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Monday, May 21
 

07:30 SAST

Registration, Coffee & Expo
Monday May 21, 2018 07:30 - 09:00 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

09:00 SAST

Opening Session & Keynote
GPUG General Manager Bob McAdam kicks off the conference and Webmaster, Katie Froeber, will demo all the great features on the GPUG website. This will be followed by the keynote speaker, Wessel Pieterse, Senior Manager for the Apps & Infra business at Microsoft.

Always at the forefront of technology, Wessel now works with the team in Microsoft that plans to deliver the Microsoft Cloud, including Microsoft Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365, from hyperscale data centres located in Johannesburg and Cape Town, with initial availability in 2018. Wessel is highly passionate and successful IT Sales Champion, Business Manager and Digital Transformer who’s served the last 20 years at Tier 1 multinational vendors in the IT industry, with the last 10 years abroad covering a diverse region including Russia, Middle East and Africa.

Monday May 21, 2018 09:00 - 10:30 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

10:30 SAST

Break
Monday May 21, 2018 10:30 - 10:45 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

10:45 SAST

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018: Customizing The User Interface
Continuing their series, David Musgrave and Mariano Gomez are back to give an introduction to the many development tools available to you to easily customize the Microsoft Dynamics GP User Interface. Get an understanding of the tools available to you, their strengths and weaknesses and see how you can create solutions.
Objective: Participants will gain an understanding of the tools available for customizing Dynamics GP.
Presenters: David Musgrave (david@winthropdc.com) and Mariano Gomez (mariano@mekorma.com)
Level: 100 – Basic                             Format: Presentation                                                     Track: Developer

Speakers
avatar for Mariano Gomez

Mariano Gomez

Director of Technology, Mekorma
Mariano Gomez is the Director of Technology at Mekorma and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Azure. He's an international speaker and a long time community influencer. Visit his channels and follow or subscribe at:YouTube... Read More →
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Monday May 21, 2018 10:45 - 11:45 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

10:45 SAST

Inventory Control
Speakers
avatar for Mark Muller

Mark Muller

Senior Consultant - Dynamics GP, Braintree


Monday May 21, 2018 10:45 - 11:45 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

10:45 SAST

Management Reporter (Intermediate)
Speakers

Monday May 21, 2018 10:45 - 11:45 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

10:45 SAST

Microsoft PowerApps (For Non-Developers)
This session is to introduce the incredible capability of building apps (mobile or not), these allow you to fill those gaps in your business process where paper or Excel are still taking pride of place. All this done quickly, cost effectively and without all the certainly required to go out and commision a professional application.
Power Apps has become so popular that we are even starting to see whole businesses come to life that are only there to build Power Apps and Flow solutions for customers.
This is a must direction for any Microsoft orientated company that whiched to adjust to the new norm of the day!

Speakers
avatar for David Joosten

David Joosten

Technical Manager, Premier FMCG Pty Ltd
I am passionate about building solutions for business problems using just the functionality that is available and using minimal customisation. I am also passionate about Microsoft SQL.


Monday May 21, 2018 10:45 - 11:45 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

10:45 SAST

POPIA Compliance and the Practical Implications for Organisation’s
Speakers
AP

Abel Pienaar

Director, Baitseanape Management Consulting (Pty) Ltd
I am an Corporate Governance expert with 30 year of experience in Compliance, Risk, Internal Audit and other governance areas. The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) has been identified as a core Act for most organisations and we specialise in assisting organisations to... Read More →


Monday May 21, 2018 10:45 - 11:45 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

11:45 SAST

Break
Monday May 21, 2018 11:45 - 12:00 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

12:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Braintree - Bank Statement Management
Bank Statement Management by Braintree is a Dynamics GP module created to optimize and control your bank statement processing.
Born from the specific needs of our clients, it enables you to automatically import bank statements, create transaction-defined import rules, and manage unallocated deposits – and so much more. No matter the bank or statement format, Bank Statement Management by Braintree has been designed to save you time and money.

Speakers
CB

Christo Booysen

Developer, Braintree
avatar for Pieter Cornelius

Pieter Cornelius

Head: Dynamics GP, Braintree


Monday May 21, 2018 12:00 - 12:30 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

12:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Dynamic Budgets - Is Budgeting too Painful? Learn How Dynamic Budgets Makes it Easy!
Join Our Demo! Dynamic Budgets is first-and-foremost a budgeting solution, which also has live reporting. We were frustrated that other products were too painful to manage, too complicated for end users, and too expensive; so we changed the rules! Unlimited users, installs in 1 hour, customers can go live within a week. Don’t waste your time and money with CPM Suites which require 100-200 hours to deploy?? Dynamic Budgets makes Powerful Budgeting Easy!  The speaker will present this session virtually.

Speakers
avatar for Zubin Gidwani

Zubin Gidwani

CEO, Dynamic Budgets


Monday May 21, 2018 12:00 - 12:30 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

12:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: NetStock - Forecasting for the future, Increase inventory forecast accuracy
Learn how to effectively manage inventory forecasting processes and procedures to increase accuracy of inventory results using Netstock.

Speakers
avatar for Tony Sinton

Tony Sinton

CEO, NetStock


Monday May 21, 2018 12:00 - 12:30 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

12:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Rockton Software - Making Dynamics GP Work Simpler & Easier
Looking to get the most out of your Dynamics GP? Do you have deadbeats hogging GP licenses? Do you want to reduce your transaction lookup speed in GP from 17 seconds to 2 seconds? Do you want to track data changes in GP, including at the SQL level? Are your pricing updates ugly? Do you want access to any report, anytime, anywhere? If you answered YES to these questions, this is the session for you! Join us as we tour through our suite of five add-on products: Auditor, Dynamics GP Toolbox, Dynamics Report Manager, Omni Price, and SmartFill, all targeting a different business need and making your GP work simpler & easier®.
 


