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Microsoft Dynamics Webcasts, October 16-20, 2017: Automated budgeting; Azure AD Integration; What’s new in CRM?; Smart budgeting for GP

by MSDW Reporter
Microsoft Dynamics experts weigh in weekly on channel news, how-to and Dynamics product direction.
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Summit 2017: Microsoft assures Dynamics NAV users of their place in roadmap to NAV 2018, Dynamics 365 Tenerife

by Jason Gumpert
NAV 2018 will build upon NAV 2017 with more streamlined processes, UI tools, and more; Tenerife to introduce new UI.
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Summit Nashville 2017 Preview: Microsoft to share vision for purpose-built apps suited to Dynamics ERP & CRM users

by Jason Gumpert
One of Microsoft’s revamped leadership team explains the “new value” that LinkedIn, PowerApps, embedded Power BI and more deliver to Microsoft Dynamics users.
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Sales pipelines: Sales leaders need more than snapshots, they need trends

by Dann Anthony Maurno
Only with historic data can a sales pipeline become an analytical tool, describes Edgewater Fullscope Managing Director David Kohar
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Setting course for Tenerife: Are Microsoft Dynamics partners ready to go?

by Jason Gumpert
From Directions NA 2017, what partners have learned about Dynamics 365 Tenerife – and themselves.
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Microsoft Dynamics 365 to adjust SMB focus to composable solutions, away from Editions

by Jason Gumpert
Sales, Marketing, and Tenerife apps enter preview, with some planned for Spring 2018 launch
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Three factors that keep your BI out of a rut

by Joni Girardi
When BI is implemented well, end users have easy access to data and find new ways to use it. Anything else is a failure.
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Microsoft introduces per-user usage metrics for Power BI; deeper control of metrics access

by MSDW Reporter
Update offers new capability to surface the names of end users; also enables more granular admin control and ability to “reboot” and grant permissions afresh
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Microsoft Power BI Report Server August 2017 preview broadens data source support

by MSDW Reporter
Extending beyond SSAS, reports with other data sources can be published in this preview – with limitations.
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MSDW Podcast: GP Tech Conference 2017 Roundup

by Jason Gumpert
Our panelists explain why last week’s GP Tech Conference at Microsoft’s Fargo campus was about more than the next new release. 
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