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The MSX Group had a very enjoyable and successful time at Convergence 2010 in Atlanta. The conference had high attendance, and our booth saw a lot of traffic and interest. The sessions were very well planned and presented. We hope to keep in touch with all of those people that we met at the conference. Please join us online, email or call anytime.

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The MSX Group will be at Microsoft Convergence in Atlanta, Georgia for 2010. Come and meet us. Stop by and pick up exciting new information about the budgeting, financial reporting and analysis software solutions that will make your company more productive, competitive and efficient… and your job easier.

Submit your information to the right here (***Submissions are now closed***) and you are automatically registered to participate in the MSX Group 20 Hours GiveAway. The winners will be announced April 27, 2010 at Convergence. You do not have to be present to win.

• 1st Prize – 10 Hours of Training or Consulting Time
• 2nd Prize – 6 Hours of Training or Consulting Time
• 3rd Prize – 4 Hours of Training or Consulting Time

*The MSX Group reserves the right to change the 20 Hours GiveAway details at any time.

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The Official Twitter hash tag for Microsoft Convergence 2010 is #CONV10

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Convergence Sessions for Management Reporter

CSBI05 Management Reporter: The Next Generation of Financial Reporting

Monday, April 26 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Business Intelligence
Skill Level: 100 – Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Session Description: Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP is an application designed for high volume, presentation quality, financial reporting. Learn how you can use Management Reporter—an application created for accountants by accountants—to empower your finance professionals to create boardroom reports, including balance sheets, cash flows and income statements.
Key Learning Objective #1: Learn more about the Management Reporter release and its relationship to the Microsoft Dynamics solution
Key Learning Objective #2: Understand the latest financial reporting features in Management Reporter and the benefits to your business
Key Learning Objective #3: Find out more about the future plans for Management Reporter

IDBI02 Preparing for Management Reporter for Microsoft Dynamics ERP

Tuesday, April 27 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Session Type: Interactive Discussion
Track: Business Intelligence
Skill Level: 100 – Introductory
Session Description: Investigate how Management Reporter can enhance your reporting abilities as you move towards Corporate Performance Management (CPM). We’ll start with an introduction and overview and then move on to review product features such as XBRL, transaction detail codes, and many other new features that can help take your financial reporting to the next level.

 Convergence Sessions for Microsoft Forecaster 7.0

CSBI03 Simplify Your Budget and Planning Process with Microsoft Forecaster 7.0

Sunday, April 25 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Business Intelligence
Skill Level: 200 – Intermediate
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Session Description: Today’s dynamic business environment requires flexible budget development with fast, easy revision capabilities. Become a financial planning hero within your company as you learn how Microsoft Forecaster can help you meet your organization’s financial planning and budgeting requirements.
Key Learning Objective #1: Gain a better understanding of the work flow and version control with Microsoft Forecaster 7.0
Key Learning Objective #2: Confirm how to deploy the budgets to end users
Key Learning Objective #3: Explore best practices, tips and tricks you can use to streamline your budget and planning processes

IDBI01 Budgeting Tips and Tricks with Microsoft Forecaster 7.0

Monday, April 26 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Session Type: Interactive Discussion
Track: Business Intelligence
Skill Level: 200 – Intermediate
Session Description: Gather with other Microsoft Forecaster users to investigate best practices for your budgeting needs. In this session you will gain insight into different solutions to enhance your budgeting process. We’ll review best practices on framework configuration, tasks, and different reporting options to enhance what Microsoft Forecaster can do for you.

