV application from start…

The Homer At first look, this sounds like a rather bizarre proposition that Homer would be a Navision consultant, yet in reality most new consultants that join the world of Dynamics NAV think exactly like Homer. ;) Take a look at the…

I got hit by my first 419 scam back in 1990, via fax. In those days it was still relatively new, so I made an effort to find why someone wanted me to share 25% of their 50 million. Without Google, it was quite a task to find out what it was all…

One of the very first things that most new developers try to do when they start with Navision development is to increase the lengths of certain fields. Typically Item Description or Customer Name and Address fields. Those that have been in Navision development…

I just read Erik’s Blog about Windows Live Writer . After Googling it, I found that I actually already have it installed on my computer. Just playing with it, it does look good. So far comparing to Word I would say the biggest issue I see is that content…

I am sure I am not the only person that has had to argue with a client as to how hardware needs to be configured in a Dynamics NAV environment. Typically bigger companies with larger internal IT support generally have their way of doing things, and its…

Some background I met with Mark in Barcelona some time back at Tech Ed. We had both just been to a SQL (not NAV related) session, and it opened both our eyes at that moment as to why the Select * in NAV is so bad. I did my first NAV performance…

A simple question from primary school math class. If your answer was "one day" then you are wrong, if you said 10 days you are probably also wrong. If you said 5 you are getting warmer. My first job after University was working on a Gold Mine. I…

Well I just got back from Convergence in Copenhagen. I will write up my general impressions over the next few days, as well as blog about some of my experiences there. One thing I do want to point out that I think is great news is the feedback I got…

Should I move my move Dynamics NAV Server from C/SIDE to SQL It used to be quite rare for an NSC so suggest that their client go-live on SQL. SQL has always had its own issues, mainly performance and cost. In the past the major drive for SQL has…

All NAV clients know that to add additional functionality to NAV they must purchase run time license access to access the development made by their partner. A very few lucky clients will be told this by their partner during the sales process BEFORE…

Well I know its not an exciting Blog topic, and probably really belongs in the Forums as its not a true Blog as such, but putting it here as well, means that the people using RSS to read Blogs will most likely see this. I think I need to change my RSS…

In an earlier Blog of mine http://dynamicsuser.net/blogs/singleton/archive/2007/09/07/creating-a-blog-in-word.aspx I discussed creating a Blog directly in Word. This is a great way to blog, because you can just create a word doc and start typing away…

Just a test as a part of my next Blog.   With a picture:  

Passport Many years back, Navision USA used to run a Navision event called Passport. This was a Navision Partner (NSC) only event. Basically it was a networking event, though since most of the people there were competitors, there was not too much practical…

Here we go! So, this is my very first BLOG! I don't know why .... I have been writing postings in hundreds of forum threads, but never dared to put it a BLOG ... hmmm, feels somewhat "different" than answering or asking questions ... Most of…

Ok, the product we thought of as 5.0 then 5.1 and now 6.0 (or just "The Three Tier Client") has been delayed. Ranting and raving won't change that, I don't want to comment in this blog about my opinions of the product delay itself, but I will say "Microsoft…

This is just a test, but could be very usefull.   If you have Office 2007, then you can create a Blog entry directly in Word. You save it like a normal .DOCx file, and when finished, just hit the publish button. So you can do all Word type stuff…

Through the years I have watched Navision grow through different phases in different countries at different times. The pattern is always quite similar, and at one stage it reaches a point where growth in the country out paces the time needed to properly…

OK, so back to computers. Well often we do hear comparisons between the evolution of computers, aircraft and cars. Mostly they are somewhat arbitrary, but still. This year we saw the release of Vista and Office 2007. Later we will see never versions…

So why is a Dynamics MVP writing a blog about an airplane? Well read on... I am currently in Seattle, after the MVP Summit here. There is very little I can say about the Summit, since just about everything is covered by our NDA. This is the most awesome…

Well as you read form Kamil Saceks Blog, http://dynamicsusers.org/blogs/kine/default.aspx we now have 5.00 to start testing, and to Blog about. I am going to look for now from the End User perspective, and leave the fun techie stuff to Kamil. NOTE! If…

Oh no Iwas robbed in St. Tropez For those that don't know Le Gendarme de St. Tropez is a classic French comedy, and probably the best role known of Louis de Funès. Anyway... as some of you know I have been travelling a lot lately, (even by my standards…

I am in Barcelona now, at Tech Ed. This is very different to convergence, and I will write about it as soon as I get a chance. But for now... There was a great presentation this morning "Overview of Microsoft Dynamics" it clearly showed product positioning…