AX 2012 Upgrade Symposium – Hosted by AXUG
Monday, November 7, 2011 - 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Caesar’s Palace - Las Vegas, USA
The AX 2012 Upgrade Symposium hosted by AXUG will allow users from companies engaged in evaluating Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft is committed to continually deliver powerful, agile, easy-to-use solutions that add value across our organizations. With more than 1,000 new features and enhancements across core ERP and industry capabilities, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is slated to help provide more business value faster, enable agility and insight in our organizations, and help drive faster adoption, broader usage, and easier maintenance and upgrade through a continued emphasis on simplicity.
The AX 2012 Upgrade Symposium brought to you by AXUG (the global, independent Dynamics AX User Group) will be a free event geared to Decision Makers and Users interested in pragmatically learning more about Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 and getting educated on why and how to upgrade. Different than a typical Microsoft hosted launch event, attendees of this event will hear from Microsoft subject-matter-experts as well as implementation experts independent of Microsoft. As important, early adopter User companies will discuss their experiences during the upgrade project as well as the benefits they
Objectives:
Educate and Prepare Decision Makers and Users on AX 2012, the Upgrade drivers and Upgrade project justification
Agenda:
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Time
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Session Title
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Description
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| 10:00-10:45 |
The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 User Experience |
The Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 user experience allows users and companies to be more productive and the software easier to use. See how through usability studies and customer feedback the new user interface has been designed to make the user experience exceptional. |
| 10:45-11:30 |
Dive into Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Features and Architecture |
Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 is the next-generation ERP solution, driven by the stack and its components. Learn how the architectural changes help drive the feature set in this new release. These changes were made with both the user and technology in mind, hear the why and how behind these design decisions and the benefits it provides your organization. |
| 11:30-12:00 |
World Class Financials and New Financial Foundations in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 |
Jump into world class financials with Microsoft Dynamics AX2012. Learn more about the new financials framework and understand how the enhancements around a new dimension framework, source documents, and the distribution framework can improve your financial operations. Understand how multi-company organizations can benefit from the new shared financial set-up, including chart of accounts, ledgers, and calendars. |
| 12:00-1:15 |
User Experiences with Dynamics AX2012: An Upgrade Lunch Panel |
Listen as users share their upgrade and implementation success stories with Microsoft Dynamics AX2012. Hear how the benefits highlighted in today's presentations can become reality in your own organization. |
| 1:15-2:15 |
Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 Industry Features |
Learn about the powerful new functionality available for companies in the retail, manufacturing, public sector, services, and distribution industries. Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 provides a competitive advantage to these industries through robust out of the box functionality to support business process requirements in these industries. |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Business Intelligence (BI) with Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 |
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ships with a comprehensive pre-built BI solution, including Role Centers, Cubes, and Reports. Learn how these tools can empower your organization to answer most business questions. |
| 2:45-3:15 |
Business Integrations with the Application Integration Framework (AIF) in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 |
Learn how to utilize the enhanced Microsoft Dynamics AX Application Integration Framework (AIF) in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 to build business integrations. Learn how to integrate Dynamics AX2012 with business applications inside and outside your organization. Integration is more important than ever and the model in Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 serves as the foundation on which the integration framework is built. |
| 3:15-3:30 |
Break |
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| 3:30-3:45 |
Accessing Information is Simple with Portals in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 |
More and more users needs to access information similar, especially from the outside. Learn how the enterprise portal in Microsoft Dynamics AX2012 can extend the reach to more users in your organization. The easier the reach, the better data management, and easier access to information for supporting business decisions inside and outside your organization. |
| 3:45-4:15 |
Upgrade Toolkit Review |
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 ships with many tools to make your easier path easier. In this session learn more about the toolkit for upgrading to AX 2012. Learn the steps and tools to use to make your upgrade as efficient as possible on the technical side. |
| 4:15-4:30 |
Symposium Wrap Up |
Final review of the benefits and features of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 |
Cost: FREE
Audience:
Project Managers and Decision Makers of companies contemplating an upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 within the next two years.
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Don’t miss the Readiness Workshops the following day (Tuesday, November 8). The Readiness Workshops provide a deep dive, with hands-on labs to equip attendees with a measurable Upgrade ROI Justification Plan and/or a Project Plan to ensure the highest probability of success in your Upgrade Project
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