Speakers
avatar for Alicia Weigel

Alicia Weigel

Rockton Software


Monday May 21, 2018 12:00 - 12:30 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

12:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: WilloWare, Inc. - MO Generator
MO Generator provides integration utilities for building systems which connect Dynamics GP Manufacturing to external applications. There are 2 different utilities in the MO Generator suite: MO Generator Core Utilities, which provides a set of utilities for creating Manufacturing Orders, creating sub-assembly MO’s, and rescheduling MO’s. The second, MO Generator Receipt Integration, provides auto-posting of Manufacturing Order Receipts.  In this session, participants will learn how to automate integrations into GP Manufacturing, eliminating the need for time consuming manual data entry.  The speaker will present this session virtually.

Speakers
BK

Brenner Klenzman

President, WilloWare Inc.


Monday May 21, 2018 12:00 - 12:30 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

12:30 SAST

Lunch, Networking & Expo
Monday May 21, 2018 12:30 - 14:00 SAST
Riversands Café

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Dynamics Africa Services - Dynamics GP as a Service
Are you ready for Industry 4.0 and the cloud wave. Join us for a journey of the evolution of GP and ERP through laborious on premise issues to a service, when you want, how you want on your terms and cost.

Speakers
AV

Aldo van Tonder

Chief Digital Officer – Dynamics Africa, Dynamics Africa Services (Pty) Ltd
Aldo van Tonder, is a passionate technologist that adds value to business leaders through guidance and advise on technology innovations and strategies that actually make a difference in the real world. Aldo has 26 years’ experience and specialties in Digital and cloud transformation... Read More →


Monday May 21, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Panatrack - Maximizing Dynamics GP for your Inventory Management Solution
This presentation will highlight key inventory features that are often overlooked or not implemented within Dynamics GP that can help transform GP into your inventory management system. The session will include highlights of how barcode and mobile technology can streamline data capture and take inventory management to the next level.  Some of the key concepts that will be reviewed will include bin tracking, min/max level setup, allocations, unit of measure, alternate item numbers, and concepts of barcode technology.  The speaker will present this session virtually.

Speakers
PB

Pam Burnham

Product Director, Panatrack


Monday May 21, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Solver - Corporate Performance Management with GP and Bi360
This session explores how to get the most out of your GP with Bi360, a leading Corporate Performance management tool.  With Bi360 being on Microsoft’s red carpet program, it is an excellent solution for your reporting and budgeting needs.  We will demonstrate how BI360 works with GP and discuss how you can greatly reduce the time spent on preparing reports and budgets so that you can spend more time on strategic discussion.


Speakers

Monday May 21, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: VoxTelecom -Future-proof your Cloud Strategy
TBA

Speakers
avatar for Daniel Jacobs

Daniel Jacobs

Senior Product Manager l Cloud Computing, Voxtelecom
I look after the cloud product stack in Vox Telecom which includes IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, BUaaS, DRaaS and more. Please come talk to me about your IT Landscape and your plans on migrating to the cloud. Our Migration Methodology is purpose built to help IT Managers with migrating to the... Read More →


Monday May 21, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Winthrop Development Consultants - Simplify Administering your system with GP Power Tools
GP Power Tools is the Dynamics GP Administrator's favorite tool to help with the smooth running of their systems. This session uses real life examples to demonstrate of GP Power Tools will make life simpler, by easily solving issues and in some cases preventing the issues from even occurring. Come join David and Mariano to see how administering application level security is breeze, how to ensure your system is optimized and avoid upgrade issues. See how Deny Based Security completes the Dynamics GP security model.
Objective: Participants will learn how to improve the efficiency of administrative tasks and make GP easier to use.
Participants will learn how to ensure their databases are in good order and avoid issues when upgrading.
Participants will learn how to GP Power Tools fixes GP Security and makes it simple to administer.


Speakers
avatar for Mariano Gomez

Mariano Gomez

Director of Technology, Mekorma
Mariano Gomez is the Director of Technology at Mekorma and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Azure. He's an international speaker and a long time community influencer. Visit his channels and follow or subscribe at:YouTube... Read More →
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Monday May 21, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

14:30 SAST

Break
Monday May 21, 2018 14:30 - 14:45 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

14:45 SAST

Yet Another 25 Dexterity Development Tricks and Hacks in 45 Minutes
Continuing on from the previous year’s successful sessions, experienced Developer Evangelists, David Musgrave and Mariano Gomez, discuss yet more of the Dexterity tricks and hacks they use when developing to make coding faster and easier or just building better code.
Objective: Participants will improve their development skills by learning from over 40 years of combined experience.
Presenters: David Musgrave (david@winthropdc.com) and Mariano Gomez (mariano@mekorma.com)
Level: 200 – Intermediate            Format: Presentation                                                     Track: Developer

Speakers
avatar for Mariano Gomez

Mariano Gomez

Director of Technology, Mekorma
Mariano Gomez is the Director of Technology at Mekorma and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Azure. He's an international speaker and a long time community influencer. Visit his channels and follow or subscribe at:YouTube... Read More →
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Monday May 21, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

14:45 SAST

Dynamics GP Manufacturing
GP Manufacturing capabilities will be an overview look at all 10 modules within the manufacturing series. Come to this session if you want to have a high level look at the capabilities GP Manufacturing has to help your company.

