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Author: Helayna Lowe

Microsoft Dynamics’ top 9 people, places and platforms

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The Microsoft Dynamics community is full of influencers. With the Dynamics industry growing year on year, it looks like these influencers are going to become more and more important. So, who and what are the people, places and platforms that those in the Dynamics community should be up on? 1. Satya Nadella: Microsoft’s Chief Executive Office … Continued

Our 2015 Dynamics predictions

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We’ve said goodbye to 2014, and we’ve sipped from our first glass of 2015 champagne. In that time, we’ve had chance to think about what’s going to emerge in the next 12 months for the world of Dynamics. Here are some of our 2015 Dynamics predictions. 1. Microsoft kick starts its own Dynamics CRM graduate boot camp If you ask Partners, … Continued

The three S’s of recruitment advertisements

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I was so struck by the news that 10,000 people responded to UK Paintball’s advertisement for a “Bullet Tester” that I had to go and have a look – what had made the recruitment ad so appealing?  Here’s what I found: A stand-out title If you’re going to recruit, you have to stand out.  From … Continued

Microsoft Dynamics 2014 year in review

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2015 is here, so here at Conspicuous, we thought now would be a good time to take a look back at the last 12 months of Microsoft Dynamics. Whether you’re a UK Dynamics Partner or UK Dynamics End User, hopefully this retrospective helps clarify the major events, product launches and news stories from the last … Continued

Tips for employee engagement

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How’s the mood in your office right now?  Does Kevin have the post-festive blues? Is Sarah looking longingly at the empty boxes of mince pies? The first few weeks back after Christmas and the New Year can be disruptive as employees re-enter the world of work. So how do you keep employees connected when all … Continued

How to stop your dynamics employees leaving

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Since starting Conspicuous in 2000 the Dynamics world has changed enormously. What hasn’t changed is why dynamics employees such as NAV, AX and CRM consultants are deciding to leave their employers, a fact that was highlighted when I attended Convergence in Barcelona. During one of the Dale Carnegie workshops on offer we discussed why the drivers … Continued

Three futuristic applications of Power BI

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Power BI (Business Intelligence) has been available for around a year on the desktop as part of Office 365. It connects to Microsoft Dynamics CRM using Power Query’s OData, and allows users to explore and visualise sales, customer and marketing data directly in Excel. According to a number of recent reports, Microsoft will be launching this … Continued

Is Microsoft Health going to be good for CRM?

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At the end of October Microsoft launched a way to capture even greater detail on its (and your) customers than Microsoft Dynamics CRM: the Microsoft Health platform.  Designed to work with devices and services from leading fitness service providers such as Jawbone, MapMyFitness, and RunKeeper; Microsoft Health aims to become your ‘go to’ app when it … Continued

The Dynamics training drought

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A while back, we discussed how people in the Dynamics industry – whether Partners or End users – are starting to become concerned with the level of resource on offer. Many believe this is a result of a Dynamics training drought. Where we left off… Previously, we suggested that Partners should take responsibility and to get the right training … Continued