Yes, it’s that time of the year again. The fall conference schedule is in full swing, and Community Summit 2024 is fast approaching. This year’s event will be hosted in beautiful San Antonio, TX, October 13-17, 2024.

Community Summit is the largest independent innovation, education, and training event for Microsoft business applications delivered by Expert Users, Microsoft Leaders, MVPs, and Partners. It features:

• 5,500 Microsoft Business Applications Users
• 600 Education Sessions
• 500 Speakers
• 35 Academy Classes
• 250 Microsoft Business Applications Partners
• …and a host of networking opportunities

Liberty Grove Software at Community Summit 2024

Community Summit NA is one of the year’s most anticipated events, and Liberty Grove experts Andrew Good and Brad Hearn will be there to share their wealth of knowledge in the BC/NAV category.

Here are their speaking sessions:

Andrew Good – President and CEO at Liberty Grove Software, Lead MCT, DCP

Supply Chain/WMS/Inventory – Roundtable for Your Challenges

Monday, October 14, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT

This session will allow users to ask panel members queries regarding Inventory, Warehousing, or Supply Chain.

Reporting – Roundtable for Your Challenges and Explore the Many Options Available in BC

Tuesday, October 15, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM CT

Business Central offers many reporting alternatives. This session provides an opportunity to deliberate on the current situation, offer recommendations for the absence of certain features, and determine the most effective approach to addressing the information requirements of all Business Central users.

• Options in base BC
• Excel functionality
• PowerBI
• General Discussion about third-party solutions (not ISV-specific)
• Data Structures

Manufacturing – Roundtable for Your Challenges

Wednesday, October 16, 2:45 PM – 4:15 PM CT

Share your manufacturing challenges with your colleagues. This session will be an excellent opportunity to leverage the collective experiences of the BC community. Many perspectives are available, and these supplementary viewpoints may help your challenge. 

Value of Keeping Data Clean

Thursday, October 17, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CT

Business Central is frequently an organization’s primary transaction system. As such, it must serve as a reliable source of information for daily operations and reporting. Maintaining the integrity of the data in BC is imperative to establish it as a trustworthy resource. This session will investigate the techniques and data sources to guarantee its initial and ongoing cleanliness.

Brad Hearn – Senior Analyst at Liberty Grove Software MCA, CFA

Reporting – Roundtable for Your Challenges and Explore the Many Options Available in BC

Tuesday, October 15, 2:30-4:00 PM CT

Business Central offers many reporting alternatives. This session provides an opportunity to deliberate on the current state of affairs, offer recommendations for the absence of certain features, and determine the most effective approach to addressing the information requirements of all Business Central users. Brad will discuss:

• Base options BC
• Excel’s capabilities
• Power BI
• General Discussion regarding third-party solutions (not specific to ISVs)
• Data Structures

Sales Order Processing, from Soup to Nuts

Thursday, October 17, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Business Central facilitates recording the entire sales process, from the entry of the sales quote/order to the posting of the sales shipment and invoice, with various nuances and capabilities. This session will encompass the following topics:

• Capitalizing on Blanket Sales Orders or Recurring Sales Lines
• Establishing customer prices and discounts
• Utilizing Catalog Items and Substitutions
• Generating Sales Quotes
• Generating sales orders
• Posting Partial Shipments and Sales Shipments
• The posting of invoices
• Correcting or Cancelling Posted Sales Shipments and Invoices
• The effect of posting on Item Ledger Entries, Value Entries, G/L Entries, Customer Ledger Entries, and Detailed Customer Ledger Entries to update your inventory and General Ledgers.

Mark your Calendar

Andrew and Brad hope to see you at Community Summit NA, so be sure to stop by and say “hello!” Explore the full agenda for this premier event and register here.

About the Author

Liberty Grove Software is an established Microsoft Partner that focuses on providing customers with sales, service, and support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV solutions and training and upgrades.

Liberty Grove Software helps manufacturing firms compete by automating tedious operations with Microsoft technologies. Our extensive manufacturing knowledge has established us as the preferred Microsoft partner for assisting mid-sized manufacturers in increasing production.

Over more than 25 years, Liberty Grove has assisted hundreds of customers with businesses ranging from small to mid-sized to Microsoft Partners in implementing, training, customization, and upgrading Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions.