Speakers
avatar for Dan Abernathy

Dan Abernathy

Managing Director, Manufacturing Resource Partners


Monday May 21, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

14:45 SAST

Project Accounting
Speakers
avatar for Adele Esterhuizen

Adele Esterhuizen

Consultant, Braintree


Monday May 21, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

14:45 SAST

SmartLists with SmartList Designer Intro
Speakers

Monday May 21, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

14:45 SAST

Importance of Business Analysis
Speakers
avatar for Louise Siegrist

Louise Siegrist

Managing Director, Dynaworx
Louise has been a management consultant all her life and is currently a shareholder and managing director of Dynaworx. Dynaworx is a consultancy specialising in the implementation of Dynamic GP, Solver Bi360 as well as placing analysts and project managers on various projects. Louise... Read More →


Monday May 21, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

15:45 SAST

Break
Monday May 21, 2018 15:45 - 16:00 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

16:00 SAST

SQL for Dynamics GP
Speakers

Monday May 21, 2018 16:00 - 17:00 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

16:00 SAST

Document Attach
Speakers

Monday May 21, 2018 16:00 - 17:00 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

16:00 SAST

Dynamics GP Workflow
Come and learn all about Dynamics GP Workflow.
     Workflow Overview
     Workflow in transactions
     Workflow Setup
     Some cool features in workflow
     Questions & Answers

Speakers
avatar for Neil Palmer

Neil Palmer

Lead Technical Consultant, Braintree
Dynamics GP technical and business intelligence areas, including Power BI, BI360 and Microsoft reporting tools.


Monday May 21, 2018 16:00 - 17:00 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

16:00 SAST

BI In Your Organization
Why BI is important to your organization.

High-level overview of the various BI tools available for different size companies.

Learn about Power BI's really cool features.

This is not a "how to" session for Power BI - for this, please attend the Academy Day Class on the 23rd of May: "Power BI - Become A Hero In A Day".

Speakers
avatar for Sven Vosse

Sven Vosse

Director, mavenBI
I'm the lead consultant at mavenBI, a BI Consulting and Training company focusing on Microsoft BI solutions for medium-sized companies.


Monday May 21, 2018 16:00 - 17:00 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

16:00 SAST

What's New in SQL Server 2017
Every two years the world’s data doubles, thanks to the increasing capacity of humans and machines to produce it. 

Come see how SQL Server has evolved to keep pace with this change. 

Speakers
avatar for Thavash Govender

Thavash Govender

Microsoft
I look after the Data and AI product suite covering Finanial Services customers.


Monday May 21, 2018 16:00 - 17:00 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

17:00 SAST

GPUG Chapter Meeting Launch
Join us at the upcoming GPUG Amplify South Africa conference to discuss our new local GPUG User Group Chapter. By engaging with your local Chapter, you'll: meet other Dynamics GP users who live and work near you, hear what's working (and what isn't) from real Dynamics GP users, learn about new and new-to-you product features, increase your Dynamics GP skills, have fun and much more!




Monday May 21, 2018 17:00 - 17:45 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

17:45 SAST

Welcome Reception & Expo
Monday May 21, 2018 17:45 - 19:45 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa
 
Tuesday, May 22
 

07:30 SAST

Registration, Coffee & Expo
Tuesday May 22, 2018 07:30 - 08:30 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

08:30 SAST

Utilizing Microsoft Word Templates Within Dynamics GP
Speakers
avatar for Louis Terblanche

Louis Terblanche

Senior Consultant, Braintree by Vox


Tuesday May 22, 2018 08:30 - 09:30 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

08:30 SAST

Ask Us Anything About Microsoft Dynamics GP Development
A free format AMA (Ask Me Anything) session where you can have open discussion about Microsoft Dynamics GP customisation development with experienced developers David Musgrave and Mariano Gomez as well as fellow audience members.
Objective: Participants will benefit from open discussion about Microsoft Dynamics GP development.
Presenters: David Musgrave (david@winthropdc.com) and Mariano Gomez (mariano@mekorma.com)
Level: 200 – Intermediate            Format: Round Table/Presentation                          Track: Developer

Speakers
avatar for Mariano Gomez

Mariano Gomez

Director of Technology, Mekorma
Mariano Gomez is the Director of Technology at Mekorma and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Azure. He's an international speaker and a long time community influencer. Visit his channels and follow or subscribe at:YouTube... Read More →
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Tuesday May 22, 2018 08:30 - 09:30 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

08:30 SAST

SQL and GP Reporting
Speakers
ML

Miguel Lozano

CEO, Advtrex


Tuesday May 22, 2018 08:30 - 09:30 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

08:30 SAST

Dynamics 365 Field Services
Speakers
SV

Sean Vowles

xPac Technology


Tuesday May 22, 2018 08:30 - 09:30 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

08:30 SAST

Power BI
Come join me to take a look at some of the newer features in Power BI and whats on the roadmap.

Speakers
avatar for Thavash Govender

Thavash Govender

Microsoft
I look after the Data and AI product suite covering Finanial Services customers.


