Welcome! Microsoft Dynamics gp user Group (Gpug) Seattle GPUG Q1 2016 Chapter Meeting March 29, 2016 @ Museum of Flight

Skittles Game – Getting to Know one another Share name with table group Grab handful of skittles (at least 3-4) For each skittle go around table and share following: Red candy: Favorite hobby Green candy: Favorite food Yellow candy: GP version / Plans to upgrade Blue candy: Favorite GP feature Orange candy: Funny GP story / GP moment

Today’s Agenda Welcome & Introductions GPUG News & Chapter Business Networking / Brainstorming Session Sponsor Presentation by Solver BI360-Reporting, Budgeting, Dashboards Member Showcase: Faithlife Corporation Educational Session: Web Client/ESS Demo – The Resource Group Networking Lunch Focus Group – Deeper Dive Discussions

Welcome & introductions Name Company Role in Company Microsoft Dynamics GP Version What would you like to take away from this meeting? Name one of the things from Icebreaker activity  Use this slide to do an introduction roundtable with your members!

GPUG News – Extra – extra!!! Conference News Envision: Link: www.microsoft.com/envision CIO, IT managers, Business Leaders, Company Key Strategic Planners Inaugural event: April 4th-6th, 2016 in New Orleans Amplify: Roadmap to innovation Partnership between Microsoft and Dynamic Communities (GPUG) Overwhelming response from GP users with announcement that Convergence was ending Mini-Convergence feel where you can hear product roadmap and future of GP (GP 2016 preview) Link: www.gpugamplify.com Date: May 23rd-25th, 2016 in Anaheim, CA Ignite: Deeper dive technical event Link: https://ignite.microsoft.com Date: September 26th – 30th, 2016 in Atlanta, GA

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Share a recap of last year’s Summit with your members! 1, 290 attendees 69% Dynamics GP Users 10% Partners

8 hours of leadership training 150 Dynamics Chapter Leaders attended 35 new GPUG Chapter connections made

GPUG Summit Top 10 webinar series Date Time Session Title Wednesday, Jan. 13 2 pm ET Management Reporter: 50 Tips in 50 Minutes Tuesday, Jan. 19 11 am ET Become a Word Templates Master Thursday, Jan. 21 3 pm ET SmartList 101: Begin using SmartList for Data Analysis Monday, Feb. 8 Excel Report Builder - Your Miracle Tool For "Sexy" Formatting Tuesday, Feb. 16 Stop the Madness: How to Balance the GL Wednesday, Feb. 24 12 pm ET New Workflows in Dynamics GP 2015 Tuesday, March 8 *PivotTables: Learn How They can Make You a BI Super-Hero Wednesday, March 16 51 Tips in 50 Minutes: HR and Payroll Tuesday, April 12 Making the Most of Your System and Your Team Thursday, April 14 A High-Level Overview of Financial Reporting with Management Reporter Register for the BEST of the best! *Open to Members & Subscribers @GPUG

Take Ten 10@10 GPUG All Star Edition! Series Date Time Session Title Wednesday, January 13 12:50 p.m. ET Increasing SSRS Performance Thursday, Jan. 14 How I Balance My Bank Account by Belinda Allen Thursday, Jan. 21 Stacked Year-Over-Year Row Definitions in Management Reporter Wednesday, Jan. 27 Verifying Your Account Posting Type via SmartList Thursday, Feb. 4 9:50 a.m. ET Reduce Stress with Dynamics GP Power Tools by David Musgrave Wednesday, Feb. 17 SQL Snippets for Beginners Tuesday, Feb. 23 You Can Change Data in HR/PR? Thursday, Feb. 25 Power Map in Excel? How and Why I Should Use It. Tuesday, March 3 Master GL Merging with PSTL in 10 Minutes Thursday, March 10 Getting Workflow to Work… and Flow All it takes is 10 minutes to learn something new!

Thank you to our annual chapter sponsors!

Sponsor Presentation Solver 2015/2016 Sponsors: https://www.gpug.com/blogs/rose-spitzer/2015/12/31/20152016-gpug-chapter-sponsors Presented by: Alex Geller

Networking Break See you back here in 10 minutes! Follow us on Twitter: @gpug Like us on Facebook: GPUG-Microsoft Dynamics GP User Group Follow us on LinkedIn: GPUG – Official Microsoft Dynamics GP User Group

Faithlife Corporation Member Showcase Featuring: Faithlife Corporation Presented by: Alan J. Artman

GP 2015 Web Client Employee Self-service Educational Session Presented by The Resource Group Kayla Schilling and Carol Livingston

Networking Lunch Break Lunch catered by McCormick & Schmick’s See you back here in 45 minutes! We encourage you to meet new people – sit by industries or role.

Focus Group – Deeper dive discussions Business Intelligence GP 2015 Web Client and Employee Self-Service MS Connect: GP Issues MS Connect: Enhancement Requests http://connect.microsoft.com/directory/?keywords=dynamics Sit with your peers and discuss suggested topics. Share your experiences - what has worked and what not to do. Experts are available as well to answer questions.

Next meeting? Dates: Q2 June 22nd, 2016 Place: SKCFTC Large Auditorium South King County Training Consortium (Kent Fire) 20811 84th Ave S, Kent, WA 98032 Future Dates: Q3 September 20th, 2016 Kent Fire Headquarters, FS74 Large Training Room 24611 116th Ave. SE, Kent, WA 98032 Topics: Help your leaders by suggesting topics or volunteering for the next meeting. This GPUG chapter is for you – your feedback is important! Jeff Litton: Jeffl@plymouthpoultry.com Jackie Yip: jyip@kentfirerfa.org

DON’T’ FORGET THE SURVEY Please provide feedback. Your opinion is valued! Include topics you would like to see covered in future meetings. Thank you to our Promotional Chapter Sponsors: Encourage you members to leave meeting subject ideas in the Additional Comments section of the survey.

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