Dynamic SL User Group Conference 2012
Act Now, Regular Registration ends July 31. Don’t miss out on this year’s Dynamics SL Users Group Fall Conference, Premium Content and Sponsor Led Sessions. This conference is exclusively devoted to Dynamics SL and supporting third party applications. Attend the conference and learn how users, like you, are using the SL solution to drive efficiencies and to effectively manage their business. Regular registration ends July 31 at the normal rate of $525 plus corporate membership of $300. Late registration of $650 runs August 1st thru August 29.
Additional Wednesday Premium and Sponsor Sessions Are Now Open for Registration!
Premium Sessions extend the benefits of your conference experience. We previously announced the following Premium Sessions: Nuts & Bolts of Financials, Nuts & Bolts of Distribution, Nuts & Bolts for Project, SharePoint 101, and MSSQL on Steroids. We have added two additional premium sessions to the agenda on Wednesday September 19th!
- SL Administration for the Newbie – In this Premium session, discover what any new professional needs to know about SL in order to get a jump start on successfully administering an SL environment. Glean tips and tricks from the experts! In this Nuts and bolts style session, we will cover what a typical Dynamics SL installation looks like and the tools for troubleshooting. Understand what customization options exist, from reporting to screen customizations and how to find them. Develop an understanding of how access rights, groups, and menuing work to better manage user’s rights and the role tailored experience. We will also cover data import options as well as a number of other concepts to make you a successful SL Administrator. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 8:00am to 12:00 pm and cost $395.
- Management Reporter: Installing it, Migrating to it, and Living with it – Are you ready to move to Management Reporter 2012? Not sure where to start? This class will cover the installation and migration process – step by step, review key maintenance and data cleanup in FRx to prepare for the migration process, and help to understand what to expect post migration. Once you get those reports running, you will need to know how to run and enhance your reports in MR – and we’ll cover that too. This session is provided by Microsoft MR expert Cory Severson. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm and cost $495.
Premium Session Registration Instructions: To register for Premium Sessions, click here and after you have registered for the conference, follow the instructions in Premium Sessions Now Available paragraph on registration web page. Or on the www.msdslug.com website, click on the Events menu/Already Registered for 2012/View Your Registration Details/My Options Tab/Add Additional Options. Please select any additional options, and click the ‘Add’ button to add them to your registration for an additional fee. Please note that some of the options may be offered at the same time slot on Wednesday.
FREE Wednesday Sponsor Sessions!
Ever wonder what third party products are available to enhance your current Dynamics SL Solution? Come hear from our sponsors on Wednesday they are offering several no cost sessions about their product offerings:
- Driving Project Performance & Control with BIO Advanced Project Analytics, Reporting, and Dashboards – In this session you will see how you can create advanced insights into project and resource performance that will provide senior executives, project managers, and project workers with insights and calls to action beyond the traditional SL reporting tools. Learn techniques for implementing controls that will reduce revenue and billing leakage, identify inconsistencies between project and financial accounting, and detect potential operational anomalies. We will show you how to use BIO to better understand your business at the strategic and operational level. BIO goes beyond dashboards, charts and graphs to identify potential issues and help define next steps. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 8:00am to 12:00pm and is free.
- Enhancing the Employee Experience with Silver Brook Human Resources – Learn all that is new with Silver Brook Human Resources including exciting new service and support options. Experience the creation of a robust employee life cycle from application to retirement by integrating Silver Brook Human Resources and Microsoft Dynamics SL. Be among the first to see the new capabilities and customization options of Employee Self-Service. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 8:00am to 12:00pm and is free.
- Customer Roundtable: FieldConnect Service Platform for SL Service – Roundtable discussion with FieldConnect customers sharing how they incorporate FieldConnect into dispatching, mobile field tablets, and internal operations to surpass their competitors. They will share their best practices using SL service and relate how the additions of FieldConnect’s products have enhanced their operations. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm and is free.
- Evolving your Dynamics SL Implementation – A detailed demo of LANDFALL Products covering – Automating Integrations to Dynamics SL, Role Based Processes and Workflow: Implementing Custom Forms for Budgeting, Project Estimating, Custom Timesheets, Vouchers, and more; Documents and Data Views linked to SL and MS Office applications. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm and is free.
- Progressive System Solutions Products…A Deep Dive into how they can make your life easier – Did you know that PSS has around 100 Utilities to make using SL easier. Yes, Progressive System Solutions’ would like to show you how their most popular utilities can help make the day to day running of SL smoother, by reducing workload, eliminating the need for duplicated data entry and much more. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm and is free.
- Start the week with your business problems SOLVED with FIDO – Submit your business problem to the SK team and watch how we help solve it. You can start your SLUG event week off right seeing how FIDO (The Data Retriever) can help you answer and solve your business problems. One lucky person will win a free copy of the popular data query tool! Click HERE to submit your business problem and we’ll get FIDO ready. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm and is free.
- What’s New in JAMS – In this session we’ll highlight our JAMS .20 release and show you several new exciting features such as Item Level Revision Tracking, MRP enhancements, and Project Interface enhancements. With this release JAAS continues to extend the functionality of SL’s Financial, Distribution, and Project series modules to deliver a powerful and comprehensive ERP solution. The class is scheduled for Wednesday Sept 19th from 1:00pm to 5:00 pm and is free.
Agenda & Session Builder
You may begin planning your personal agenda for the conference now! We have added new features on the website which enables you to review each session and build/print and save your own agenda.
To view the general agenda, click on Events menu/Fall Conference 2012 Agenda. From there, you can click the link to the session details or can also click on Events menu/Fall Conference 2012 Session Viewer. Sessions are sorted by Title, Presenter, Track, Time or Room assignment and can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate tab. For session details, click on the title and full details will be listed.
There are two ways to build your personal agenda. If you have already logged into the website, click the link on the session viewer page. You can also get to the page thru the Events menu/Already Registered for 2012?/View your Registration Details/My Agenda.
Click on the Edit Agenda box and every time slot for the conference will open. To see a list of sessions in that time slot, click on Click to add a Session. A dropdown will appear where you can choose the one that most interests you. You also have the option to add a personal appointment in a timeslot if you wish.
Once you have added sessions to each time slot, click on the done editing box. You can then print a full agenda, a smaller agenda that can fit in your name badge, or download the agenda (follow the instructions given).
You can also search for session information by clicking on the search button and search by track, time slot, room, session type and speaker.
For more information on the conference, visit our website at www.msdslug.com. If you have additional questions, email support@msdslug.com.
