VSLive - Las Vegas Baby!

Well I hope everyone has had a very productive week, and is ready for a nice weekend. Keep in mind we Spring Forward this weekend. Personally I love it, because it means more hours of Sun, and might be able to actually enjoy the outdoors a bit.

To help wrap up this week, I wanted to post about a series of events that is going on, specifically related to Microsoft Visual Studio and .Net technologies. As you can see from the above graphic, I'm speaking about the Visual Studio Live! Conferences that are held. This year, there are four such events, with some really great tracks. The first event, is being held in Las Vegas Baby!



You can click on the above graphic, and sign up, the event is coming up soon but really has some awesome tracks, and exposure to things like.: Cloud Computing, Windows Phone App Development and Windows8/WinRT tracks.



Such events, are more than ever, very helpful in getting the most value out of your Microsoft Dynamics AX investment. More and more solutions, or total solutions for customers, embrace and make use, including extending value, with the technologies, tools and software that are covered at VSLive events. As Microsoft continues to invest with Microsoft Dynamics AX, via the rest of the product stack, the value of such conferences will only increase as time goes on.

If your interested in the full details, and all the tracks, I would suggest taking a look a the eBrochure.



There are already some great post in the Microsoft Dynamics Community that showcase the use of such technologies, like extending AX via a Windows Phone Solution. As well as, showcasing the value of Visual Studio LightSwitch for Dynamics AX.



Finally, we are all aware now, per Microsoft, that the future client for Dynamics AX will have a heavy focus around Windows 8/WinRT and HTML5 focuses, as highlighted here.: Microsoft Dynamics AX - The future Client Win8 / HTML5.

With all of this in mind, going back to my statement earlier, such conference with a wealth of tracks, speakers and knowledge, can add great understanding of the products, how they are used in solutions throughout the world, and how those concepts can then be applied to a total solution for a customers Microsoft Dynamics AX investment.

With that said, for all my readers, I have a promo code that has been giving to me, to share with you all, which is: VSLVTU. That promo code is for savings of $400 off the standard Best Value Package Rate!

That's all the time I have today, but I recommend you check out this event, and if the upcoming Las Vegas event just is not in the "cards" for you, don't worry, there are three other events going on this year, which I will blog about. Make sure to check back soon, and check back often as a whole lot more Dynamics Community coverage is well under way. Till Next Time!


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Microsoft Dynamics AX - The future Client Win8 / HTML5

Recently I wrote about Microsoft Dynamics AX, and Microsoft in general, specifically focusing around Windows 8 Tablets and the Metro UI. In this focus, I posed the fact, that most likely the future of the AX client will focus around HTML5, as well as XAML. Taking advantage of the Windows 8 Metro UI focus.



Well based on the recently release Microsoft Dynamics AX statement of direction (SOD), it seems that Microsoft has confirmed this educated guess, for the target client of "AX 7".



Taking this further, and my point to a focus around Any Device ERP, Microsoft talks directly to these points with it's focus on the next generation UX:
"Beyond being able to run on any device and anywhere, we are taking a completely new and modern approach to UX through the “Metro” UX experience that customers know from Windows Phone, Windows 8, Xbox, etc.. and we will be investing to support Natural User Interfaces like Speech, Touch and Gestures."

As I've stated in the past, a focus towards such technologies by Partners and Customers is key to building towards the Dynamics of the future. Further, even the design nature of the SOD, being that of Metro style tiles, as well as PartnerSource being redesigned in such a fashion, shows that Microsoft truly is embracing Steve Ballmer's point that the "Metro UI is the Heart & Soul of the Microsoft UX."

This helps further point to my guess, that tools like Visual Studio LightSwitch will enable fast LOB application creation, that can help target the any device concept with UI specific features in the future for Microsoft Metro UI.



As we draw near to Convergence 2012, its important to have this understanding, and to keep a look out from further such announcements from Microsoft. This move builds upon what Microsoft has already done, with it's release of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.

For me, this helps sets focus on technology, methodology, design concepts and what to focus on from an educational point of view. I believe Microsoft is taking a right step with this focus, and will help usher in a wave of adoption through such moves, for the Windows 8 Platform. The vision that was put forth some time ago, with 'three screens and a cloud' is finally taking shape, and that includes Microsoft's flagship ERP product: Microsoft Dynamics AX.

Well that's all for this post, check back soon as more to come. Finally, I'm attending Microsoft Convergence 2012, so make sure your following me: @DynamicsERP as I cover the conference in full detail. Till Next Time!


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Blog 2.0 - A New Design

Well, I'm sure if your reading this, then you have noticed that I have a new design for my blog. This is an attempt to make my blog content more easily read, with the white space design.

This also, opens new doors, with the creationg of inDynaBuzz.com, in which my blog is now apart of. For now, it's still just this blog, but that will be changing soon, as inDynaBuzz.com covers more and more of the entire spectrum that is the Dynamics Ecosystem.

This also brings new possibilities for sponsoring my blog. I have three area's, in which sponsorship ads can live. The top, right top, and then right vertical ad spaces. If your a company that is interested in this, please contact me, by clicking on the new ad information request button to the right.

I hope you enjoy the new design, as it's meant to be an improvement, and usher in a new era of more and more great topics, coverage, and information all about Microsoft Dynamics.

That's all for now, but do please tell me your thoughts. If you like it, if you don't like it, all comments are welcomed, and thanks for stopping by!

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