WLG Dynamics User Group Session 50: Continuous Delivery with Octopus Deploy and DSC

Speakers:  Thomas Faulkner & Rami Mounla

Date & Time: Wednesday, 10th June 2015, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Microsoft New Zealand, Level 12, 157 Lambton Quay Wellington

Topic: “Continuous Delivery with Octopus Deploy and DSC”

Description:

If you import your Dynamics CRM solutions using the CRM front-end, you are behind the industry norm! Gone are the days of manual deployments.

Many tools are available on the market that can assist with automated deployments. With the release of the Dynamics CRM PowerShell cmdlets, automation is the way forward.

Thomas and Rami will present two different modern automated deployments techniques, Octopus Deploy and PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC).

Further details:

Charge: FREE!

Catering: Pizza – Courtesy of MSNZ.

Registration: To RSVP please register using the Meetup event HERE.

Contact: The lifts shut at 6.00pm, so if you are arriving late and the lift is locked, contact Rami on 027 704 6347.

Feel free to pass this on to your colleagues and friends who might be interested! If you have any questions, feel free to send them to dynamicsug@gmail.com.

Important!

Please note that the Wellington Dynamics User Group is switching to Meetup. Please take the time to join the new Meetup group. We will keep sending the emails and updating the WordPress blog for the time being until we have established the new group.

 

WLG Dynamics User Group Session 49: Convergence 2015 Highlights

Speakers:  Rami Mounla

Date & Time: Wednesday, 8th April 2015, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Microsoft New Zealand, Level 12, 157 Lambton Quay Wellington

Topic: “Convergence 2015 Highlights”

Description:

If you have been working with any of the Dynamics products for a while, you would know that Convergence is THE annual dynamics conference to attend.

Rami had the chance to attend the conference this year and will share the highlights with the rest of the Dynamics professionals in Wellington.

The main topics that Rami will cover:

• General thoughts about Convergence
• Key Note
• Microsoft’s strategy and direction
• Dynamics CRM Roadmap
• What is new in CRM related products
• What next?

If you are interested in the future of the Dynamics CRM products. This is THE session to attend.

Hope to see you all on Wednesday

Further details:

Charge: FREE!

Catering: Pizza – Courtesy of MSNZ.

Registration: To RSVP please register using the Meetup event HERE. Alternatively click HERE to RSVP with your name.

Contact: The lifts shut at 6.00pm, so if you are arriving late and the lift is locked, contact Rami on 027 704 6347.

Feel free to pass this on to your colleagues and friends who might be interested! If you have any questions, feel free to send them to dynamicsug@gmail.com.

Important!

Please note that the Wellington Dynamics User Group is switching to Meetup. Please take the time to join the new Meetup group. We will keep sending the emails and updating the WordPress blog for the time being until we have established the new group.

 

WLG Dynamics User Group Session 48: Dynamics CRM 2015 Overview Part II

Speakers:  Rami Mounla

Date & Time: Wednesday, 11th March 2015, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Microsoft New Zealand, Level 12, 157 Lambton Quay Wellington

Topic: “Dynamics CRM 2015 Overview Part II”

Description:

Following on from February’s session, part II of CRM 2015’s introduction will cover some of the exciting new features that Power Users and Developers might be interested in.

This session will cover:

• Roll-up fields
• Business Processes Enhancements
• Business Rules Enhancements
• Calculated fields
• Security Enhancements
• Custom help
• Client API changes
• and more…

Given the success of the previous session, we will keep this session at a 100 level (beginners) also. It will be packed with hands on demos to illustrate how easy it is to configure Dynamics CRM 2015.

Further details:

Charge: FREE!

Catering: Pizza – Courtesy of MSNZ.

Registration: To RSVP please register using the Meetup event HERE. Alternatively click HERE to RSVP with your name.

Contact: The lifts shut at 6.00pm, so if you are arriving late and the lift is locked, contact Rami on 027 704 6347.

Feel free to pass this on to your colleagues and friends who might be interested! If you have any questions, feel free to send them to dynamicsug@gmail.com.

Important!

Please note that the Wellington Dynamics User Group is switching to Meetup. Please take the time to join the new Meetup group. We will keep sending the emails and updating the WordPress blog for the time being until we have established the new group.

 

Session 47’s slides

Session 47 “What is new in CRM 2015 part I” slides can be downloaded from the link HERE.

 

WLG Dynamics User Group Session 47: Dynamics CRM 2015 Overview Part I

Speakers:  Rami Mounla

Date & Time: Wednesday, 11th February 2015, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Microsoft New Zealand, Level 12, 157 Lambton Quay Wellington

Topic: “Dynamics CRM 2015 Overview Part I”

Description:

What a great way to start 2015 by introducing Dynamics CRM 2015.

On the surface CRM 2015 looks like a minor increment on its predecessor. However, the product is packed with new features that will impress existing uses as well as new comers. This session is targeted for business users who would like to get an overview of CRM 2015. A second session will focus on the technical side.

Further details:

Charge: FREE!

Catering: Pizza – Courtesy of MSNZ.