The most thorough training and education event on Microsoft business applications for finance and accounting, IT, operations, and systems administrators is Community Summit 2023, from Dynamics Communities, which will take place in Charlotte, North Carolina, October 15-18, 2023. 

And Community Summit 2023 it’s a hot ticket. Why?

Community Summit 2023 will feature 500+ sessions on AI, Dynamics, Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and more.

The “for user, by user” event aims to shorten the time it takes to complete the equivalent of months of training. Users can navigate how-to and tutorial sessions that provide practical advice they can bring back and implement at their businesses.

Plus, if purchased before the 5-day event, every attendee’s registration fee will be at most $1,849 to access a variety of sessions. Comparatively, a single online training course from a company can cost more than $2,500; your Community Summit 2023 ROI is a no-brainer, say previous participants. 

11 compelling reasons to add Community Summit 2023 to this year’s budget

• 4,000+ attendees from business administration, IT, accounting, and finance roles across various sectors and businesses of all sizes
• 500+ expert-led education sessions organized by AI, Dynamics & Dynamics 365 ERPs, Power Platform, Data, Business Intelligence, Customer Service, Vertical Industry and more
• Tech-Medic Help Desks, where knowledgeable users work to address your unique difficulties or issues
• General sessions by Microsoft executives providing updates and business and ERP roadmap apps you regularly use
• 200+ partners and independent software vendors (ISVs) on the expo floor to close gaps in implementation, data management, cybersecurity, automation, reporting, and more
• Registration fee covers all meals and receptions
• A welcome celebration with live music, food, beverages, and special events on the expo floor
• NASCAR Hall of Fame reception with notable NASCAR attendees, food, beverages, and engaging racing experiences
• Opportunity to network with peers and exchange ideas and experiences –understanding other companies’ difficulties and how they overcame them is valuable information
• More than 30 hands-on academy training sessions that count toward continuing education requirements (additional cost)
• The Preconference AI Summit on October 16 will feature Microsoft executives, AI MVPs, and knowledgeable users (additional cost)

Community Summit 2023 Academy – an education bonus

As an add-on to your event registration (at an additional fee), the Community Summit 2023 Academy program can help you accomplish three key goals:

1. Deep dive into a particular Microsoft business application area for intensive training in the “master class” format
2. Establish a connection between you and a knowledgeable trainer in the field who will help you understand how to apply the training to your company
3. Earn CPE (Continuing Professional Education) credits to meet your continuing education requirements on time

Academy is a fantastic opportunity to employ tailored material and specialized classroom instruction to support learning, development, and growth for Dynamics users. 

Community Summit 2023 – a fountain of knowledge

There are numerous reasons why you might consider Community Summit 2023. Knowledge is a precious asset, so it’s an excellent opportunity to learn something new.

Conference attendees can absorb information in a manner that reading an article or participating in a conference call can’t match, whether that knowledge happens to be the newest games or a tutorial on the future of cloud computing.

And while there’s something for everyone in the learning opportunities, you won’t want to miss the chance to meet and collaborate with like-minded peers to share business experiences and solutions.

Haven’t registered yet? Secure your ticket.

Are you concerned about push-back from your manager? This will help justify your trip!

Learning sessions with Liberty Grove’s Andrew Good

Liberty Grove CEO Andrew Good will be featured as a panelist, co-presenter, and independent speaker in several sessions.

Andrew built his 22 years of Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC/NAV experience on personal experiences with various companies. His project experiences range from finance to manufacturing (automotive, food and beverage, and aerospace). The central themes of knowing costs and revenues are pervasive and have empowered clients to make good decisions about their operations.

Throughout his career, Andrew has helped customers get the most out of their BC/NAV systems through integrations, upgrades, and extensions that allow them to deal with their changing business environments. His expertise includes leveraging the available tools to deliver end-to-end solutions.

Andrew also speaks at many industry events.

You can learn more about the learning sessions with Andrew below:

Ask the Experts: Manufacturing

Tuesday, October 17 • 9:30 AM – 11:00 AM EST

Manufacturing is indeed a topic for the experts. Attend this session with queries or difficulties you may be experiencing with manufacturing. An expert panel will share advice and assist in this open discussion.

