It seems many people have been waiting for GP 2015 before considering converting to the web client. When your solution is deployed with a cloud provider, the web client can help alleviate so many of the problems that people have working with GP in the cloud.

Dynamics’ web clients were built for the cloud. Products such as Dynamics CRM have easily adapted to cloud implementations.  Dynamics GP will only continue to become more cloud-friendly as time goes on, leading users to see more and more features that are “totally web”. The more web friendly, the easier it will be for customers to adapt.

Benefits of Using the Web Client for Dynamics GP in the cloud.

As a provider of virtual private cloud environments for many Microsoft Dynamics GP users, our customers have embraced the web client and found several key benefits accessing the solution over the web versus the full client:

• Easier connections to printers: In the past, Concerto’s cloud service desk logged re-occurring issues with small printer problems or delayed printing. Customers using the web client are no longer experiencing printer issues and printing is less problematic, especially for those using Dynamics GP in a cloud environment.
  • Using a local web browser allows the customer to use local print drivers instead of pass-thru printing with the cloud RDS or Citrix server.
• E-mailing from Dynamics GP is seamless: Emailing from Dynamics GP using the web client will now use your local desktop email.
  • There is no need to have another email profile set up in the cloud to ensure you can email from Dynamics GP and no learning curve whatsoever for using this function.
• Improved saving and transferring of files: Saving files locally or transferring files has been another challenge for users of cloud servers. They have reported slowness saving files locally or that local drives are not available while attached to the cloud.
  • The web client runs on your local computer, which enables you to use your local drives without any additional configuration.  This  eliminates long wait times or slowness saving files locally from Dynamics GP over the internet from the cloud.

There are Challenges in moving to the Web Client

ISVs availability is the biggest challenge with the Dynamics GP web client.  Several ISVs are hesitant to fully develop their offerings until they see more customers moving in that direction.  On the flip side, customers are reluctant to move to the web client if their add-on solutions are not available or won’t be released until a much later date.  This makes a catch 22 for using the web client.

The amazing part is that is seems that ISVs are slow to jump on the web interface band wagon.  GPUG has a matrix that tells us the time schedule for some of the ISVs, but major offerings like MICR are not web ready as of the writing of this blog.  With the release of Dynamics GP 2015 and more robust web functionality, ISVs are committed to integrating to the web client, it will just take time.

What our customers say

We have several clients including Dynamic Communities, with limited numbers of users logging in with the GP 2013 Web client.  All the reviews say that it cannot do all the things the fat client can perform. The feedback is that users feel there is limited functionality with this web client.

Another customer fully embraced the web client and deployed it for all 25 of their users. They are quite happy with the end results and have proven that the Dynamics GP web client is fully functional. There are no regrets and this customer is a great reference and advocate for using the Dynamics GP web client in a private cloud environment with Concerto Cloud Services.

This customer only uses the Dynamics GP fat client in their organization when absolutely necessary. They utilize five ISV products with their Dynamics GP 2015 implementation. Some are not web-ready as of the writing of this blog including MICR and Management Reporter. The customer must use the Dynamics GP fat client or full client when they print checks or run reports using Management Reporter.

As we all know, everyone is turning to the cloud and cloud has a huge impact on how Microsoft is planning their future roadmaps for the Dynamics products.  The more web client functionality, the less difficulties using the application in the cloud.  Each version will get us close and closer to complete web client use.

Microsoft seems very committed to getting us there!

by Concerto Cloud Services

It seems many people have been waiting for GP 2015 before considering converting to the web client. When your solution is deployed with a cloud provider, the web client can help alleviate so many of the problems that people have working with GP in the cloud.

Dynamics’ web clients were built for the cloud. Products such as Dynamics CRM have easily adapted to cloud implementations.  Dynamics GP will only continue to become more cloud-friendly as time goes on, leading users to see more and more features that are “totally web”. The more web friendly, the easier it will be for customers to adapt.

Benefits of Using the Web Client for Dynamics GP in the cloud.