Tuesday May 22, 2018 08:30 - 09:30 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

09:30 SAST

Break
Tuesday May 22, 2018 09:30 - 09:45 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

09:45 SAST

Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Extensions w/ Microsoft PowerApps & Flow
Speakers
avatar for Mariano Gomez

Mariano Gomez

Director of Technology, Mekorma
Mariano Gomez is the Director of Technology at Mekorma and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Azure. He's an international speaker and a long time community influencer. Visit his channels and follow or subscribe at:YouTube... Read More →
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Tuesday May 22, 2018 09:45 - 10:45 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

09:45 SAST

Email in Dynamics GP
Speakers

Tuesday May 22, 2018 09:45 - 10:45 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

09:45 SAST

Power Apps
Speakers

Tuesday May 22, 2018 09:45 - 10:45 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

09:45 SAST

Dynamics GP and MS SQL
Speakers
ML

Miguel Lozano

CEO, Advtrex


Tuesday May 22, 2018 09:45 - 10:45 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

09:45 SAST

Disaster Recovery: What You Absolutely NEED to Know
Speakers
BK

Barry Kemp

Head of Managed IT, Vox Telecom


Tuesday May 22, 2018 09:45 - 10:45 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

10:45 SAST

Break
Tuesday May 22, 2018 10:45 - 11:00 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

11:00 SAST

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018: Customizing the User Interface REPEAT
Continuing their series, David Musgrave and Mariano Gomez are back to give an introduction to the many development tools available to you to easily customize the Microsoft Dynamics GP User Interface. Get an understanding of the tools available to you, their strengths and weaknesses and see how you can create solutions.
Objective: Participants will gain an understanding of the tools available for customizing Dynamics GP.
Presenters: David Musgrave (david@winthropdc.com) and Mariano Gomez (mariano@mekorma.com)
Level: 100 – Basic                             Format: Presentation                                                     Track: Developer

Speakers
avatar for Mariano Gomez

Mariano Gomez

Director of Technology, Mekorma
Mariano Gomez is the Director of Technology at Mekorma and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Azure. He's an international speaker and a long time community influencer. Visit his channels and follow or subscribe at:YouTube... Read More →
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Tuesday May 22, 2018 11:00 - 12:00 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

11:00 SAST

GL/PM/RM - Tips & Tricks Within the Core Modules
Speakers
avatar for Sheila O'Linn

Sheila O'Linn

Lead Consultant - Dynamics GP, Braintree by Vox Telecom


Tuesday May 22, 2018 11:00 - 12:00 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

11:00 SAST

Microsoft Flow (For Non-Developers)
Microsoft flow brings our disconnected business process spread across a variety of platforms and solutions to life by automating the flow between them. Flow is a cload based process flow enabler for the non-developer that can help to solve the every day issues we all face.

Speakers
avatar for David Joosten

David Joosten

Technical Manager, Premier FMCG Pty Ltd
I am passionate about building solutions for business problems using just the functionality that is available and using minimal customisation. I am also passionate about Microsoft SQL.


Tuesday May 22, 2018 11:00 - 12:00 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

11:00 SAST

O-Data
Speakers
avatar for Ben Strachan

Ben Strachan

Senior Developer, Braintree


Tuesday May 22, 2018 11:00 - 12:00 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

11:00 SAST

Microsoft Teams Deeper Dive
Speakers

Tuesday May 22, 2018 11:00 - 12:00 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

12:00 SAST

Break
Tuesday May 22, 2018 12:00 - 12:15 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

12:15 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Dynamic Budgets - Is Budgeting too Painful? Learn How Dynamic Budgets Makes it Easy!
Join Our Demo! Dynamic Budgets is first-and-foremost a budgeting solution, which also has live reporting. We were frustrated that other products were too painful to manage, too complicated for end users, and too expensive; so we changed the rules! Unlimited users, installs in 1 hour, customers can go live within a week. Don’t waste your time and money with CPM Suites which require 100-200 hours to deploy?? Dynamic Budgets makes Powerful Budgeting Easy!  The speaker will present this session virtually.

Speakers
avatar for Zubin Gidwani

Zubin Gidwani

CEO, Dynamic Budgets


Tuesday May 22, 2018 12:15 - 12:45 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

12:15 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Rockton Software - Auditing, Compliance, and More!
See why over 55,000 Dynamics GP users are taking the Simple and Easy approach to Dynamics GP with Rockton Software. Alicia Weigel, Technical Sales Team Lead, will be on site to give a live presentation of three time-saving products. You’ll see how Rockton Auditor and Dynamics GP Toolbox can make auditing, compliance and security simple and easy in your GP system. Then be amazed at how quickly and easily finding records throughout GP can be with SmartFill, our google-style data search tool. 

Speakers
avatar for Alicia Weigel

Alicia Weigel

Rockton Software


Tuesday May 22, 2018 12:15 - 12:45 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

12:15 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Solver - Set up reporting in 30 minutes with Bi360 Quickstart
In this session, you will see how it’s possible to set up world class reporting in 30 minutes with Bi360 Cloud Quickstart.  We will connect to the ERP system, import data and a set of report templates and run these reports and budget input forms – all within 30 minutes.

Speakers

Tuesday May 22, 2018 12:15 - 12:45 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

12:15 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Winthrop Development Consultants - Leveraging GP Power Tools as a Developer
GP Power Tools has scripting capabilities which can be used for troubleshooting and fixing issues as well as prototyping and creating customizations. During this session, David and Mariano will demonstrate how you can use Dexterity, Transact-SQL, C# and/or VB.Net code to find issues, create fixes and customize the user interface. GP Power Tools can be used to create custom report writer functions to return difficult to access data. You can also create custom Service procedures which can be called as web services. Join us to see all this and also what’s new in GP Power Tools.
Objective: Participants will gain an understanding of the power of GP Power Tools scripting and how it can be used.
Participants will learn how to use GP Power Tools to create custom Service Based Architecture calls and debug service code.
Participants will learn how to use GP Power Tools to create custom Report Writer functions.