Registration: To RSVP please register using the Meetup event HERE. Alternatively click HERE to RSVP with your name.

Contact: The lifts shut at 6.00pm, so if you are arriving late and the lift is locked, contact Rami on 027 704 6347.

Feel free to pass this on to your colleagues and friends who might be interested! If you have any questions, feel free to send them to dynamicsug@gmail.com.

 Important!

Please note that the Wellington Dynamics User Group is switching to Meetup. Please take the time to join the new Meetup group. We will keep sending the emails and updating the WordPress blog for the time being until we have established the new group.

 

WLG Dynamics User Group Session 46: CRM Tablets for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 – slides

Courtesy of Travis Chen, the slides for session 46, CRM Tablets for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013, are located HERE.

 

WLG Dynamics User Group Session 46: CRM Tablets for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013

Speaker: Travis Chen

Date & Time: Wednesday, 8th of October, 2014, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Microsoft New Zealand, Level 12, 157 Lambton Quay Wellington

Topic: “CRM Tablets for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013”

Description:

Microsoft Dynamics CRM on your mobile device is a powerful tools that gives you access to your data, team members’ details, and customers’ details anytime, anywhere. In this session Travis will give us a tour of the Microsoft CRM 2013 tablet application. He will cover the most important features provided by the application, and also include some quick tips and tricks. Below are some of the items that he will cover:

1) Requirements, Installation and administration
2) Navigation, Forms and Tiles
3) Customisation
4) Search
5) Offline Capability

Further details:

Charge: FREE!

Catering: Pizza – Courtesy of MSNZ.

Registration: Click HERE to RSVP with your name. As a new feature, we’re asking you to add any questions in your RSVP to answer during the session. You can also ask your question on the night.

Contact: The lifts shut at 6.00pm, so If you are arriving late and the lift is locked, contact Angela on 021 133 1623.

Feel free to pass this on to your colleagues and friends who might be interested! If you have any questions, feel free to send them to dynamicsug@gmail.com.

 

WLG Dynamics User Group Session 45: Microsoft Social Listening slides

Courtesy of Rami, the slides for session 45, Microsoft Social Listening, are located HERE.

 

WLG Dynamics User Group Session 45: Microsoft Social Listening

Speaker: Rami Mounla

Date & Time: Wednesday, 20th of August, 2014, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Microsoft New Zealand, Level 12, 157 Lambton Quay Wellington

Topic: “Microsoft Social Listening”

Description:

Ever wondered what others are saying about your brand? Ever wonders how your competitors are doing? Microsoft Social Listening provides you with a set of tools to monitor social activities in details.

First Enterprise social integration with Yammer, now integration with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Blogs, etc. Recent releases of Dynamics CRM such as code name Subra introduced the long awaited social integration features.

In our next session Rami will cover the new Microsoft Social Listening offerings and drill into its strength and capabilities.

Further details:

Charge: FREE!

Catering: Pizza – Courtesy of MSNZ.

Registration: Click HERE to RSVP with your name. As a new feature, we’re asking you to add any questions in your RSVP to answer during the session. You can also ask your question on the night.

Contact: The lifts shut at 6.00pm, so If you are arriving late and the lift is locked, contact Angela on 021 133 1623.

Feel free to pass this on to your colleagues and friends who might be interested! If you have any questions, feel free to send them to dynamicsug@gmail.com.

 

WLG Dynamics User Group Session 44: CRM in your strategy roadmap

Speaker: Mike Gilbert

Date & Time: Wednesday, 11th of June, 2014, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

Location: Microsoft New Zealand, Level 12, 157 Lambton Quay Wellington

Topic: “CRM in your strategy roadmap”

Description:

With Dynamics CRM, you have invested in an evolving platform that can keep your application relevant and your users engaged.  What are some ideas behind ensuring you remain on the upgrade path, able to use new features added along the way, and keeping your application aligned to your business?  Come and hear what a solution architect’s perspective is on the position of CRM in your business strategy.

Mike Gilbert is a solution architect at Intergen, having been in the IT industry for almost twenty years.  He has presented at the New Zealand Sharepoint conference and enjoys sharing his enthusiasm for IT with like-minded people.  Mike’s interest lies in making sure organisations get the maximum return out of their investment in technology.  In this session, he combines his passion for strategic vision with his knowledge of technologies – specifically Dynamics CRM (but feel free to ask some Sharepoint questions too).  He will share his view of some of the best ways to keep CRM current for your organisation.

Come and get some ideas that you can take back to your workplace for discussions around your implementation of CRM to ensure the right conversations take place and you get the most value for your money possible.  Learn what constitutes good decisions for the future of your CRM solutions.

 

Further details:

Charge: FREE!

Catering: Pizza – Courtesy of MSNZ.

Registration: Click HERE to RSVP with your name. As a new feature, we’re asking you to add any questions in your RSVP to answer during the session. You can also ask your question on the night.

Contact: The lifts shut at 6.00pm, so If you are arriving late and the lift is locked, contact Angela on 021 133 1623.

Feel free to pass this on to your colleagues and friends who might be interested! If you have any questions, feel free to send them to dynamicsug@gmail.com.