xRM User Group

Hi Everyone,

This months xRM user group will be held on the 3rd of March at Microsoft Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank VIC 3006.

As usual it starts: 5:30pm – Pizza and Drinks first and then we get in to it.

This month we are looking at Investing your existing .NET skill in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

At the moment, there is a huge demand in the Microsoft CRM market and unfortunately followed by a shortage of skills around Microsoft CRM.

In this upcoming session, Dimaz Pramudya will demonstrate on how you can leverage your existing .NET skill to build an awesome solution in Dynamics CRM. The session will cover all the CRM Customization and Integration points such as Plugins, Workflows, Javascript, Custom Pages. All written purely in .NET.

Please RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/event/580067999

JayThom are continuing their Victorian xRM User Group series for Microsoft Dynamics on Wednesday 3nd February and will be held at the Microsoft Office. Please join us for an informative awareness session on the Miller Heiman sales processes.
Miller Heiman brings precision to the art of selling. Our simple, powerful processes and tools help drive performance. Miller Heiman has been defining and documenting successful selling for more than 30 years. During this session, Brett Bosner from Miller Heiman will present.
This session will be followed by a look into TKDialogs solution and Dynamics CRM. The guest speaker for this session will be Brent Howard

Please join us for an informative awareness session on the Sure Step implementation methodology for Microsoft Dynamics engagements. Sure Step is a comprehensive customer engagement  methodology for Microsoft Dynamics solutions, which provides ALL Microsoft Dynamics partners with a standard approach and collection of tools, templates, and best practices to use from sales through delivery – and beyond. During this session, Cally Bauman from Microsoft will present on the following topics:

• Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step
• What Sure Step means to you and our customers
• Demonstration introducing Sure Step 2010, and how to sell, implement and optimize with Sure Step
• Overview of what’s new in Sure Step 2010 – including CRM/xRM-specific enhancements
• Sure Step continued direction and roadmap
• Partner Adoption and alignment with new MPN Partner Requirements
• Call to Action
• Q&A

Key Objective:

Preview of latest product and program updates and alignment on the FY10/11 engagement model

Key Takeaways:

• What exactly is Sure Step and how does Microsoft expect our partners to use it
• Learn how we drive awareness and adoption of Sure Step – and how you can help – proactively and reactively
• Learn how to accelerate the sales cycles and improve implementation quality with the Sure Step

Understand the Sure Step Statement of direction and preview to the next release (2010)

Wednesday, 4 November 2009.
Microsoft Theatre, Level 5, 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank

This week Dimaz Pramudya from JayThom will run through some of the awesomeness of Silverlight 3 technology and show how you can bring the RIA concept to the XRM. Everyone is invited. This is a free event. Please RSVP online at http://xrmug.eventbrite.com/