Speakers
avatar for Mariano Gomez

Mariano Gomez

Director of Technology, Mekorma
Mariano Gomez is the Director of Technology at Mekorma and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Azure. He's an international speaker and a long time community influencer. Visit his channels and follow or subscribe at:YouTube... Read More →
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Tuesday May 22, 2018 12:15 - 12:45 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

12:15 SAST

Partner Solutions Showcase: NetStock - Is managing inventory through spreadsheets putting your business at risk?
Many companies use spreadsheets to calculate inventory replenish quantities. Learn about the risks and alternatives that both small and medium size companies are turning to as the world becomes more and more competitive.

Speakers
avatar for Tony Sinton

Tony Sinton

CEO, NetStock


Tuesday May 22, 2018 12:15 - 12:45 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

12:45 SAST

Lunch, Networking & Expo
Tuesday May 22, 2018 12:45 - 14:00 SAST
Riversands Café

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Advtrex - 5 ways to improve GP with TitaniumGP
  1. Who modified what and when?
  2. Adding custom business rules
  3. Master data cleanup efforts
  4. Elastic Windows
  5. And of course, copy between GP and Excel


Speakers
ML

Miguel Lozano

CEO, Advtrex


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Braintree - Introducing SupplierConnect
Designed with South African businesses in mind, Supplier Connect by Braintree is an ERP agnostic Azure Web Application that tracks all relevant supplier data to ensure that you proactively manage your suppliers.
Functionality that enables you to get new suppliers on-board with ease, validate supplier information from trusted sources, and proactively manage supplier information efficiently, in a secure environment.

Speakers
avatar for Pieter Cornelius

Pieter Cornelius

Head: Dynamics GP, Braintree
avatar for Ben Strachan

Ben Strachan

Senior Developer, Braintree


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Dynamics Africa Services - Industry 4.0 is here – but how do I make sense of my GP (and other) DATA?
With intelligent machines, live streams and the Internet of Things, we now have more data at our fingertips than ever before! But how do we make sense of it all to extract real value from our Dynamics GP and other data assets?


Speakers
KD

Karl Dinkelmann

Director Business Intelligence, Dynamics Africa Services (Pty) Ltd
Karl Dinkelmann is a Chartered Accountant (SA) with a strong background in technology. Over the years, Karl has seen too many companies struggle with the take-on of BI and Analytics solutions to drive decision-making. To correct this, Karl is on a journey of discovery with his clients... Read More →


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Lecture 2 The Canvas Riversands

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: Reporting Central - The Art and Science of Posting Properly to the GL
When everything posts properly to the GL in DynGP, the world is a happier place.  When suspense and prepaid accounts are cleared properly, they are a wonderful thing.  But the instant something is posted incorrectly, forget about it, zombie’s (auditors) at the door.  Posting from the sub-modules to the GL is usually a standard and easy to maintain process or so you thought.  During this session we will discuss a few best practices for posting settings AND we will show the best way to “Correct” mistakes, when they do happen, that get made when posted transactions are sent to the wrong GL destination.


Speakers
avatar for Adele Esterhuizen

Adele Esterhuizen

Consultant, Braintree


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

14:00 SAST

Partner Solution Showcase: WilloWare Inc. - Manufacturing Import
Manufacturing Import for Dynamics GP Manufacturing contains integration utilities for Bills of Materials and Routings. The utilities are designed to make it easy to perform regular imports and updates from an external Excel file. The Import Mapping utility allows mapping all of the Bill of Materials fields, or Routing fields, to columns in a source file. Bill of Material or Routing fields can also be populated with predefined Constants, or system provided Defaults.  In this session, participants will learn how to create BOM and Routing integrations using the Mfg. Import suite.  The speaker will present this session virtually.

Speakers
BK

Brenner Klenzman

President, WilloWare Inc.


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:00 - 14:30 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

14:30 SAST

Break
Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:30 - 14:45 SAST
The Canvas Riversands 8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15, Fourways, Midrand, 2021, South Africa

14:45 SAST

Analytical Accounting
Analytical Accounting: "The powerful tool that helps you analyze, interpret, and create reports based on your Chart of Accounts".

Easiest way to keep track of revenues and expenses for a specific project, job, or any other work subcategory your company may use.

From the setup, to transactions then reporting, you will gain the ability to analyse your Finanacial Data accross all GP Area.

Come and Learn the simplest and quiskest way to add additional information to MS Dynamics GP.

If you want to learn how to get greater Reporting Flexibility without increasing your Chart Of Account, then this is the place to be.

Speakers
avatar for Patrick Kalemba

Patrick Kalemba

Senior Consultant: Dynamics GP, Braintree
A Dynamic and Innovative Senior Enterprise Resource Planning consultant, having been in the IT and Financial industry in general for more than 12 years. Has been working on IT and Financial projects in both the Public and Private Sector across African countries such as South Africa... Read More →


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

14:45 SAST

Microsoft Flow
Speakers

Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

14:45 SAST

Switch on the power of teamwork using Office 365 and Microsoft Teams
Speakers
avatar for Neven Nagiah

Neven Nagiah

SharePoint and Microsoft Online Services Consultant, Braintree By Vox


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Lecture 1 The Canvas Riversands

14:45 SAST

Azure SQL - Tips and Tricks
I have spent the better part of my career using Microsoft SQL as my database platform of choice, and I love it. SQL maintenance though is not anyone's favourite part of their job. What if you did not have to deal with all that complexity? Well Azure SQL has many of those answers. I have spent three years learning the differences and want to share some thinking with you.

