Directions 2011 Focused Chalk Talks

CT100 Mastering Security Setup
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., Thursday, October 13
Hosted by: Per Mogensen
Setting up security is often complicated and very labor intensive. Attend this session to discuss the best practices in determining security requirements, setting up those requirements and testing the end result.

CT101 Performance Roundtable
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Thursday, October 13
Hosted by: Nick Haman
This chalk talk will focus on discussion around system performance related to SQL, the 3-tier architecture and reporting. Come with your questions as we discuss recommended configurations and techniques for troubleshooting.

CT102 How to Prepare for the "Cloud"
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.., Thursday, October 13
Hosted by: Dan Youngers
What does the "Cloud" means for your business today and years into the future? What is the reality of this vision? Join this session as NAV Partners talk about how they are preparing for this market shift today.

CT103 Manufacturing Roundtable
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Thursday, October 13
Hosted by: George Ball
Have questions regarding manufacturing and how you should implement specific functionality? If so, this session is for you! Come loaded with your questions as we discuss manufacturing and related best practices in the Microsoft Dynamics NAV environment.

CT104 Reporting Roundtable
4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m., Thursday, October 13
Hosted by: Claus Lundstrøm, Nick Haman and Tom Taylor
Reporting in the RTC isn't what reporting used to be. Join this chalk talk to discuss the most common challenges and best practices to resolve those challenges.

CT105 Leveraging Web Services
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., Friday, October 14
Hosted by: Freddy Kristiansen and Hans Kierulff
The release of Web Services in Dynamics NAV 2009 presented a great opportunity for Partners to add additional value to their NAV deployments. Join this chalk talk to discuss and learn what solutions other NAV Partners are building with this technology. Best practices will also be shared to help guide you in creating your own solutions. Who knows? You may pay for your entire trip with just one idea from this power session.

CT106 Sure Step Deployment
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Friday, October 14
Hosted by: Linda Collins and Scott Pugmire
Have you attended Sure Step Presentations in the past or read some of the marketing material, but just don't know how to start leveraging the methodology? Attend this chalk talk as we discuss how to take that first step as well as how other Partners are using Sure Step today.

CT107 CRM Connector Best Practices
2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m., Friday, October 14
Hosted by: Tom Loyal and Tom Taylor
Now that we are approaching a year since the release of the CRM Connector for NAV, much has been learned pertaining to the deployment of this solution. Join this chalk talk as we focus on the lessons learned and best practices discovered during implementations of the Connector for Microsoft Dynamics and NAV.

CT108 Partner Ready Software. Fresh Concepts for a Whole New Ballgame
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m., Friday, October 14
Hosted by: Eric Wauters, Gary Winter, and Mark Brummel
While many NAV-based products are still struggling with their own legacy architecture, the rules of the road are changing rapidly. The cloud calls for more app-like structures, and verticals need to become real software instead of vast collections of niche functionality. How do we re-engineer our engineering of NAV products? What are your challenges and what have you done to turn them into opportunities? Let’s wipe the slate of traditional NAV coding and approaches, and share some novel ideas on how to create a more profitable business.

CT109 NAV Implementation Best Practices
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m., Saturday, October 15
Hosted by: Greg Kaupp
Has the thought "there has to be a better way to do this" ever popped into your head when implementing NAV? Attend this session as NAV Partners discuss the challenges encountered in implementing NAV and how they have addressed those challenges with standardization and best practices.

CT110 Improving the ISV/Partner Relationship
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m., Saturday, October 15
Hosted by: Amy Homan
Partners need ISVs and ISVs need Partners. So why is it often difficult to get that relationship working for both parties? ISVs need Partners to help them reach the market and depend on the customer’s relationship with their Partner for leverage. Partners need ISV solutions to help them sell more of their core product through robust add-on functionality and industry/segment experience and knowledge. Earning a customer is costly. Upselling to them after you have a relationship is easy. Don’t miss this opportunity to interact and add to the conversation between ISVs and Partners. This forum will be of value to Partners, who can give feedback as to what challenges they face when including ISV products in their ERP sales. ISVs will also participate to convey their own perspectives and find a common ground to launch more successful business for both parties.

CT111 Troubleshooting NAV
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Saturday, October 15
Hosted by: Jason Erickstad
Have you ever found yourself spending hours troubleshooting an issue, then when you find the problem thinking "if I had only checked that first, it would have taken me half the time?" Great troubleshooting skills are often developed through experience and sometimes just a knack for problem solving. In this chalk talk, the Microsoft Support Team and some more experienced NAV Partners will discuss and share the best practices and techniques they use in troubleshooting different areas of the NAV solution.

CT112 Silverlight and Dynamics NAV Discussion
2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m., Saturday, October 15
Hosted by: Scott Frappier
This chalk talk focuses on some of the challenges people may encounter when creating a Silverlight application that directly integrates into the Microsoft Dynamics NAV web services. It focuses specifically on the web services interoperability with Silverlight and does not cover advanced Visual Studio concepts (but we have a deep dive on it!). Bring your questions and we’ll interact with a fully functional line of business Silverlight applications that directly integrates into Dynamics NAV!