Panelists: Cliff McDaniel (Moderator), Ben Baxter, Steven Chinsky, Andrew Good, Dave Wiser

Manufacturing in Business Central for Newbies

Tuesday, October 17 • 2:45 PM – 4:00 PM EST

This session is appropriate for you if you are new to manufacturing or the Business Central production module. It will focus on a review of the fundamentals of setting up items, Bills of Materials (BOMs), routings, dealing with Production Orders, and posting inputs and outputs. You’ll receive advice on how to avoid manufacturing errors, particularly as some of them are difficult to fix. We’ll construct a fictitious potato chip factory to help with comprehension.

Presenters: Andrew Good, Steven Chinsky

Supply Chain Challenges Today

Wednesday, October 18 • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Bring your supply chain problems and use the influence of your peers to gain new insights. You will have the chance to share your expertise and knowledge with others. In this roundtable discussion, you can benefit from one another’s experiences and discuss what has and hasn’t worked for you.

Speaker: Andrew Good

Ask the Experts: Inventory, Warehouse & Supply Chain

Thursday, October 19 • 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Amidst the ongoing geopolitical, economic, epidemic, and weather-related problems, supply chains remain a significant concern.

In this interactive discussion, a panel of supply chain professionals will explore how they are sustaining business operations, meeting urgent demands, and minimizing supplier problems during this disruptive time.

To provide first-hand insight into current strategies, best practices, and forward-looking approaches to navigating the current environment and the inevitable storms ahead, we’ll draw on various experiences across the supply chain, from inventory management to shipping, receiving, EDI, and warehousing.

Panelists: Kate Pinyan (Moderator), Steven Chinsky, Andrew Good, Chris Howes, Bryan Whitney

If you attend any of Andrew’s sessions, please seek him out and say, “Hello!” Got questions about your business for Andrew? Contact us to schedule your personal 1:1 session where you can ask Andrew about what’s on your mind. 

About the author

Liberty Grove Software is an established Microsoft Partner that focuses on providing customers with sales, service, and support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV solutions and training and upgrades.

Over more than 25 years, Liberty Grove has assisted hundreds of customers with businesses ranging from small to mid-sized to Microsoft Partners in implementing, training, customization, and upgrading Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions.

The organization is one of only a few companies worldwide that Microsoft recognizes as qualified to provide Business Central/NAV Upgrade Service Centers.

DynamicsCon LIVE 2023 takes place May 22-25 at The Scottsdale Plaza Resort & Villas in Scottsdale, Arizona. Over 115 sessions are available over the three days, focusing on Dynamics GP, Power Platform, and the following Dynamics 365 products: Business Central, Customer Engagement, and Finance & Operations.

The host resort is just minutes from Old Town Scottsdale’s restaurants, shops, and art galleries, the world-class golf courses at McCormick Ranch, and the sights at Salt River Fields. The property features over 40 acres of gardens, swimming pools, tennis courts, and other onsite amenities.

Liberty Grove Software will be there, and we’re delighted to announce two speaker sessions from our executive team.

Here are the sessions the Liberty Grove Team will be teaching at DynamicsCon LIVE 2023 :

BC Manufacturing Setup A to Z

Andrew Good, CEO, Liberty Grove Software

BC has excellent functionality to help you run your manufacturing operations, but the choices you make or have made with your configuration can make or break it.

We’ll review the building blocks you can use to set up and run manufacturing. These include the Bill of Materials and Routings, which allow you to include required costs.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn what capacity means in BC 
• Learn how to set up in-house and subcontract production
• Learn what capacity means in BC 

Session Track: Business Central 

Session Type: Functional

Content Level: Beginner 

Setting Up Approval Workflows – BC Makes it Easy

Andrew Good, CEO, and Brad Hearn, Analyst, and Architect, Liberty Grove Software

This presentation will demonstrate how you can configure workflows in BC to approve master records, journals, sales, and purchase documents.

You will also learn how to define financial approval thresholds, multiple approvers, and different sets of approvers based on dimension values.                                                       

We’ll discuss the following:

• How to set up Workflow User Groups
• How to set up Workflows
• How to define multiple approvers
• How to define financial thresholds
• How to limit approvers to specific dimension values

Session Tracks: Business Central Power Platform

Session Type: Functional

Content Level: Intermediate

Business Central And Power BI, Best Buddies

Brad Hearn, Analyst and Architect, Liberty Grove Software

This presentation will show you how easy it is to access your Business Central data in Power BI to gain powerful insights into your operational data. And how easy it is to share these insights with your colleagues through the Power BI App in the cloud. We’ll cover advanced reporting techniques for understanding your Business Central data, how to publish your reports to the Power BI App, what Power BI App Workspaces are and how to use them to organize and share your reports, and how to use the Power BI App Data Hub and Gateways to manage your report data.                                            

Session Tracks: Business Central Power Platform

Session Type: Functional

Content Level: Beginner

Explore the full speaker lineup and plan your conference sessions to the max. And if you haven’t already, Register Today! – DynamicsCon LIVE.