Speakers
avatar for David Joosten

David Joosten

Technical Manager, Premier FMCG Pty Ltd
I am passionate about building solutions for business problems using just the functionality that is available and using minimal customisation. I am also passionate about Microsoft SQL.


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

14:45 SAST

Understanding Microsoft Dynamics GP Security
Microsoft MVPs David Musgrave and Mariano Gomez, take you through the Microsoft Dynamics GP security model and how to work with it. Learn how the model works and what tools are available to help you configure your security, look for potential problems and provide reports needed for internal and external auditing.
Objective: Participants will gain an understanding of Microsoft Dynamics GP Security and how best to implement it.
Presenters: Mariano Gomez (mariano@mekorma.com) and David Musgrave (david@winthropdc.com)
Level: 100 – Basic                             Format: Presentation                                                     Track: Consulting

Speakers
avatar for Mariano Gomez

Mariano Gomez

Director of Technology, Mekorma
Mariano Gomez is the Director of Technology at Mekorma and a Microsoft Business Applications MVP specializing in Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics GP, and Azure. He's an international speaker and a long time community influencer. Visit his channels and follow or subscribe at:YouTube... Read More →
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Tuesday May 22, 2018 14:45 - 15:45 SAST
Training Room 4 The Canvas Riversands
 
Wednesday, May 23
 

08:00 SAST

Academy - Introduction to GP Power Tools ($69)
Note:  Academy classes require a separate registration - Click here to register today!

GP Power Tools (earlier versions knownas the Support Debugging Tool) is a powerful suite of tools to help you support, administer and customize your Microsoft Dynamics GP system.
This workshop introduces the user level (standard mode) features of the tools such as; identifying resources (windows, tables, fields, etc.), resolving application security issues, setting up deny based security, capturing screenshots and logs, troubleshooting the cause of an issue, controlling Dex.ini settings and even avoiding issues by color coding companies.
David Musgrave, the original developer, will guide you through the installation process and use of the tools. You will learn what the recommended configuration is and how to set up the tools to get the most out of it.
This session will cover the System features and Administrator Module of GP Power Tools and is a must for those wanting to also attend the Advanced workshop.
Learning Objectives:
·         Installing GP Power Tools.
·         Setting up GP Power Tools to get the most out of it.
·         Identifying dictionary resources and security objects.
·         Capturing Screenshots and logs from the system.
·         Reviewing and changing security access.
·         Using Deny Based Security to control security and hide menus.
·         Troubleshooting issues with customizations.
·         Centrally controlling Dex.ini settings.
·         Usability features such as Company Color Themes and Window Position Memory.
Instructor: David Musgrave
Product: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Audience: Power Users, Administrators, Consultants, Support Engineers and Developers.
Prerequisites: 
·         Understanding of navigation and administration of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
 


Speakers
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Wednesday May 23, 2018 08:00 - 12:00 SAST
Boardroom 4

08:00 SAST

Academy - Management Reporter ($99)
Note:  Academy classes require a separate registration - Click here to register today!

If you haven't started thinking about migrating to Management Reporter, it's time! MR is a great tool for producing presentation quality management reports. Anyone who has a knowledge of accounting and the organizations chart of accounts is well equipped to take financial reporting to the next level with Management Reporter. Don't miss this content packed class and get ready to implement MR at your organization. This course is open to any GP user. This course will focus on introducing and demonstrating the concepts of Management Reporter to users who are new to the product. The class will start with a brief demonstration, and then move on to an overview of building blocks and navigation. We will step through creating a trial balance and detailed income statement. Next, take the design process a step further and see how Reporting Trees add power and flexibility to your reporting process. Last, use the skills you have learned to do Side by Side and Trend Reporting.
 
Learning Objectives: 


1.    Understand Management Reporter product functionality
Able to create Row, Column and Reporting Tree definitions in accordance with best practice guidelines
2.    Avoid common self-taught pitfalls
3.    Navigate and organize building blocks
4.    Prepare Report Definitions and change run time options
5.    Set up Management Report Library structure
6.    Produce financial reports such as a Trial Balance, Income Statement, Expense analysis, and Departmental Reports including side by side reports
7.    Learn to create advanced financial reports like:
              balance sheets
              statements of cash flows
              and multi-company consolidations.
8.    Learn about security from basic password protection to tree based security
9.    Learn about report groups and scheduling
10. Learn spreadsheet linking, and report distribution and analysis tools available in Management Reporter.
 
 



Speakers

Wednesday May 23, 2018 08:00 - 17:00 SAST
Boardroom 2

08:00 SAST

Academy - Power BI - Become a Hero in a Day! ($149)
Note:  Academy classes require a separate registration - Click here to register today!

This is a hands-on course so please ensure you have the latest version of Power BI Desktop installed on your machine.  If you don't have a laptop it will not be a problem as you will still easily be able to follow along.  Click here to download Power BI Desktop.

Hands-on files (1 x PBIX and 3 x XLSX files) and the PowerPoint file are available to download (see the bottom of this page).  Please download the Hands-On files before the session.