As a provider of virtual private cloud environments for many Microsoft Dynamics GP users, our customers have embraced the web client and found several key benefits accessing the solution over the web versus the full client:

• Easier connections to printers: In the past, Concerto’s cloud service desk logged re-occurring issues with small printer problems or delayed printing. Customers using the web client are no longer experiencing printer issues and printing is less problematic, especially for those using Dynamics GP in a cloud environment.
  • Using a local web browser allows the customer to use local print drivers instead of pass-thru printing with the cloud RDS or Citrix server.
• E-mailing from Dynamics GP is seamless: Emailing from Dynamics GP using the web client will now use your local desktop email.
  • There is no need to have another email profile set up in the cloud to ensure you can email from Dynamics GP and no learning curve whatsoever for using this function.
• Improved saving and transferring of files: Saving files locally or transferring files has been another challenge for users of cloud servers. They have reported slowness saving files locally or that local drives are not available while attached to the cloud.
  • The web client runs on your local computer, which enables you to use your local drives without any additional configuration.  This  eliminates long wait times or slowness saving files locally from Dynamics GP over the internet from the cloud.

There are Challenges in moving to the Web Client

ISVs availability is the biggest challenge with the Dynamics GP web client.  Several ISVs are hesitant to fully develop their offerings until they see more customers moving in that direction.  On the flip side, customers are reluctant to move to the web client if their add-on solutions are not available or won’t be released until a much later date.  This makes a catch 22 for using the web client.

The amazing part is that is seems that ISVs are slow to jump on the web interface band wagon.  GPUG has a matrix that tells us the time schedule for some of the ISVs, but major offerings like MICR are not web ready as of the writing of this blog.  With the release of Dynamics GP 2015 and more robust web functionality, ISVs are committed to integrating to the web client, it will just take time.

What our customers say

We have several clients including Dynamic Communities, with limited numbers of users logging in with the GP 2013 Web client.  All the reviews say that it cannot do all the things the fat client can perform. The feedback is that users feel there is limited functionality with this web client.

Another customer fully embraced the web client and deployed it for all 25 of their users. They are quite happy with the end results and have proven that the Dynamics GP web client is fully functional. There are no regrets and this customer is a great reference and advocate for using the Dynamics GP web client in a private cloud environment with Concerto Cloud Services.

This customer only uses the Dynamics GP fat client in their organization when absolutely necessary. They utilize five ISV products with their Dynamics GP 2015 implementation. Some are not web-ready as of the writing of this blog including MICR and Management Reporter. The customer must use the Dynamics GP fat client or full client when they print checks or run reports using Management Reporter.

As we all know, everyone is turning to the cloud and cloud has a huge impact on how Microsoft is planning their future roadmaps for the Dynamics products.  The more web client functionality, the less difficulties using the application in the cloud.  Each version will get us close and closer to complete web client use.

Microsoft seems very committed to getting us there!

by Concerto Cloud Services

This article is all about the right questions you should be prepared with when seeking the best Business Intelligence (BI) software to upgrade your Microsoft Dynamics NAV experience. 

If you are a Microsoft Dynamics NAV user and you’re in the market for an independent software vendor (ISV) Business Intelligence (BI) solution to enhance how you manage and analyze your data, the shopping process can be overwhelming and confusing at times.  There will be a whole slew of sales pitches, demos, and webinars, but hopefully, you won’t be going through this process often.  We’ve spoken to lots of folks, with the most recent big event being Microsoft Convergence, who are aware of what has worked and what does not work for them, but still are unsure of the current landscape of powerful BI tools, in terms of features and functionalities.  Most are just looking for a best fit software to help them meet their business goals, but where do you begin?

Start by putting together a comprehensive list of questions.  First, you should know what choices you have in today’s marketplace, which will naturally entail asking questions regarding your particular BI analytics needs and objectives. Which solution does your organization need right now?  Do you prefer to work on-premises with an ERP server or in the Cloud?  How much can you spend on a product?  What are your bigger picture, longer-term BI goals, and how will you get there?  These are just some questions to get you started, but it seems like most people find the amount of software products and the sales and marketing language surrounding their functionality to be too carefully articulated to really be able to differentiate between offerings.  This article will outline a wide range of questions you can prepare yourself with for shopping for a new BI tool.

