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Wake me up before September ends!

2009-09-17T12:10:06Z

That’s how one of my favorite songs by Green Day sounds. And this is basically how I feel right now. Job wise then until now I’ve talked with tons of recruiters, many different people from my network. About the different idea’s I’ve been writing here on this blog. Right now it seems both like the freelancer...( read more )...(read more)

Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 Service Pack 1 – What’s New?

2009-09-03T08:27:37Z

As you’ve been able to read in other blogs both here on DUG and on other websites, then on September 1st Navision 2009 service pack 1 was released in the so-called Group 1 counties. That includes Australia Austria Canada (English and French) Denmark France Germany India (English) Ireland Italy...( read more )...(read more)

Is this THE BOOK about Implementing Navision?

2009-08-31T18:47:07Z

Ever since I started working with Navision in 1991 I have heard new consultants asking me for where they can get THAT BOOK about how to implement Navision. The book that the consultant could use as his/her companion not only through the first implementation or two, but through the the first two-three...( read more )...(read more)

No old versions of Navision on Windows 7 for me!

2009-08-27T10:24:52Z

One of the reasons why I wanted to upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7 was that I was told that it was possible to run the older versions of Navision here . So when Windows 7 was release in its RTM (released to manufacturing) version, then I was quick to download it and install it. Until now my experience...( read more )...(read more)

Great Microsoft! Not!

2009-08-26T10:34:59Z

I had already heard about the bummer with the Mac Book on the Microsoft advertising. But now this comes up that this was not all they did. Check the picture below: Whereas it’s ok that the black guy is on the American, then the Obama effect has not been really hit Poland. So using Photoshop they have...( read more )...(read more)

The Project Management Hut

2009-08-17T18:12:00Z

It’s not often that really meet a website where I think, “Wow this website I really want to share with everybody!” But although this website has a very specific target, then here is a site! The.Project.Management.Hut is really a must know site for everyone working with project management...( read more )...(read more)

Can we live without the Dynamics freelance recruiters?

2009-07-23T18:20:48Z

In my last blog I wrote about why I think that the Dynamics recruiters are wasting our time . That cause a lot of people to confirm that they also had that experience. My blog post was primary directed against the recruiters who are mostly working with Dynamics freelancers. Not so much with the recruiters...( read more )...(read more)

Are the Dynamics recruiters also wasting your time?

2009-07-14T19:54:59Z

As I have written before in this blog, then I was fired from my job at ISS . Instead of finding a new job I decided that I wanted again to go down the road of Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Navision freelance projects, as that would allow me to also spend much more time on this website. So where am I now after...( read more )...(read more)

Blogging with Windows Live Writer

2009-07-10T21:17:00Z

More and more users are blogging about Microsoft Dynamics. Not only here on the Dynamics User Group but everywhere. And to help people with many blogs and people who just like to do the “work” offline and then publish, then Microsoft has created the Windows Live Writer (WLW) as a part of their Windows...( read more )...(read more)

Who is the is the winner of the Dynamics Community Competion 2009?

2009-07-01T09:48:00Z

For the second time we are now able to announce who the winner of the "Dynamics Community Competion 2009" is. The purpose of this competition was to get more active members of the community, especially the Dynamics User Group. And as the base rule of the competition that neither David Singleton...( read more )...(read more)

Microsoft is Killing Navision (part 2)

2009-06-29T13:43:00Z

In my blog last week I documented the fact that Microsoft is Killing Navision. That has led to a lot of comments, both here and in many other blogs and on LinkedIn. But I think that many people didn't read all of my blog post, as many thought that I said that they where killing Navision because it...( read more )...(read more)

Microsoft is killing Navision

2009-06-18T17:52:00Z

If you like me thought that a career working with Navision, or Dynamics NAV as Microsoft likes to call our system, would be a career for life then I think you need to start and rethink that option. Microsoft is slowly but surely killing Navision without replacing it with Dynamics NAV! Take a look at...( read more )...(read more)

The 100 most influential Microsoft Dynamics people?