Introduction
  • Why do we need BI?
  • Traditional BI vs Agile BI
  • Overview of BI Tools
  • Components of BI (data prep, data modelling, data visualisation)
 
Data Prep
  • How and Why?
  • Power Query Editor
  • Hands On – Connecting to Data (SQL DB, Web, Excel, CSV)
  • Hands On – Cleaning Data
  • Hands On – Combining Data
  • Hands On – Creating a Date / Calendar Table using underlying data date range
  • Hands On – Working with Nulls
  • Hands On – Working with Date Locales
  • Power Query Common Pitfalls
 
Data Modelling
  • Understanding Data / FACT tables and Lookup / DIM tables
  • Understanding Relationships
  • Understanding Evaluation Context
  • What is DAX?
  • Hands On – Working with Columns
  • Hands On – Basic and Intermediate Measures
  • Hands On – Quick Measures
 
Data Visualisation
  • Drilling Up / Down
  • Filtering and Cross Filtering
  • Visual, Page, Report Filters
  • Working with Dates incl. Relative Date filter
  • Formatting tables and graphs
  • Bookmarking / Storytelling / Spotlight / Buttons
  • Working with Maps
  • Custom Visuals
 
Sharing / Publishing
  • Reports vs Dashboards
  • Apps and Workspaces
  • PBI Service, PBI Embedded, PBI Report Server
  • Email Subscriptions
  • Data Alerts

Speakers
avatar for Sven Vosse

Sven Vosse

Director, mavenBI
I'm the lead consultant at mavenBI, a BI Consulting and Training company focusing on Microsoft BI solutions for medium-sized companies.


Wednesday May 23, 2018 08:00 - 17:00 SAST
Training Room 2 The Canvas Riversands

08:00 SAST

Academy - Rockton Auditor & GP Toolbox Training ($69)
Note:  Academy classes require a separate registration - Click here to register today!

Morning Session will focus on Auditor
8:00am-12:00pm


Objective:
Install, implement and test auditor using 30 day free trial keys in your system or a test company


Class Overview
Training will include Installation of Rockton Auditor in test company or Fabrikam
Configuration of Security and Audit Administrators
Setup of Audits
Overview of reporting
Setup of E-Sign
Discussion on Segregation of Duties
Getting Started Pieces


Computer Requirement
Installed GP Company with SQL server – live company, test company or Fabrikam.
Access to internet to download trial
*Must have a current backup of their system if using a live company install of GP
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Afternoon Session will focus on GP Toolbox
1:00pm-5:00pm


Objective:
Install, implement and test GP Toolbox using 30 day free trial keys in your system or a test company


Class Overview
Training will include Installation of GP Toolbox in test company or Fabrikam
Explanation of Tools
Setup and configuration of specific Tools (in activity timeout, Security Manager, Payment approval etc.)


Computer Requirement
Installed GP Company with SQL server – live company, test company or Fabrikam.
Access to internet to download trial
*Must have a current backup of their system if using a live company install of GP


Speakers
avatar for Alicia Weigel

Alicia Weigel

Rockton Software


Wednesday May 23, 2018 08:00 - 17:00 SAST
Boardroom 5

13:00 SAST

Academy - Advanced GP Power Tools Tricks and Tips ($69)
Note:  Academy classes require a separate registration - Click here to register today!

GP Power Tools (earlier versions known as the Support Debugging Tool) is recognized by system administrators and consultants as a valuable tool that eases the task of administering Microsoft Dynamics GP.
In this advanced workshop, we build upon the foundation from the introduction workshop and look further into the administrator level (advanced mode) features of the tools. We will look into the scripting and programming capabilities of the tools, showing how it can be used to customize the system and fix issues. Also, we will explore the Database Validation feature to understand how this will help ensure your system is in “tip top” shape and so avoid upgrade issues.
David Musgrave, the original developer, will guide you through practical, hands-on examples using a variety of scripting languages including SQL, Dexterity and now C# and VB.Net. Don’t worry if you don’t have experience with, we can guide you through.
This session will cover the Database and Developer Modules of GP Power Tools. The System features and Administrator Module of GP Power Tools are covered in the Introduction workshop.
Learning Objectives:
·         How to use Database Validation to fix potential upgrade problems before they occur.
·         How to export and import data as XML files.
·         How to use Advanced Trigger Mode to track down issues.
·         How to use triggers to create customizations.
·         How to write scripts in a variety of scripting languages.
·         How to create user interfaces to your scripts with parameter lists.
·         How to create custom report writer functions to retrieve data from any source.
Instructor: David Musgrave
Product: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Audience: Power Users, Administrators, Consultants, Support Engineers and Developers.
Prerequisites: 
·         Attendance to Introduction workshop preferred.
·         Understanding of navigation and administration of Microsoft Dynamics GP.
·         Understanding of SQL and some programming experience preferred.


Speakers
avatar for David Musgrave

David Musgrave

Managing Director, Winthrop Development Consultants
David Musgrave is Managing Director of his own development and consulting business. Based in the suburb of Winthrop in Perth, Western Australia, Winthrop Development Consultants offers a range of Microsoft Dynamics GP add-on products as well as development, consulting and training... Read More →


Wednesday May 23, 2018 13:00 - 17:00 SAST
Boardroom 4
 
Thursday, May 24
 

08:00 SAST

Academy - Combining GP and BI360 for Effective Corporate Performance Management ($69)
Note:  Academy classes require a separate registration. Click here to register.


