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3月26日

"My Space" for Finance Folks

Wow, been a long time since I've posted here. I guess it's a long time coming. So much has happened since my last post. The big topic as of late is the new Microsoft Dynamics Live Finance Community. This was just launched a couple of weeks ago at Microsoft's Convergence conference in San Diego (which was fantastic by the way).

This new community is geared toward people who work in finance roles. Anyone from the CFO to the Accounts Payable clerk. My team was responsible for this launch and we are really excited about it - as are some press and analysts! We did some poking around the internet to see if such a place existed and found that it did not! So what is this all about? Basically it's a place where finance folks can get together, and interact with each other on finance topics. Not being a finance professional by trade, I probably don't have the best examples, but it's a way for people to share best practices, learn from other finance organizations. Maybe someone else does things more efficiently than your organization? Or maybe you are using a specific financial application and you are attempting to do XYZ with it, but don't understand how.

For more info about the community, including unbiased opinions, check out the following links:

3月21日

Calling all Related Communities

Microsoft Dynamics is changing the process of receiving new related community sites. We used to require you to submit a 2 page web application, which sent you through a long and drawn out process before becoming approved...then you had to wait for your community site to show up on the Microsoft Dynamics community site, etc., etc.! Crazy process, I know, but that is all changing now.

Turns out Microsoft wasn't getting value out of the tool behind the process either, so we are ditching it!

So, if you are the owner (or heavy user) of a good non-Microsoft sponsored community site - please email bizmeet@microsoft.com. Once we receive your request, we will send you an application form to fill out. Then we will review your site to ensure it meets all of the criteria (see criteria below). Upon approval, a link to your community site will be added to our related community landing page. BTW, the landing page was recently updated and sliced out by product so you can find other relevant communities easier!

Some additional info for you....

The Benefits

As a Related Community, your site or service will receive contextually relevant placement (a link and description) on the No. 1 corporate site and fourth largest Web site on the planet (according to Jupiter Media Metrics, 2003).
You will have the opportunity to engage with a Microsoft community Lead (that's me!) A community lead is your personal, direct contact with Microsoft who can help You find answers to difficult questions, learn about upcoming events, and gain more insight into the product life cycle.
You have the opportunity to include the Microsoft® Related Community logo on your community site or service.
Your community site has the potential to be promoted to a Featured Community, receiving elevated exposure across Microsoft Web sites with your community site link and description. This is a great way to bring new traffic to your community site or service.

To Qualify

This program is open to contextually relevant community Web sites that meet all of the following base-level participation guidelines:

Predominantly devoted to peer-to-peer community features. Example: Newsgroups, discussion boards, chats, blogs, etc.
Supports Microsoft Dynamics (or related) products and/or services and technologies
Provides a visible reciprocal link back to the contextually relevant Microsoft community site home page. For example: http://www.microsoft.com/Dynamics/community (for Dynamics general community), or http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/ax/community.mspx (for product specific, Dynamics AX community)

3月7日

Have you heard about Microsoft Dynamics Snap?

I too am just getting up to speed on the new Microsoft Dynamics Snap initiative. In reading through the press release and checking out the Snap sandbox and all of the feedback and comments - these collections of software programs for Microsoft Dynamics are really awesome. Already partners and ISVs are exctied about it because of the potential it is and will continue to provide for Dynamics customers.

Snippit from the press release that explains what Microsoft Dynamics Snap is...

PressPass: What is Microsoft Dynamics Snap?

Nadella: Microsoft Dynamics Snap is a collection of products for Microsoft Office 2003 users to work with certain Microsoft Dynamics applications and is another example of our strategy to deliver business management solutions that fits with our customer’s existing systems. It is a set of four programs that “snap in” to Office 2003, making it easier for users to use Microsoft Office Outlook calendar data as part of a business process managed by certain Microsoft Dynamics solutions, or to easily pull business data managed by certain Microsoft Dynamics solutions and use it as part of a collaboration, email, or document managed by Microsoft Office 2003.

We have articulated a vision for Microsoft Dynamics (the new name for the research and development roadmap formerly code-named "Project Green") that involves two waves of releases. One of the key goals of the first wave is to deliver a user experience that is deeply integrated with Microsoft Office by using a roles-based approach. Today’s announcement of Microsoft Dynamics Snap offers evidence of the progress we are making against that goal.