In an effort to remain structured, I’m going to organize questions into three categories: questions about the third party software manufacturer, questions about the ease of use for business end user management, and questions about the cost.  You can approach these questions however you like, but I put them in this order on purpose.  Because you’re investing your money, your time, and your energy, you don’t want to waste any of that on an ISV that is not stable, successful, or supportive of you.  After this step, you want to ensure that the tool is business user friendly, so that you can eliminate IT department management and secure a bigger, faster return on your investment.  Finally, does the price match the value you have discovered in the first two categories of questions?  There’s no such thing as a stupid question, but let’s zoom in on these three sets of questions.  You should aim to be the expert with all the right questions until you are the expert with all the right answers, so you can make a smart investment in a third party BI product for Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

To continue learning more about questions to ask when looking for a BI solution for Dynamics NAV, read the rest of this article here.

A challenge we often see in the world of reporting is getting your reports and visualizations to meet your company’s standards or format the way you want. But when the real value is in the report, and not in the appearance, who wants to spend time on such seemingly insignificant tasks?

The ability to generate cleaner, professional looking reports by default, right out of Microsoft Dynamics GP would make the lives of accountants a bit less daunting. A little known Microsoft Dynamics GP reporting tip is that it comes with a template generator that allows you to create a Microsoft Word template for ANY Microsoft Dynamics GP report or additional products (Project, Manufacturing, etc.).

With the installation of Dynamics GP 2013 there is an EXE file installed in the program files folder (C/Program Files (X86) / Microsoft Dynamics/GP2013/ or equivalent) called TemplateGenerator.EXE. This was available in GP 2010, but was not as accessible or as functional as it is with the newer versions.

Benefits

By applying the Template Generator, you gain essentially limitless report formats with their own logos! This was and will remain one of the best aspects about the Word templates, which is the ability to throw company-specific logos on the forms and reports.

Setting Up the Template Generator

Part 1

1. Print ANY Microsoft Dynamics GP report to an XML file. Save to your desktop or another easily accessible location. Note: Any report can be printed from Report Writer in Dynamics GP without having to actually run it in the application itself. Just look for the Print option while in Report Writer on the right hand side.

2. Once the file is there, then Left Click, HOLD, and DRAG the file into the TemplateGenerator.EXE within the program files folder. A little black window will display momentarily to let you know that something is happening.

3. VIOLA! You now have a Word Template ready to be added to the current format. Not fully confirmed, but from the looks of it, the Word document is deployed to the same location that you dragged the XML file from. In my case, it added the Word document right back to my desktop.

Part 2

1. Go to Reports> Template Maintenance

2. Look up your report in the Report Name drop down. Make sure you choose the correct one: Modified vs. Original vs. Alternate vs. Alternate Modified.

3. Click the green plus sign.

4. Locate your file that should be conveniently located on the desktop.

5. You should now have a Word template for the current report. You would then follow the normal steps thereafter to assign as the default in the company.

Helpful notes:

• The Word template created will save time while formatting reports. The template created is fairly bland and will likely require some additional graphical work to get up to the standards required.
• The logo would need to be added manually to the report or form to display.

If you would like more information on reporting in Microsoft Dynamics GP, Contact Us or schedule a Free BI Assessment with our reporting/business intelligence experts.

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By Sean Hunter and Brad Vorbeck at Turnkey Technologies, Inc. - Microsoft Gold Certified Dynamics ERP and Dynamics CRM Partner of Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and North Texas.

The concept of cross-disciplinary teams and how to measure the results by department is the hot topic in the professional services industry. The advantage of having this type of structure within an organization is that it allows you to have highly specialized resources that could be utilized on a variety of different projects. That is the reason why we have decided to include this report as one of the essential reports to better manage your project-based business.

The debate arises and the accounting manipulations begin when the department manager who is accountable for his or her own P&L must absorb the entire overhead cost for an employee (vacations, training, benefits, etc.) without being compensated for “lending” the resource to another group or department.

Ideally, these costs should be distributed throughout the different departments or allocate a markup to the department that this particular resource is working for, therefore not penalizing the “lending” group with all the costs and not over-valuing the “borrowing” group with lower costs per activity. For example, if Department B “borrowed” an employee from Department A without compensating them, the profitability by department would be not fully representative of the current situation. Department B would be seen as more profitable since no costs are associated to this department in regards to non-productive hours or overhead, whereas Department A would be assuming all the costs.

Managing this departmental sharing with markups or cost distributions becomes advantageous to both departments since this means that Department A is now working at capacity and Department B can now meet their immediate demand without rushing into any new hires. This is also where you may see the difference in regards to a department’s profitability.

