What's Missing in Microsoft's 4 Primary Conferences? The End User

February 8 2016

Expo at Microsoft Convergence 2015Microsoft has aligned their conference schedule around four primary conferences geared toward different audiences, but they seem to have forgotten one important audience: the end user.

About Mark Polino

Mark Polino is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a former Microsoft MVP (2007-2018) for Business Solutions. He is the author or coauthor of 5 books related to Microsoft Dynamics GP.  Mark also maintains the Dynamics GP focused website DynamicAccounting.net. He speaks and writes regularly about ERP related topics. Mark has been a controller and CFO for a division of a publicly traded company and he has  worked as a consultant implementing ERP solutions. Mark holds additional certifications including Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) , Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Dynamics Credentialed Professional for Dynamics GP 2015 (Core Install and Core Financials), Xero Certified. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Central Florida and an MBA from Rollins College. Mark lives with his family in Florida.

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mattnc's picture
On February 9th, 2016 Matthew Wittemann said:

Mark: I agree with what you've written. It looks like - for this year at least - Microsoft is relying on the community to deliver conferences targeted at end users (CRMUG, AXUG, etc.). On top of that, while Ignite and Envision are targeted at technical folks and BDMs respectively, so far it looks like there is little to no content in either of these events that is focused on Dynamics CRM. Convergence had evolved to include a lot of very useful sessions for CRM technical and end-users, but with the change to Envision's business focus, somehow CRM seems to have fallen off the agenda. Hopefully this is just a transition year, and this oversight is corrected in 2017!
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On February 10th, 2016 David Morinello said:

As a long time Convergence attendee, I will miss the things Microsoft used to do for its users. The opportunities to learn, to provide feedback to Microsoft, and the sheer level of excitement! Matt G, where are you? We came home flying, energized and equipped to take on our tasks with new vigor. To prune and paraphrase something Mark said, “Microsoft has eliminated end-users”. Well, let’s hope not. All is not lost! To those of you who are not yet members of AXUG, GPUG, NAVUG, and CRMUG, this is where you need to be to get your user-to-user interaction fix! Let’s hope Microsoft learning curve is not too painful and that they quickly turn back to the end-users, the people who make their jobs possible!
conniethompson's picture
On February 23rd, 2016 Connie Thompson said:

Envision's lack of focus on end users makes SUMMIT the go-to event for all Dynamics users. My group is Tampa-bound!

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