Liberty Grove hopes to see you there!

About Liberty Grove Software

Liberty Grove Software is an established Microsoft Partner that focuses on providing customers with sales, service, and support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV solutions and training and upgrades.

Over more than 25 years, Liberty Grove has assisted hundreds of customers with businesses ranging from small to mid-sized to Microsoft Partners in implementing, training, customization, and upgrading Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions.

The organization is one of only a few companies worldwide that Microsoft recognizes as qualified to provide Business Central/NAV Upgrade Service Centers.

Are you attending Directions North America April 16-19 at the Hyatt Regency in Florida?

Liberty Grove will be there with great topics to discuss – and we hope to see you there too!

Read on to know which sessions you want to mark in your calendar during Directions North America 2023!

Andrew Good, CEO of Liberty Grove, will discuss how manufacturers can do more with Dynamics.

Date: Monday, April 17

Topic: Let’s Talk Manufacturing and the Dataverse – Doing More with Dynamics

Room: Regency 8-9 – 2:15 – 3:00 p.m.

Description

Are you running BC (Business Central) Manufacturing and need to streamline your data collection from the floor? Let’s explore your options with Dataverse and Power Apps.

Learning Objectives

• Learn how consumption and output can be captured from the floor
• Learn how complementary activities can be tied into production reporting 

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Anantha Subramanya, Senior Business Analyst, Liberty Grove, will explain how Central Implementations provides unique value to clients.

Date: Tuesday, April 18

Topic: Jobs in BC to manage projects? – Yes, of course!

Room: Regency 3 – 3:15 – 4:00 p.m.

Description

In this presentation, Anantha will discuss Intercompany Transactions & Consolidation and show you how the Jobs tool in BC (Business Central) can be used to manage projects.

Anantha’s presentation will help you with the projects you perform for your clients or for internal projects. “Tasks” within a Job helps you to define budgets by task and record the actual time spent and the expenses incurred on the project.

The Work-In-Progress calculation for each job helps you to know where you stand on a financial basis – and what to tell the CF0.

Learning objectives:

• How to create Job Cards
• How to consolidate multiple companies
• How to define tasks for each job
• Recording time spent on the job
• Recording expenses incurred on the job through a journal or purchase documents
• Creating a Job Sales Invoice

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Anantha Subramanya, Senior Business Analyst at Liberty Grove, will discuss how to record intercompany transactions.

Date: Wednesday, April 19

Topic: Intercompany Transactions & Consolidation – How BC helps?

Regency 3 – 9:15 – 10:00 a.m.

Description

This presentation will show you how to record Intercompany transactions using different methods of file transfer and how to consolidate multiple companies with different currencies.

Learning objectives:

• How to record Intercompany transactions at both ends.

• How to consolidate multiple companies.

Who are the people behind the thinking at Liberty Grove?

Andrew Good, CEO, is an Engineer, project manager, analyst, manufacturing expert, and Microsoft Certified Trainer. Andrew does implementation, project management, business process design, application analysis, end-user training, and implementation project management training. In his commitment to training, Andrew was a successful candidate for the new Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Exam. Andrew continues the tradition of sharing with the Community by presenting at various events.

Anantha Subrananya, is an ERP implementation consultant, Senior Business Analyst, and Project Manager with over 10 years of experience with MS Dynamics NAV/Business Central. As a CPA, he comes with a solid financial and accounting background. His exposure to various business environments and finance functions coupled with NAV/Business

And for the fun times… whether it’s just you, or the whole family

While you’re at Directions North America 2023, check out the amenities and activities the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress offers. You have your theme parks covered with complimentary shuttle service to Walt Disney World Resort, Universal Orlando Resort, and an evening trip to Disney Springs.

Lagoon Pool – With an 800,000-gallon water pool and twelve waterfalls, this water park will not disappoint you and your family.

Private Cabanas – Reserve a poolside cabana to relax in privacy while soaking up the sun. You can reserve one here.

Spa and Salon – Pamper yourself from head to toe with a massage, facial, nail service, or any other relaxing spa service at the Marilyn Monroe Spa.

