The acquisition strengthens sa.global’s presence in the Americas and expands their capabilities across the Microsoft Business Platform. Philadelphia, PA – January 4, 2022: sa.global, the leading Microsoft Dynamics Partner, today announced the acquisi...
Intro Regardless of your cultural background, Oktoberfest is a worthwhile month-long celebration. Originating from Munich, Germany in the 19th century, it has since taken over western culture and pre-pandemic there seemed to be an Oktoberfest event...
Intro There are many things I appreciate about fall; the crisper air, leaves changing, seasonal drinks, and parking in California going back to normal (sorry out-of-state vacationers, I’m not the best at parallel parking and it’s rough out here...
New Perspective If you are like me, you are seeing that the temperatures are cooling off and you are probably wondering where did the summer go? Early this spring, I was dreaming of getting back to normal after the previous 12 months of COVID. However, now with the recent renewed concerns…
Intro I enjoy pondering about disruptive innovations and trends. One of the fascinating aspects of disruptions is how growth happens on an “S” curve. With a disruptive trend, change and growth is not linear, it’s exponential. IT Disruptions There’s always something being disrupted in the IT space. In the…
Intro Watch out, everyone – Christmas came early! Under my tree in May, I found a 693-page Dummy’s Guide to Implementing D365 – something Microsoft named the Success by Design Implementation Guide. Based on the experience of Microsoft’s FastTrack team in over 100 projects, this guide breaks down frequent problems,…
Intro Ah, Spring. We talked about it during last month’s Digest; depending on where you live, we may have been a bit premature – it certainly was for me in Wisconsin. Regardless, it is finally starting to warm up consistently in the Midwest, and people are beginning to return to…
Welcome to our April newsletter dear readers! Depending on where you are as you read this, I hope Spring has sprung! For me, the weather is starting to warm up, and plants are beginning to bud while birds and animals are bustling around, getting ready for their new year. Some of you might be…
New Customers can receive a 100% discount for Dynamics 365 in the first 4 months with a minimum 1-year commitment. To qualify you must be net new to either Dynamics 365 Sales Professional or Dynamics 365 Customer Service Professional. • Offer available through June 30, 2021 • No minimum or…
DynamicsCon is a free online event with sessions coming up on March 16-18, 2021. DynamicsCon sessions are selected by the community through an online voting process. The conference strives for a fun, relaxed atmosphere where anyone is welcome to attend. Attending live is ideal, as you can chat with presenters…
2020 was full of obstacles, challenges, and disruptive changes that brought the human factor into the business equation. We embraced remote and socially distanced options for communicating, meeting, and learning across all aspects of life including individual, family, and work. Employees, colleagues, friends, and loved ones had to adopt new…
Redmond joined DC in mid-November as its Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement Practice Manager. For DC President Jonathan Stypula, the pairing makes perfect sense.
Recently, I changed employers after many years with the same company and found that getting settled takes a bit of work. Besides the standard company benefits elections and other onboarding, I needed to move my MCP ID (Microsoft Certified Professional) from my previous company to the new one. This is…
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for IaaS Great to see Microsoft up in the Leaders section of the Magic Quadrant. From Gartner: In the context of this Magic Quadrant, cloud compute IaaS (hereafter referred to simply as “cloud IaaS” or “IaaS”) is defined as a standardized, highly automated offering, where compute resources,…
For those I haven’t communicated with before I’d like to introduce myself: I’m Michael Luehr (think fishing lure) – based out of our Chicago office and I’m our Microsoft 365 Practice Manager. If you would have told me in 2012 that I would someday be working directly with Jon &…
Throughout this blog series, we have reviewed all of the new changes for Dynamics 365 F&O’s Credit Management feature and how they are used. For the final part of this 11 part series, we’re finally diving into the new Credit Management lists and what they can be used for. Credit…
In the past weeks we’ve reviewed the changes within Dynamics 365 F&O Credit Management feature, but after all of the changes how does this all impact the Sales Order? To begin wrapping up the 11 part series, we’ve compiled a few scenarios to exemplify the impacts on the Sales Order….
Blocking rules are rules that are set up to determine if an order will be put on hold. In our last blog, we reviewed credit limit adjustments. In this blog, we’ll be reviewing the specifics of Blocking rules and how to set them up. Introduction to Blocking Rules To setup…
If you know me, you know that I am not someone who does particularly well with change or uncomfortable situations in general. When I was young my mom even attempted to write a book called “Change is Good” specifically to help me cope. Well, if you’ve been anywhere around the world in the past few months, you probably know that life recently has been all about change and adapting (go figure!). Although this hasn’t been the easiest…
At first glance, Credit limit adjustments look at the act as a journal… and in many ways, they are like a journal but the reason that “journal” is not part of the menu option name is that they don’t create financial transactions. So, what are Credit limit adjustments and how…