2009-06-12T17:31:00Z

You know these list from many other areas, the top 100 most influential industy leaders in New Jersey, the top 100 most beautiful couples in Hollywood and so on. But now there is one list that is more interesting for the readers here on DynamicsUser.net - " Microsoft Dynamics Top 100 Influential...( read more )...(read more)

A sexy company name?

2009-05-28T19:23:00Z

As I announced in my previous blog post , then I've decided to start a new company after I have left ISS. And if you visited the website then you'll also know that I decided to call the company Dynamics Experts, as the plan was to setup company uniting some of the best and britest experts in...( read more )...(read more)

So what to do now?

2009-05-22T15:10:00Z

As I wrote before then I was fired from my job at ISS. And that I was to find out what then to do with my life. Two weeks ago I cam back from two weeks vacation in Thailand. It's was a great vacation. I love Thailand and for me there's really no better way to relax and think than a beach in Thailand...( read more )...(read more)

What is the plan with Microsoft Dynamics NAV until 2017?

2009-05-21T08:29:00Z

Are you planning to invest in Microsoft Dynamics NAV or did you already invest in Navision? Do you want to know what Microsoft is planning do with Dynamics NAV until 2017? As Waldo wrote in his recent blog post then Microsoft has just released their new statement of directions for Dynamics NAV. The statement...( read more )...(read more)

Congratulations to MiBuSo with the 10 years

2009-05-19T10:44:00Z

Last week I had a very nice trip together with my wife driving our car the 10 hours it takes to go to Belgium. Not my first time in Belgium, but the first time where Belgium was the target and not just a stop on the way to France. And the reason was the Mibuso Conference. Luc (the owner of Mibuso) had...( read more )...(read more)

Going Down New Roads

2009-04-03T08:24:00Z

Last week was my last day working for ISS. That was the first time in my life that I have been fired. Well except for one time in 1988, when I had a job as a exhibition booth builder before I started college to become a programmer. So at first it really a big chock. Somehow I not seen it coming. And...( read more )...(read more)

Follow me on Twitter

2009-03-18T20:23:00Z

In 2008 everything was about Facebook. Here in 2009 it's still about Facebook, but more and more are joining Twitter. But what is Twitter? Twitter is not new, but has been around for quite a few years. Basically Twitter is a very simple program that "only" has a status message as it's...( read more )...(read more)

Should we only focus on Dynamics NAV?

2009-03-08T12:35:00Z

As you all (hopefully) knows, then we are currently running the "Dynamics User Group Member Survey 2009". This is the first time we are doing this on http://dynamicsuser.net and we do it to try to get feed back from other users than the ones who posts in the normal forums. The way DUG has evolved...( read more )...(read more)

Microsoft PartnerSource NAV Favorites

2009-02-05T10:40:00Z

Partnersource is Microsoft's closed site for their partners to gain access to everything from sales and marketing information, whitepapers, new versions and updates etc. But also their knowledgebase including a lot a listing of registered errors and issues (and sometimes including references to fixes...( read more )...(read more)

So how do you see the Dynamics future comparing to Oracle and SAP?

2009-02-03T08:34:00Z

A friend on Facebook asked this question yesterday. My initial answer was that I don't think that we'll see any big changes in the market with the products we have now. I think that both Dynamics NAV 2009 and Dynamics AX 2009 a really great products. Great usability and functionality. Microsoft's...( read more )...(read more)

Changes to the DUG front page

2009-01-19T11:29:00Z

A lot has changed here on the Dynamics User Group since our upgrade last month. Not really so much in the "core" applications, such as the forums and the blogs. But the front page has been changing several times, first from something which is more or less standard and not really very specific...( read more )...(read more)

The State of the Community

2009-01-07T13:13:00Z

Dear readers, dear community members, As times goes by, then we also have to realize that we are not in "the good old days" anymore. This year is DUG (before that NOLUG's) 14th Birthday! And things have changed. Since our start the community has changed a lot. When I started this website...( read more )...(read more)

Did we find the right model?

2009-01-05T20:39:00Z

In August 2006 after I just started in my job at ISS ( www.issworld.com ) I wrote about my worries about Finding the right model for our global Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution. Since then 2.5 years has gone by, so I thought it was on time to write a little about what has happened since then. One Global...( read more )...(read more)