Outdoor Activities – Enjoy one of the hotel’s many outdoor activities, including water sports, golf, fishing at Lake Windsong, and more.

Dining – Whether you need something quick on the go or want to enjoy a nice meal, there is something for everyone. Check out the complete dining options the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress offers here.

And then, there are the memories… but those are yours!

See you soon in Orlando, Fl for the Directions North America conference.

About the author

Liberty Grove Software is an established Microsoft Partner that focuses on providing customers with sales, service, and support for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV solutions and training and upgrades.

Over more than 25 years, Liberty Grove has assisted hundreds of customers with businesses ranging from small to mid-sized to Microsoft Partners in implementing, training, customization, and upgrading Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions.

The organization is one of only a few companies worldwide that Microsoft recognizes as qualified to provide Business Central/NAV Upgrade Service Centers.

If you are a veteran Microsoft Dynamics user, you probably know about Community Summit. For those of you who are new to Microsoft Dynamics, suffice it to say that the annual Summit conference is the largest independent gathering of Dynamics users in the world!

This year, Summit will be held at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center from October 10 to 13^th in Orlando, Florida. The content will focus on people considering Dynamics, new to Dynamics, migrating to Dynamics, and optimizing their current Dynamics software system.

Liberty Grove Will Be at Community Summit. Will You Join Us?

In fact, we will be presenting three sessions with topics ranging from managing supply chain disruptions to onboarding employees.

Andrew Good, Liberty Grove CEO, will host all three sessions.

Here are the details:

Session 1:
Managing Supply Chain in Disruptive Times with Dynamics 365 Business Central

Date: Tuesday, October 11
Time: 11:00am to 12:00pm
Room: Destin 2 – Convention Center, Level 2
Synopsis: Leverage the tools at your disposal in Business Central to streamline operations, identify, and manage problems. Learn about several tools that you can use to identify supply chain problems early and keep them under control.

Session 2:
How to Onboard New Employees and Ensure Accuracy in NAV/BC
Date: Tuesday, October 11
Time: 2:30 to 3:00pm
Room: Gainesville 1 – Convention Center, Level 2
Synopsis: Let’s talk about what has worked for getting new people on board and effective with BC and NAV. This will have an operations focus.

Session 3:
Manufacturing – Managing Costing with Business Central
Date: Thursday, October 13
Time: 11:15am to 12:00pm
Room: Naples 2 – Convention Center, Level 2
Synopsis: Costing is key during the best of times. Let’s look at strategies to evaluate the impact of cost changes on your business. We know costs are changing, from materials and utilities to labor. Learn how to create a test company to work in and learn the elements of a good cost testing plan.

About Andrew Good

Andrew Good, our fearless leader, is Liberty Grove’s CEO.

He is a Software Engineer, project manager, analyst, manufacturing expert, and Lead NAV Microsoft Certified Trainer. Andrew works on implementations, project management, business process design, application analysis, end-user training, and implementation project management training. Andrew is part of the inaugural group of Dynamics Credentialed Professionals for Core Application Setup in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Let’s Say You Are Interested in the Topics We’re Presenting, but You Cannot Attend

We hope you will join us, but if you’re interested in one or more of our presentations but cannot attend, we would be happy to put you in touch with Andrew so you can chat. Just contact Liberty Grove Software. Call 630-858-7388 or email us at nav@libertygrovetech.com.

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From April 3^rd to April 6^th, hundreds of top Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central partners, including , will converge on the Hyatt Regency in Orlando, Florida, for the annual Directions North America conference. It’s an event driven by Partners for Partners. And it is designed to help organizations like Liberty Grove better serve clients like you by building new business contacts, sharing best practices, and discovering valuable tools for execution and success.

We participate every year with those goals in mind. We share our expertise with the other attendees. We always come away with great ideas for continuing to serve our clients with the newest and best tools that Microsoft offers, built on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.

By the time it’s over, we will have attended scores of sessions presented by Microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), and other Business Central partners. We will also have presided over two sessions ourselves.

Liberty Grove brings decades of expertise to the table, and we’re honored to have been chosen to present two sessions at Microsoft Directions this year. The descriptions are below:

Directions Session #1: Extending BC to the Plant Floor – Our Experience with PowerApps (Andrew Good)

Learn from our experiences with shop floor data collection. Our clients have leveraged handhelds and shop floor PCs to capture and validate data in real-time. See how simple Apps can answer questions on the fly.