The secret to having a report that allows you to review the P&L by department and by project, is by implementing a project accounting solution that allows you to automate these distributions and markups so that you will be able to ensure that these reports are as close as possible to the reality within your organization.

This is the final report within the series of “The 7 Essential Reports to More Efficiently Manage Your Project-Based Business”. To review the complete list of reports, download our complete eBook http://www.jovaco.com/en/library/how-to-measure-your-projects/.

By JOVACO Solutions, a project accounting specialist for professional service firms with Microsoft Dynamics GP

B2B eCommerce is expected to reach $12 trillion in sales worldwide by 2020 (Source: Frost & Sullivan); the primary driver for the multi-fold growth projection in the world of B2B has been the growth of B2C eCommerce. With customers shopping on easy to navigate, personalize and convenient B2C eCommerce portals in their personal time, they have now come to expect the same when they go online to place orders during their business hours (B2B).

This changing customer expectation has been driving the rush to adopt eCommerce everywhere. But most organizations fail to realize the true potential of their eCommerce store because they jump into things without truly assessing their situation and understanding how eCommerce can help them. In some cases businesses fail to even understand what they want to achieve from it.

We will start our journey by understanding what B2B eCommerce is and what it is not. In the next few articles we will then explore the differences between B2B and B2C eCommerce, understand features that are critical and expected in the B2B eCommerce platform, look at some challenges which businesses face with B2B eCommerce adoption and conclude with possible ways to mitigate the adoption challenges.

Before we get there let us visit the supply chain ecosystem which we will then use as a reference to facilitate better understanding.

B2B and B2C

B2B (Business 2 Business) can be defined as a scenario where products and services are marketed and sold to other businesses whereas B2C (Business 2 Consumer) is where products and services are marketed and sold to end customers. In the image above the relationship between Supplier & Manufacturer, Manufacturer & Distributor and Distributor and Retailer can be considered B2B and the relationship between Retailer & End Customer as B2C.

Though very basic it can be a little tricky to understand and appreciate this difference. This is because, a Manufacturer or Distributor selling directly to end customer can very easily be misunderstood for B2B (we have seen a number of instances where the moment you have a manufacturer or distributor selling a product it is assumed to be B2B and when you have a retailer selling a product it is assumed to be B2C). While similar, there is a lot of difference between the two, because you might have a manufacturer and distributor directly selling to end customers (a possibility now because of emergence of a number of eCommerce platforms and even platforms like amazon, ebay, etc.). In that case it is a B2C transaction and not B2B.

But why is this differentiation important to understand? For the simple reason that this is the base on which everything else is built. Consider this:

• What do businesses want to accomplish?
  • Do they want to build an eCommerce store to bring efficiency to their existing setup - selling to their existing customers (B2B, in the diagram above Manufacturers launching an eCommerce store to cater to Distributors or Distributors launching eCommerce store to cater to Retailers), or
  • Do they want to establish a new sales channel to sell directly to their customers (B2C, in the diagram above Manufacturers or Distributors building an eCommerce store to sell directly to End Customers)

While it might not seem that way, there is a lot of difference between the two. For example:

• In the first scenario where businesses wish to adopt the eCommerce solution to bring in efficiency catering to their existing customers, you will require your eCommerce store to provide you feature like quotations and salesperson, allow purchase on credit, etc. Also, your distributors/ retailers will be more willing to cooperate with you in the eCommerce adoption.
• In the second scenario when you wish to adopt an eCommerce store to sell directly to your end customers the features you require will be entirely different. You will also face a lot of resistance internally for eCommerce adoption because this new channel will be perceived to eat into their commissions. Your Distributors, Resellers, Retailers and internal sales will feel left out because you can directly reach your end customers without their help.

This does not end here; the other features and challenges you face in these two scenarios are varied. Hence it is very important to understand the difference and identify the objective that you want to achieve.

Also Read:Why eCommerce for Wholesalers, Distributors and Manufacturers? to understand why B2B businesses must adopt eCommerce.

by i95Dev – Partner for your B2B and B2C eCommerce Needs.

Another Earth Day has come and gone. Many of us planted a tree, picked up garbage in the park, made a pact to recycle, baked cupcakes in the shape of trees and made a promise to put an effort on sustainability.

One of the things you may have vowed to do is to reduce the amount of paper that you use in the office. According to PaperKarma, the average office worker uses 10,000 sheets of paper per year – That’s 4-million tons of paper used every year. With that in mind, dedicating yourself to doing a little less printing is a great goal.

