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Cloud Computing: Look Before You Leap!
Quiz: Does your Management Style Fit the Beyond Budgeting Revolution?
New Features for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
Special Offer: Get Three Dynamics GP Users for $1
Upcoming Free Events

 

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 

New Offer: Eligible GP Customers Save 60% on CRM Online

As announced at Convergence, eligible Microsoft Dynamics GP customers can receive Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online at a subscription rate of only $19 per user, per month.  For more information you can click here or contact Ann.
Office 2010 Hits RTM Milestone
While many accountants were concerned with other events on April 15, Takeshi Numoto, a Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, announced that Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Visio 2010, and Project 2010 reached the release-to-manufacture (RTM) milestone. RTM is the final pre-release engineering milestone of an application and means that an application is now in the production phase.
Read Our Blog Posts
Add A Personal Touch To Your Microsoft Dynamics CRM System. Read here.

Unlocking The Power Of Microsoft Dynamics CRM: Middle Entities. Read here.
 
Getting The Help You Need: Options for Microsoft Dynamics GP Support And Training. Read here.
New PivotTable Options in Excel 2010
Significant additions to Excel 2010 include the ability to change how percentage calculations display in PivotTables. More specifically, among other new options users now have the options of showing data as a percentage of the parent row total, percentage of the parent column total, and percentage of parent total.
Video from Convergence: GP 2010 and Office 2010 Integration Demo
 
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Click here to view the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 & Office 2010 integration demo video.
 
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Newsletter - May 2010
Greetings!

It's May, and everything seems to be shooting up at once: grass, flowers, pollen count, and most importantly the confidence level of business. 
 
At the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Launch Event earlier this month optimism was in the air for an improvement in the economy and excitement for the newest release of Microsoft Dynamics GP. Over 100 people attended the event eager to learn about the latest advancements in this businesses software solution. Now is the time to remove the barriers we face in our businesses and make them bloom. Read this month's newsletter to learn about special promotions from Microsoft and ways to help your business grow.
 
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Ann Haucke
The Resource Group
ann@resgroup.com
Cloud Computing: Look Before You Leap!
Is your head in the clouds? Maybe it should be. Cloud computing offers enormous savings and scalability advantages that can put many SMBs on a level playing field with the big boys, at least in terms of technology access. But while the benefits are compelling, this innovative approach is not without risk. Find out the most important questions to ask potential cloud computing vendors to make sure your business stays firmly grounded. Click here before making the leap to the cloud.
Quiz: Does your Management Style Fit the Beyond Budgeting Revolution?
Proponents of the Beyond Budgeting approach to improving planning and budgeting practices say that "command and control" leadership is dead, and "sense and respond" is the management style of choice. The idea is to forego rigid budgeting structures and to create a more adaptive organization, empowering front-line managers. Take our simple quiz to find out if your style is Beyond Budgeting, and learn how your organization can benefit from its practices.  For more information on Management Reporter to make your budgeting easier contact Ann.
New Features for Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
For customers and users of Dynamics CRM Online, the hits just keep on coming. Microsoft just announced the May service update, with expanded multilingual support, new portal solutions, new developer tools, and a new integration framework for Dynamics GP and Dynamics CRM. To read about these updates and all the news coming out of Convergence 2010, just click here. Hint: If Dynamics CRM Online carried a passport, it would soon be stamped in 32 new countries.   
Special Offer: Get Three Dynamics GP Users for $1!
This promotion allows you to purchase up to 3 Microsoft Dynamics GP Advanced Management (AM) or Business Essentials (BE) user licenses for $1.  If you're looking for an ERP solution that empowers your people with familiar software, fits with the systems you already uThree users for a buckse, drives business productivity, and enables confident decision-making, Microsoft Dynamics GP is the solution you have been looking for.  Hurry and contact The Resource Group, this promotion ends June 25th.   
 Upcoming Free Events:
The Resource Group is offering several events to help you learn more about Microsoft Dynamics GP & CRM software. Join us and discover new ways to improve your business.
 
Microsoft Dynamics Reporting Workshop
June 8, 2010 | 9:00 - 12:00
Microsoft Civica Office in Bellevue
Learn more and register
Come see how business reporting can be easier, more accurate and affordable with Microsoft Dynamics. Learn about the reporting tools that will give you access to real-time data from both your financial and customer relationship management solution.

Lunch & Learn:  Microsoft Dynamics GP Test Drive
July 14, 2010 | 11:00 - 1:00
Resource Group Office in Renton
Learn more and register
Try out Microsoft Dynamics GP financial-management (ERP) software at this hands-on seminar. Learn how Microsoft Dynamics GP could help improve your business processes with easier navigation, seamless integration, and powerful reporting and business Intelligence.

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The Resource Group

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About the Resource Group
The Resource Group is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner that focuses on providing Microsoft Dynamics business software and services in the Pacific Northwest.  Since 1988, The Resource Group has helped organizations take their business further by assisting in pre-sales evaluation, implementations planning and execution, and on-going support and services around Microsoft Dynamics.  For more information please visit www.resgroup.com.