Directions Session #2: How to Architect your Data for Powerful Business Intelligence (Brad Hearn)

Business Central’s data architecture is built for the purpose of daily operational business support. You can plug Power BI into your Business Central table(s) for basic reporting. But if your system has years of operational data, architecting the data for analysis and reporting will make your Analysts much happier and enable more powerful insights into your information.

The Presentation will explain the concepts and design of a Star Schema database for analysis and reporting. You will learn about Fact tables to hold your essential measures and the associated Dimension tables to allow you to slice and dice your data quickly.

See you soon in Orlando!

You can contact by calling 630-858-7388 or emailing nav@libertygrovetech.com.

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The event is Community Summit 2021. It’s the annual Microsoft User Conference. And this year some sessions will be live and some will be virtual. For those of you who are planning to attend in person, this is where it’s all going to happen, at the exquisite George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.

Out of an abundance of caution, the Liberty Grove team will be presenting virtually, and we hope you’ll tune in, from Houston, your office, or from home.

The dates are October 12-15.

The agenda over 3 ½ days features 600+ sessions presented by 300+ Microsoft Dynamics experts.

Whether you attend Community Summit 2021 in person or virtually, you’ll come away with real-world tips and tricks, with new insights into advanced strategies around the issues you’re tackling every day in an ever-changing business landscape…regardless of which version of Dynamics you’re running. And you will be able to virtually attend…

6 Liberty Grove Sessions

We’re so excited that this year we will be presenting 6 virtual sessions that we know will be relevant for our Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central/NAV clients.

1) On October 12th our own Brad Hearn will present:

How to Architect Your Data for Powerful Business Intelligence

Business Central’s data architecture is built for the purpose of daily operational business support. And sure, for quick reporting, you can plug Power BI into your Business Central table(s). But for systems with years of extensive operational data, architecting it for analysis and reporting will make your Analysts much happier and enable more powerful insights into your information.

The presentation will explain the concepts and design of a Star Schema database for analysis and reporting. You will learn about fact tables to hold your important measures and the associated dimension tables to allow you to easily slice and dice your data.

2) On October 13th Andrew Good will present:

Advanced Production Scheduling

Learn how you can plan routing and labor steps in the plant or factory, and prioritize schedules based on importance, capacity, and resources (people and machines).

3) Also on October 13th, Brad Hearn will present:

How to Target and Track Your Sales Opportunities Right in Business CentralDo you need the full-blown CRM, or will Business Central’s Sales and Marketing capabilities satisfy your needs? This session will walk you through setting up multiple contacts for your customers or potential customers, create targeted marketing campaigns, and tracking the progress of your sales opportunities, all within Business Central.

4) Additionally on October 13th, Andrew Good and Friends will present:

Ask the Experts: Finance & Accounting & Jobs – Dynamics NAV/BCThis is a roundtable where NAV/BC experts will be prepared to answer any BC/NAV questions you might have and provide guidance on your NAV/BC implementation or use.

5) Then, on October 14th Andrew Good will present:

Business Central: Essentials for International Deployments

Learn about the options for getting products put together in Business Central. This session will review the options for Assemblies (aka kitting) and Production Orders. Determine which works best for your situation. This will include an introduction to the Planning Worksheet.

6) And finally, on October 15th, Andrew Good will present:

Deep Dive: Discover the Details of Costing in Business Central

Costing, done right, allows you to know where you are making money or not. Learn how to set up and track costing. Also, learn about “gotchas” and how to manage them!

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Wow! Andrew and Brad are going to be super busy!

Community Summit 2021 Resources

We at are available to help you navigate your way through the conference materials and choose the sessions that will have the greatest impact on the future of your company.

But if you want to do some research on your own, here are 3 helpful links:

• Main Event Page Summit NA 2021 | Live Microsoft User Conference
• Agenda Page Agenda | Summit NA 2021 | Live Microsoft User Conference
• Registration Page Register | Summit NA 2021 | Live Microsoft User Conference

Take the next step…

Contact by calling 630-858-7388 or emailing nav@libertygrovetech.com.

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As Directions North America 2021 draws near (April 26-28), as registration has opened and as the agenda for the three-day virtual event is being fleshed out, Microsoft Dynamics Partners across North America are feeling the excitement. Directions brings the brightest Microsoft Dynamics resources together in one place, at one time. That includes .