A document management solution implemented with your ERP system, like Microsoft Dynamics, can help you fulfill your paperless promise. According to the Paperless Project, “If putting information at your fingertips is half the beauty of document management, the other half is that you can eliminate the need for filing the paper you print.”

Rather than storing copies in a filing cabinet where they may never see a recycling bin, document management allows you to simply scan paper documents into a computer system, and then recycle the paper copy that you no longer need.

The Recycling Revolution found that each ton of recycled paper can save 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, three cubic yards of landfill space, 4,000 kilowatts of energy and 7,000 gallons of water.

So take a look at your filing room. How many trees could you save by scanning old documents into a document management solution and recycling? How many could you preemptively save by requesting electronic copies of documents to be stored in your document management solution in the future? Document management makes it easy to celebrate Earth Day every day.

As Microsoft's stock price enjoys a big day (up 9.9% at the moment) following better than expected earnings for Q3 2015, the Dynamics CRM team announced the general availability Social Engagement, an update to Microsoft Social Listening that adds a new user interface and new social analytics and action tools.

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It has been a little over a year since the FDA issued a memo outlining the reorganization they would undertake to change inspection activities. This plan is expected to better align resources in order to achieve their objectives. At its core, the change will move the agency from a regionally based system to a product focused method. Each region currently has a mixture of investigators that are generalists with those that are product specific. To first develop the expertise necessary, product types will be identified within certain programs.

• Pharmaceutical quality (CDER)

• Food

• Medical Devices

• CBER

• Tobacco

• Bioresearch monitoring

Specialized Investigators

The inspectors will be trained to cover a specific product and will be governed by the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA). This group will work closely with each program to align their plans and strengthen the communications between field activities and each department. The hope is to develop expertise within product areas and better utilize resources. Throughout the year they will continue to develop a program to enhance the competencies of its current inspectors with a goal of having the changes in place within 2 years.

New Office, New Teams

The inspection changes are part of a larger reorganization which created the Office of Pharmaceutical Quality (OPQ). The OPQ is tasked with integrating inspections and enforcement policies in one department. The creation of specialized teams will provide a more streamlined approach to review and feedback utilizing these individuals who will be familiar with the product and have a specific level of expertise. These team based reviews will become policy under the OPQ.

These product specific enforcement units will be implemented under an initiative called the Program Alignment Group or PAG. Included in the plans are to change from a 2 year cycle of inspections to a more risk based approach. An inspection will be warranted after an assessment of the overall state of quality. Those with the poorest scores will be visited more frequently. This assessment will be initiated after the development of quality metrics which will set standards based on industry performance.

The Long Term

The completion of this reorganization and any benefits will be realized incrementally. Revisions in the internal training program will take time to gain traction. Once the pool of specialized inspectors has been developed, changes in the inspection planning process will hopefully become more efficient. Ideally, fewer inspections will lead to more focus on proactive quality improvement programs and resources to follow-up on severe violations where they occur. As with any change, growing pains will most likely happen.

Time will tell if this reorganization produces the desired outcomes.

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Prepare for Windows 10 deployments: Deployment Masters online workshop series starts April 27
The new Deployment Masters workshop series, for IT pros, consultants, and administrators, will help you prepare for Windows 10 deployments. Over the course of eight 2-hour sessions, you will learn how to build real world deployment solutions utilizing the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) and System Center Configuration Manager. Register today.

May 5 webcast: How to attract high quality prospects to your IT services business
In this webcast, sponsored by Marketing SureStep, Robin Robins, author of the Technology Marketing Toolkit and Million-Dollar Managed Services Blueprint, will explain how you can get access to a unique, highly effective, field-tested marketing system for IT services firms that can help you close more sales and generate more qualified leads. The live webcast will be on May 5, and re-broadcast on May 6. Register for May 5 or May 6.

Ends April 30: Take the Sales Excellence Challenge – enter to win a Surface Pro 3
Increase your knowledge about selling and licensing Microsoft products and technologies by taking the Sales Excellence Challenge. Attend a live or on-demand webcast and pass an eligible Sales Specialist assessment by April 30 for a chance to win one of three Surface Pro 3. Details and official rules.

