Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Wrap Up

The conference is over and I am home.  I had a fantastic time and really enjoyed meeting with the Partner and Customer community as well as my colleagues from Microsoft.

I would like to say thanks to the people who made this possible:

• Pam Misialek and Errol Schoenfish from the Microsoft Dynamics GP Product team for inviting Mariano and I to present at the conference.
   
• My support team colleagues back in Australia for letting me abandon my real job to work on developing the Support Debugging Tool and preparing for & presenting at the conference. Thanks Charlie Chidiac, Allan Cahill, Marian Verzosa and Rob Dei Rossi.
   
• My family for letting me go yet again to the US. This was the 3^rd trip this year.
   
• Leslie Vail and Sheila Jefferson-Ross for helping Mariano and I make our sessions better each time we present them. Thanks also for creating and posting "that" video of me.
   
• Mariano for being my co-presenter and stopping our sessions being boring.
   
• You... the readers of the blog and attendees at the conference for supporting us and writing great evaluations which allows it all to happen.

If you missed our Support Debugging Tool session, the Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta website has links to the Virtual Convergence site, which includes our presentations:

• CSGP14-R1: Administering Microsoft Dynamics GP Like a Pro with the Support Debugging Tool

Please follow the links below to see what the community had to say about the conference:

From this blog by David Musgrave

• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Getting There
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Preparation 
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Day 1
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Day 1 cont.
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Day 2
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Day 2 cont.
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Day 3
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Day 4
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Day 4 Guest Speaker
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Day 4 cont.
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Getting Home
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Wrap Up (this post)
• Microsoft Convergence 2011 Atlanta - Preparation and Evaluations

From The Dynamics GP Blogster by Mariano Gomez

• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Day -4 
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Day -3 & -2 
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Altanta 2011: Day -1
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: GPUG DayOne
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: General Reception
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Day 2 morning
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Day 2 afternoon
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Day 3
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Day 4 Morning Closing Session
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Houston 2012: Day 4 Morning Closing Session
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Day 4 Morning Closing Session (Cont.)
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Day 4 afternoon
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Evals Reminder
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Presentation Materials
• Microsoft Dynamics Convergence Atlanta 2011: Wrap up
• A Peek Behind the Convergence Eval Curtain - Follow Up

From the Inside Dynamics GP blog by Pam Misialek and Errol Schoenfish

• Where's Errol? (Post2)
• Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 getting high marks at Convergence
• Convergence 2011 Review

From DynamicAccounting.net by Mark Polino

• Weekly Dynamic: Follow #conv11
• The Big Convergence Coverage Wrap Up
• Convergence 2011 50 Tips Update
• The Convergence 2011 Presentations are Up
• David and Mariano Wrap Up Convergence 2011
• My Big Convergence Wrap Up
• Convergence ISV Wrap Up
• Convergence 2011: A Peek Behind the Eval Curtain

From Dynamics GP Land by Christina Phillips

• Monday. Convergence. Atlanta
• Another Day. More Convergence

From gp2themax by Frank Hamelly

• DayOne At Convergence

From Rose Business Solutions GP Blog by Doug Pitcher

• Taking my talents to Atlanta (for Microsoft's Convergence)
• Day one at Microsoft Convergence
• Welcome to the A-T-L
• Geeking out at a long day two of Convergence
• Home stretch at Convergence
• The long ride home from Microsoft Convergence
• Funniest things that happened to me at Microsoft Convergence

From Dynamics Small Business by Matt Landis

• Dynamics GP Goes Web Based: Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Announced

From The GP CSI by Belinda Allen

• Convergence 2011
• More Convergence Info

From Dynamics Confessor Blogspot by Leslie Vail

• Watch David Musgrave's Moves on You Tube!!

From DynamicsBloggger by Janakiram MP

• David Musgrave: Dancing to the tunes of Dexterity at Convergence

From The Death of Reason by Dwight Specht

• Don't Dance At Convergence

Session Materials

• UBGP15 Ask the Experts Microsoft Dynamics GP Development Tools
   
• CSGP14 Administering Microsoft Dynamics GP like a Pro with the Support Debugging Tool
   
• DDGP03 Microsoft Dynamics GP Customization & Integration Tools Review
• DDGP03 Customization Tools Examples
• DDGP03 Integration Tools Examples

Make sure you fill in your conference evaluations, we need this feedback to improve our sessions and ensure we are invited back.  Don't forget that for each conference evaluation submitted, Microsoft will donate $5 to the Youth Ensemble of Atlanta (YEA).

Hope to see you next year for Convergence 2011 in Houston, Texas, USA on 18^th-21^st March 2012. Watch the Convergence Web Site for more info.

David

19-Apr-2011: Added extra Convergence related links.

21-Apr-2011: Added links to more Convergence posts by Doug Pitcher, the guy with the "gimpy gait, hairy chest, dull humor, dim witted comments and lame dance moves" (his words not mine). :-)

22-Apr-2011: Added links for additional posts about conference evaluations.

17-Jan-2012: Fixed broken link to Mariano's Presentation Materials post.