Are you ready to meet all Dynamics Partners in one place? Finally, after two years, Dynamics community will have an opportunity to meet in real and have a great time together as well as learn and get inspired by the latest technology related to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. The conference will take a place in Milan, Italy on 27-29 of October.
Simplanova is attending Directions EMEA event as a silver sponsor this year. If you are interested in a way – how to rocket your Dynamics NAV / 365 Business Central customers to the cloud faster than ever – meet us for a chat at our booth Nb S19 or come to listen to our ISV session.
Fast-path to migrating your customer base to CSP
October 28, 12:00 PM, room Coral 3
During the ISV session, we will present how Business Central resellers can turn their on-premise customer base to BC SaaS / CSP in bulk, by starting a process automated Clean-Start Upgrade Service. We will explore different reseller scenarios you could have and a case for implementing an instant upgrade quote calculator for your customers.
Session content:
- Global BC Upgrade Challenge
- Comparison of migration options
- Scenarios for increasing your CSP customer base
- Case study
- Instant quote calculator demo
Speakers:
- Domas Zimkus, Head of Sales at Simplanova. Domas has extensive experience with Dynamics NAV/365 Business Central Upgrades and consulting about the best practice on how to automate NAV upgrades with Simplanova Tools.
- Petras Butenas, co-founder at Simplanova, has spent his last 9 years in the Dynamics ecosystem. Petras has been working with his team to help Dynamics Partners automate the upgrade of the Dynamics NAV solutions to extensions. Simplanova has provided many automation solutions to make upgrades more efficient over the years.
Join Simplanova’s technical sessions
How to Overcome Limitations when Upgrading to Dynamics 365 Business Central
October 27, 11:00 AM, room Amber 3 + 4
The session will explore the most popular limitations and refactoring cases developers face when upgrading from Dynamics NAV to Dynamics 365 Business Central. We will explore the best way to overcome those limitations based on our own experience as Dynamics NAV/365 BC upgrade center and give some tips & tricks.
Topics:
- How to prepare for an upgrade to Dynamics 365 BC (evaluation/analysis)
- How to handle limitations during the process (Automations, File Management, .NET, etc.)
- Best practice/case study
- Q&A
Speakers:
- Domas Zimkus – Head of Sales at Simplanova. Domas has extensive experience with Dynamics NAV/365 Business Central Upgrades and consulting about the best practice on how to automate NAV upgrades with Simplanova Tools.
- Erma Zemaityte – Project Manager at Simplanova. Erma has been into technical aspects of Dynamics NAV for over 7 years and she’s had a crucial role in bringing Simplanova’s Upgrade Team Practice to where it is now. Erma is managing her own upgrade team and also publishing upgrade standards for all upgrade teams, actively investing time in new technology.
The session is for developers, technical project managers.
Level: intermediate.
Cut Customer Support Costs by Creating Chatbots for Your BC Customers
October 27, 17:00 PM, room Amber 3 + 4
The session will explore the relatively new technology for creating your own chatbot or supporting your customer chatbot creation, looking at why and when your customers could consider it and what you’d need to set it up, trying to compare the different options available from the flexibility, opportunities and price standpoint. The focus will be on the leading technology of Microsoft Bot Framework and the different options it offers, looking at it from the perspective of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central reseller.
Topics:
- What is Microsoft Bot Framework and comparison of ways to create chatbots
- How to create your own chatbot on MS Bot Framework
- Chatbot UI options, infrastructure, maintenance cost
- Chatbot application area for your customers, target customer, and examples
Speaker:
- Petras Butenas – co-founder at Simplanova, has spent his last 9 years in the Dynamics ecosystem. Petras has been working with his team to help Dynamics Partners automate the upgrade of the Dynamics NAV solutions to extensions. Simplanova has provided many automation solutions to make upgrades more efficient over the years.
The session is for consultants, managers.
Level: beginner.
See you at Directions EMEA!