7 Questions for Microsoft’s New Channel Chief
By: Scott Bekker Gavriella Schuster was named the corporate vice president for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Group (WPG) on Thursday, putting her in charge of coordinating Microsoft’s channel efforts across all customer segments and country subsidiaries. RCP editors Scott Bekker, Barb Levisay and Gladys Rama caught up with Schuster for a Q&A about her plans […]
Microsoft’s Partner Competency Changes Signal End of an Era
By: Scott Bekker Microsoft has long favored its licensing partners — until now. The upcoming retirement of a dozen MPN competencies, including Volume Licensing, marks a turning point in how Microsoft does business through the channel. There were prophets and portents enough that Microsoft was driving its partners to cloud. You’d have to be willfully […]
Microsoft offers cloud-based ERP software in Dynamics AX
By: Mary Shacklett With Microsoft Dynamics AX, users have a fully realized, fully supported, cloud-based ERP software that works in both the public and private cloud. With Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft offers both public and private enterprises cloud-based ERP software. Microsoft Dynamics AX cloud is a Windows-based ERP system that is particularly well-suited for […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: UK Utilities Win; User Management for AX; AX Solution Azure Migration
By: Linda Rosencrance Formpipe Receives $1.6 Million Order from UK-based Utilities Company Sweden-based Formpipe Software announced it has received a cloud-based Lasernet order for a UK-based utilities company through its partner Ferranti. The initial order value is estimated at $1.6 million over a four-year period. Lasernet for Microsoft Dynamics AX delivers solutions for report design, archiving […]
What Can Microsoft Dynamics Partners Expect From WPC 2016?
By: Guus Krabbenborg Microsoft expects more than 15,000 participants from over 150 countries at this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference. This event will be held from July 10th to 14th in Toronto. For the first time in the history of the event, the Worldwide Partner Conference is sold out. That is a pretty remarkable shift, since […]
Cobalt Introduces Microsoft Dynamics CRM Chatbot for Facebook Messenger, Skype
By: Linda Rosencrance Microsoft partner and app developer Cobalt has introduced a chatbot that interacts with Dynamics CRM from within Facebook Messenger and Skype. Built using Microsoft’s Language Understanding Intelligent Service (LUIS), Cobalt developed the bot to understand CRM-specific commands. The bot can create tasks, update records, enter new contacts, search for records, display data, […]
Microsoft Office 365 and Dynamics CRM Online: Designed for Integration
By: Karen Kroll By integrating an Office 365 subscription with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online, businesses can leverage the power of two programs designed to work together. “People are already paying for these products. Often, the products can do everything they want,” especially when they work together, says Kyle Welliver, inside sales representative with Power Objects, […]
Microsoft Dynamics Partner Roundup: Food ISV Executive Hire; GP Manufacturing Win; Vitamin Retailer Digitizes on AX; E-Signatures for CRM
By: Linda Rosencrance ERP Software Firm LINKFRESH Appoints Sales Director Fresh food supply chain software company LINKFRESH has appointed ERP software expert Paul Roebuck as its sales director. LINKFRESH offers Microsoft Certified add-ons specific to the fresh-food industry. Roebuck, who joins LINKFRESH from K3 Business Technology Group, brings a wealth of sector experience from his […]
Crestwood Associates Merges with Stanley Stuart Yoffee & Hendrix
By: Linda Rosencrance Illinois-based Crestwood Associates LLC, Gold Certified Microsoft Dynamics Partner, has entered into a merger agreement with the long-time Florida-based Microsoft Dynamics consulting firm, Stanley Stuart Yoffee & Hendrix Inc. (SSYH). Operating under the Crestwood Associates name, SSYH will keep its offices in Maitland and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, according to Crestwood officials. Both […]
Microsoft’s Gavriella Schuster Now CVP of Worldwide Partner Group
By: Dann Anthony Maurno Microsoft has named Gavriella Schuster its new Corporate Vice President for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Group (WPG). Previously, she had served as the group’s general manager, but stepped in as interim chief in May when Phil Sorgen, who was in the CVP role previously, recently accepted a new role at Microsoft […]