A brief history behind the Directions event

The Directions North America Conference started with the imagination and passion of a small group of Microsoft Dynamics NAV Partners who launched the first event in 2005. Over the years, the community has expanded, and so has the conference. The event has matured into a unique conference that today brings together all Dynamics Partners servicing the SMB (Small and Medium Business) market.

Microsoft Directions today

Today, Directions is the only North American conference organized by Partners and for Partners, where Microsoft Partners have an opportunity to discover more about Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. This event empowers Microsoft partners to serve the SMB market to boost their business efficiency and strengthen important relationships.

Throughout the conference, a wealth of content will be presented, content that has been created based on partner feedback. This content will enable the channel to drive sales, enhance their product knowledge and skills, explore the latest ISV solutions, learn best business practices, and understand how to apply them.

Attendees will discover valuable tools for execution and success. They can also use the many networking opportunities the conference offers to grow and enhance relationships with other partners, with ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), service providers, and of course, with Microsoft.

What to expect at Directions 2021

Session types include:

• Microsoft Keynotes
• ISV Sessions
• Track Sessions

Track session content will fall into these categories:

• Consulting
• Technical
• New to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Power Platform
• Leadership
• Sales and Marketing

Liberty Grove Software at Microsoft Directions 2021

Liberty Grove will participate in Directions North America 2021, as we have since its inception in 2015. We come to learn, to share, and this year, our CEO, Andrew Good has the honor of presenting a track session.

About Andrew

Andrew is a Software Engineer, project manager, analyst, manufacturing expert, and Lead NAV Microsoft Certified Trainer. Andrew does implementation, project management, business process design, application analysis, end-user training, and implementation project management training. Andrew is part of the inaugural group of Dynamics Credentialed Professional for Core Application Setup Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

About Andrew’s Track Session Presentation

Andrew’s session is entitled “Business Central – Holes and How to Fill Them.”

Every business has unique requirements, even beyond the capabilities of an incredibly full-functioned solution like Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. There are bound to be holes that need to be plugged. So, how do we do that? What and where are the additional pieces that will bridge those gaps and plug those holes?

The answer is: Every aspect of the functionality needed to make an ERP solution meet every requirement a customer might have is available. There are plug-ins for EDI, for Supply Chain Management (SCM), and for Sales and Use Tax, just to name a few. This functionality exists because Microsoft Dynamics Partners and ISVs have developed it and it’s available from those providers, on the Azure Marketplace, or on AppSource.

Andrew knows where to find every last piece needed to plug every last hole! Learn more about Directions North America 2021.

Contact Liberty Grove Software

Call us at 630-858-7388 or email us at nav@libertygrovetech.com.

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Let’s start with the details of when and where this three-day virtual conference will take place.

When: March 16-18, 2021Where: VirtualRegistration Link: Register – DynamicsConCost: FREE!

Kudos to Microsoft and DynamicsCon’s Sponsors

As a Microsoft partner, I have never heard of a free event like this one. Given how tough this past year has been for so many companies and individuals, and given the constraints of COVID-19, it’s great that Microsoft’s annual user event is both virtual and free. Many generous sponsors will largely bear the costs of running the event. is proud to be one of those sponsors!

What’s more, the net proceeds will be donated to charity. Kudos to you, Microsoft, and special thanks to all of our fellow sponsors who made this possible.

Three FREE Days

Let’s take a quick look at the three-day DynamicsCon schedule, which will cover topics in 5 areas: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC), Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement (CE), Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (F&O), Microsoft Dynamics GP (GP), and last but not least the Power Platform.

Here’s a quick taste to whet your appetite with a sample list of great sessions that you might attend.

Such as these 4 Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central presentations:

10 BC Functions Every System Admin Should Know End-to-End Solutions for Retailers & Distributors Using BC Voyage through the BC Information Archipelago NAV to BC Upgrade Strategies

Or these 4 Power Platform sessions:

Power Platform OverviewThe Notorious Data DebatePower Apps, Teams, and IoTReal-time Streaming of Your Data with Power BI

There’s something for everyone at DynamicsCon. In fact, there’s so much content being delivered over the course of three days that you may not be able to attend all of the Livestream sessions. Don’t worry! All content will be posted on the DynamicsCon YouTube channel. And you will be able to watch any session from any of the five product tracks at any time.

Got questions you need help with?