IDGP14 Microsoft Forecaster & Microsoft Dynamics GP: Best Practices

Monday, April 26 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Session Type: Interactive Discussion
Track: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Skill Level: 200 – Intermediate
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Session Description: Known for its ability to help organizations monitor business conditions and respond to new business opportunities and challenges, Microsoft Forecaster has the ability to give you confidence that your budgets are realistic and accurate. Gather together with other Microsoft Forecaster users and experts as we share our real life experiences—including both successes and challenges—and collectively analyze best practices for use with our Microsoft Dynamics GP solution. Hosted by the Microsoft Dynamics GP User Group

UBGP03 Special Interest Group: Microsoft FRx

Saturday, April 24 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Session Type: User Group Breakout
Track: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Skill Level: 100 – Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker, Prospect, Technical Decision Maker
Session Description: Join fellow Microsoft Dynamics GP users who utilize Microsoft FRx with Microsoft Dynamics GP as they meet as a Special Interest Group (SIG) to discuss relevant topics. Wondering how to create better Microsoft FRx reports? Not sure what the future is for Microsoft FRx? Questioning how Microsoft Forecaster fits with Microsoft FRx and Microsoft Dynamics GP? Join this roundtable to hear from other users as these topics and more are discussed. —- For more information about the event and the User Group, visit the GPUG Web site.

Convergence Sessions for Microsoft FRx

CSBI04 Doing More with Financial Reporting with Microsoft FRx

Tuesday, April 27 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Session Type: Concurrent Session
Track: Business Intelligence
Skill Level: 200 – Intermediate
Session Description: Investigate the advanced features in Microsoft FRx that will move your skill level from basic financial reporting to understanding and creating more complex scenarios. In this session, we’ll focus on consolidations, multiple segment reporting, and some of the lesser known features that may meet more of your reporting needs.
Key Learning Objective #1: Discover how to utilize linking to Microsoft Excel to bring in data outside of Microsoft Dynamics
Key Learning Objective #2: Learn more about transaction detail reports
Key Learning Objective #3: Examine the different methods of using account filters

IDGP05 Microsoft Dynamics GP & Microsoft FRx: Best Practices

Monday, April 26 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Session Type: Interactive Discussion
Track: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Skill Level: 100 – Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker
Session Description: Geared towards beginning and intermediate Microsoft FRx users, this discussion will shine a spotlight on the powerful financial reporting capabilities of Microsoft FRx. Learn from others as we share our reporting experiences and identify the changes you need to make to maximize your organization’s financial reporting. Hosted by the Microsoft Dynamics GP User Group

IDGP08 Microsoft Dynamics GP & Microsoft FRx: Best Practices

Sunday, April 25 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Session Type: Interactive Discussion
Track: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Skill Level: 300 – Experienced
Session Description: As an experienced Microsoft FRx user, do you want to learn how to maximize your financial reporting with Microsoft FRx above and beyond standard reporting? This discussion is geared towards experienced Microsoft FRx users who want to share their advanced tips and learn from others who have developed large, complicated, but awesome Microsoft FRx reports. Participate in this discussion to impress your peers and pick up new tricks! Hosted by the Microsoft Dynamics GP User Group

IDGPR08 Microsoft Dynamics GP & Microsoft FRx: Best Practices

Tuesday, April 27 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Session Type: Interactive Discussion
Track: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Skill Level: 300 – Experienced
Session Description: As an experienced Microsoft FRx user, do you want to learn how to maximize your financial reporting with Microsoft FRx above and beyond standard reporting? This discussion is geared towards experienced Microsoft FRx users who want to share their advanced tips and learn from others who have developed large, complicated, but awesome Microsoft FRx reports. Participate in this discussion to impress your peers and pick up new tricks! Hosted by the Microsoft Dynamics GP User Group

UBGP03 Special Interest Group: Microsoft FRx

Saturday, April 24 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM
Session Type: User Group Breakout
Track: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Skill Level: 100 – Introductory
Audience: Business Decision Maker, Prospect, Technical Decision Maker
Session Description: Join fellow Microsoft Dynamics GP users who utilize Microsoft FRx with Microsoft Dynamics GP as they meet as a Special Interest Group (SIG) to discuss relevant topics. Wondering how to create better Microsoft FRx reports? Not sure what the future is for Microsoft FRx? Questioning how Microsoft Forecaster fits with Microsoft FRx and Microsoft Dynamics GP? Join this roundtable to hear from other users as these topics and more are discussed. —- For more information about the event and the User Group, visit the GPUG Web site.

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Links: Convergence Registration and Hotel Info | Convergence Content | Agenda

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