Download the latest compete resources
New battlecards are available to help you differentiate yourself from the competition. Get the key points for winning against each competitor, learn what questions to ask your customer, and find additional resources. Sign in to the MPN portal for access. Get the new battlecards.

ISV and Application Builder Center
Developing an innovative application is complex. Delivering it to customers shouldn’t be. Whether you are just starting to build an application or are ready to take it to market, find the resources you need, when you need them. Get started.

Sell more Office 365 today, with Action Plans from Ready-to-Go Marketing
We’re making it easier than ever to start and expand your cloud business with easy-to-implement marketing action plans to help you reach new prospects and target existing customers with the cloud story.

Office 365 Partner Community: focus on Enterprise Social content and May topic

Read the Office 365 Partner Community blog posts about Enterprise Social, and watch the April 2 call on demand. The focus for May is on adding a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online practice to your business.

• Part 1: Introduction and update
• Part 2: The Social Journey
• Part 3: Partner opportunities
• Community call recording
• Register for the May 7 community call

Migrate your partner business to Office 365 for free on up to 500 seats
Through June 30, 2015, Action Pack subscription and competency partners can take advantage of SkyKick’s Migration Suite to migrate your business to Office 365 for free on up to 500 seats. Read more.

• How to activate and assign Office 365 internal-use rights licenses
• Register for the offer on the Skykick website

Partner calendar through May 8

Refer to the May Hot Sheet for a comprehensive, frequently updated training list covering the next several weeks. See our new weekly post on the US Partner Learning blog, where we highlight upcoming training and training-related resources. Sales Excellence webcast: Enterprise Cloud Suite for Government Windows Deployment Masters workshops start April 27 April 28: Skype for Business – What’s New? April 28 and April 30: Vertical ISV Partnership Program online business briefings May 5: Windows 10 Licensing webcast May 5: How to attract high quality prospects to your IT services business May 12: Selling More with Customer Lifecycle Management (Class 1 of 4) May 21–22: Office 365 Practice Accelerator for SMB

Week of April 27

Monday, April 27

• Sales Excellence webcast: Enterprise Cloud Suite for Government
• Partner Technical Services: Practice Accelerator – Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series
• Partner Technical Experts: Ask the Experts

Tuesday, April 28

• Vertical ISV Partnership Program Online Business Briefing
• SMB Cloud Office Hours: Skype for Business
• Enterprise Mobility Suite Series: Configure Azure Active Directory Premium features
• First Steps: Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Power BI and Microsoft Social Licensing Overview
• Dynamics Bite Sized – Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 Marketing Management CRM
• Enterprise Mobility Scenario – Microsoft Azure Remote App
• Dynamics CRM Online – Integration with Power BI & Microsoft Social Listening Overview
• Partner Technical Services: Skype for Business, What’s New?

Wednesday, April 29

• SMB Live Workshop: Attract Customers, Grow Sales in San Francisco, CA
• Windows Apportals office hours
• Cloud Profitability Webcast: Service
• Windows Azure MFA Deployment and Configuration On-Premise

Thursday, April 30

• SMB Live Technical: Modernize with Hybrid Cloud
• SMB Marketing SureStep office hours
• Dynamics Bite Sized – Preparing for Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 Certification  Development Session 3: Part 1
• Vertical ISV Partnership Program Online Business Briefing

Friday, May 1

• Microsoft Safe Passage Migration Experience

Week of May 4

Monday, May 4 

• Azure Site Recovery Live Demo Series

Tuesday, May 5

• SMB Cloud Office Hours: Office 365 MEC Demo
• Sales and Licensing Excellence: Driving a strategic discussion with your customer around the Microsoft Cloud for Business
• Windows 10 Licensing
• Skype for Business: Reference Architectures and Design
• Microsoft Virtual Academy: Exploring Microservices in Docker and Microsoft Azure

Wednesday, May 6

• Pathway to Profitability with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online in New York, NY
• Windows Apportals office hours
• Cloud Profitability Webcast: Planning you Cloud Business Transition – Sales and Finance
• Office 365 Initial Journey: Introduction to Office 365 – Services, Plans and Internal Use Rights

Thursday, May 7

• Office 365 Partner Community Call
• SMB Marketing SureStep office hours

Friday, May 8

• SMB Partner Insider Call Series – East Region
• SMB Partner Insider Call Series – Central Region
• SMB Partner Insider Call Series – West Region