Call us at 630-858-7388 or email us at nav@libertygrovetech.com.

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It’s almost time for Community Summit 2020 and the excitement is building. Many of our team members and clients will be attending the virtual conference this year.

Scouring the agenda and figuring out what session(s) to attend can be challenging as there are so many worthwhile sessions to watch.

I’m Andrew Good, President, and CEO at , and I wanted to share with you the five sessions and two roundtables my team will be presenting during Community Summit 2020 for Microsoft Dynamics 365 BC/NAV.

To help you quickly find those sessions and roundtables, I have taken the liberty (pun intended!) to share all the sessions below with links so that you can add them to your schedule easily.

Sessions

Title: Business Central Upgrade: How do I Move from NAV to Business Central

Presenter: Andrew Good, President and CEO Liberty GroveDate: Thursday, October 08Time: 10:40 AM – 11:30 AM CDTCPE Credit: This session will be available for CPE credits pending completion of the session survey post-event.Brief Description: What are the options to move from NAV to BC? There are a lot of different ways to approach an upgrade to BC, so let’s discuss options and the pros & cons of each approach. Here you will learn how you can move forward with either a lightly or heavily modified NAV system. We will discuss some of the challenges of migrating to the cloud.

Title: Business Central – Holes in Manufacturing and How to Fill Them

Presenter: Andrew Good, President and CEO Liberty GroveDate: Thursday, October 08Time: 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM CDTCPE Credit: This session will be available for CPE credits pending completion of the session survey post-event.Brief Description: We all know there will be gaps in functionality between your customer’s requirements for manufacturing and what Business Central provides. But how do you bridge those gaps? We’ll discuss how to use extensions, both private and public (aka Apps), to provide the additional functionality you need. We’ll also cover how to leverage add-ons and embedded IP (private extensions) through a case study focused on meeting a company’s manufacturing requirements.

Title: Business Central – Costing

Presenter: Andrew Good, President and CEO Liberty GroveDate: Friday, October 09Time: 9:30 AM – 10:20 AM CDTCPE Credit: This session will be available for CPE credits pending completion of the session survey post-event.Brief Description: How the right choices can meet financial and operational requirements. You can capture your cost elements and incorporate them into your inventory costs. We will review different approaches for incorporating fixed and variable costs into your inventory.

Title: Foreign Currency – The Basics

Presenter: Anantha Subramanya, Senior Business Analyst and Project ManagerDate: Friday, October 09Time: 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CDTBrief Description: This session provides a review of:

• How foreign currencies are setup,
• How to assign currencies to customers, vendors, and bank accounts
• How these rates flow into Sales and Purchase documents,
• How the rates can be overridden as needed and
• The related periodic activities

Title: Intro to International Purchasing and Sales

Presenter: Anantha Subramanya, Senior Business Analyst and Project ManagerDate: Friday, October 09Time: 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CDTBrief Description: We will dive into the flow of materials from their overseas factory to a freight forwarder, port, ship, domestic port, and delivery to the warehouse/factory.

Roundtables

Roundtable Title: Medic Roundtable: Technical

Speaker and Panel: Dmitry Katson Microsoft MVP Liberty Grove and AJ Ansari COO

DSWi, and Steven Chinsky Tigunia

Date: Thursday, October 08Time: 1:30 PM – 2:20 PM CDTBrief Description: Join the BCUG/NAVUG experts as they dive into the latest technical topics and share recent obstacles. Bring your own questions and get answers!

Roundtable Title: Medic Roundtable: Supply Chain & Costing

Speaker and Panel: Tom Blaisdell, Sr. Support Escalation Engineer Microsoft, Andrew Good President and CEO Liberty Grove, Lewis Rosenberg IT Manager Mars Fishcare, Steven Chinsky Tigunia, Kim Dallefeld Managing Member Dallefeld Consulting

Date: Thursday, October 08Time: 12:30 PM – 1:20 PM CDTBrief Description: Join the BCUG/NAVUG All-Star’s in a roundtable discussion on Supply Chain topics and Costing. Bring your questions and get them answered by the experts!

Learn more about Liberty Grove Software

I know that many of you are looking for a smooth upgrade path to Business Central from NAV. I’d love to discuss more about your upgrade plans. I’ll also be more than happy to answer any questions you might have about your Microsoft Dynamics NAV/BC system.

You can reach me by calling 630-858-7388 or by emailing me at agood@libertygrovetech.com.

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