This academy session is focused on managing your business better - Intelligent report-writing using Bi360 and taking advantage of Bi360’s unique capabilities to gain insight into your business, accommodate a growing business and make sure you have the right information at your fingertips at the right time. Building on these basics, we will explore some of the more advanced capabilities of Bi360 – budgeting, forecasting and Cloud capabilities.






Speakers

Thursday May 24, 2018 08:00 - 12:00 SAST
Boardroom 2

08:00 SAST

Academy - Dynamics GP Administration: Life Support for the GP Admin ($69)
Note:  Academy classes require a separate registration. Click here to register.

Checklinks, backups, and maintenance – oh my! This is a critical class for any GP administrator or support team member to ensure that your system is setup to run smoothly, your data integrity is confirmed, your downtime is minimized. This course is open to any GP user. This class will save you countless hours and issues at your organization. Know what you should be doing when with what tools to properly manage your GP environment.

Items we plan to cover include:
• Security Basics
• Roles and Tasks
• Copying Users
• ODBC Setup
• Security Troubleshooting
• User settings
• Troubleshooting / Support
• The Classics
• Support Debugging Tool
• System Maintenance / System Improvements
• Reconcile
• Checklinks
• Backup
• SQL Maintenance
• Year End• Reporting
• Options
• SQL Tips


Learning Objectives:
•Understand the options for setup and proper maintenance of GP from an administrative perspective.
•Learn the ins and outs about administering Dynamics GP.
•Identify opportunities to streamline support.
•Identify common maintenance items that should be done
•Invoke the available tools, scripts and settings to ease the burden of administering Dynamics GP.


Speakers
avatar for Pieter Cornelius

Pieter Cornelius

Head: Dynamics GP, Braintree


Thursday May 24, 2018 08:00 - 12:00 SAST
Training Room 3 The Canvas Riversands

08:00 SAST

Academy - SSRS Building Reports ($99)
Note:  Academy classes require a separate registration. Click here to register.

This interactive LAB based class is intended to teach administrators, power users, and managers how to build SQL Server Reporting Services reports.


Participants will learn how to create functioning reports that utilize filters, parameters, sub-reports, graphs and charts. They also will learn more advanced SSRS Report building techniques and features. We will introduce the Power BI / SSRS relationship and show what is possible.


SSRS Report Builder
• Installation
• Functions and uses
• Report Types & Uses

Report Filters
• Report filtering
• Query Parameters

Report Data Regions
• Table
• Matrices
• Lists

Report Security
• Report Level
• Folder Level
• Active Directory Connections

Graphs / Charts
• Indicators
• Embedded Charts

Report Filters (Adv)
• Active Directory Relationships
• Dynamics GP Relationships

Report Types
• Linked Reports
• Snapshot Reports
• Click through Reports
• Drill Down/Through

SSRS Portal
• 2016/17 feature
• Custom Branding
• KPI’s / Dashboard

Graphs / Charts
• Tree Maps
• Sunbursts

Preparation
• User need to have computer that is able to connect to the internet
• Have pre downloaded 2017 SQL developer addition ( https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=853016 )
• Be on time and ready to learn and ask questions

Audience
• SQL Programmers
• IT Professionals
• Dynamics Data / Report Professionals
• Power Users

Level
Beginner & Intermediate


Speakers
DD

Deon Dalebout

Braintree


Thursday May 24, 2018 08:00 - 17:00 SAST
Boardroom 4

14:00 SAST

D365 | AXUG South Africa (Johannesburg) Inaugural Chapter Meeting
Join us for the Inaugural South Africa (Johannesburgh) Chapter meeting! 

Attend this in-person learning and networking opportunity with Dynamics peers in your community. Join us to discuss the development of this new group and participate in the growth!

Agenda*:
  • Welcome & Introductions
  • AXUG News & Events
  • Getting Engaged with AXUG – Sanet Van Schalkwyk
  • Networking & Community Feedback: What would you like to see from local meetings?
  • Educational Session: Thomas Bonde Ejby
  • Roundtable Discussions & Networking
*Agenda and details subject to change.

Audience: All Dynamics Users are welcome. Your UG Membership extends to ALL employees at your company, so we encourage you to invite your colleagues and fellow peers. Partner Members are welcome to attend provided they are accompanied by a customer and they can refer to our Code of Conduct for additional guidelines.Location

Canvas Riversands
8 Incubation Drive, Riverside View Ext 15
Fourways, Midrand, 2021 

Thursday May 24, 2018 14:00 - 16:00 SAST
Boardroom 2

18:00 SAST

Johannesburg PUG Chapter Meeting
Agenda for May 2018 BI User Group

• 18:00 - Introduction and BI News by Justin Weldon

• 18:15 - Modern BI by Kathryn Varrall - Guest Speaker

Topic Elaboration:

'The traditional data warehouse served us well for many years but new trends are causing it to break.

Technology is advancing extremely fast and the traditional data warehouse was not built to deal with the velocity, volume and variety of data we are experiencing today.

In this session we will take a look at the "modern data warehouse" and the Microsoft platforms and technologies which can assist and enable you to modernise your data warehouse.

Kathryn Varrall is a Technical Solutions Professional in the Advanced Analytics and AI space at Microsoft

This session is not to be missed!

As per usual, there will be refreshments and pizza available on the night.

We look forward to seeing you on the 24th!

Location
Entelect - 2nd Floor
3 Melrose Boulevard
Melrose Arch
Johannesburg

Thursday May 24, 2018 18:00 - 19:00 SAST
Entelect 3 Melrose Boulevard Melrose Arch Johannesburg
 
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