Making the Most of Microsoft Cloud Technology: CRM, Azure, Office365, SSRS, Power BI and More Solution Showcase 2015 Client Conference
About the Presenters Larry Betz Director, Dynamics CRM, Armanino Larry has been involved in the CRM world for over 17 years. He has worked with many software systems, including Salesforce.com, GoldMine and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. He brings an understanding of how to design a CRM solution that works to improve a company's business process. Through Business Process Reengineering (BPR) he brings technology to the business leaders that helps them better manage their companies.
About the Presenters David Meharg Senior Manager, Support & Upgrades, Armanino David is a leader in Armanino s Client Management team. He has 10 years of experience working closely with Dynamics GP and 25 years of experience in IT Management. David leads the Dynamics GP Upgrade and Installation team as well as manages the Support Desk of the Dynamics GP & CRM, Intacct, Adaptive Insights, and Business Intelligence service lines.
What is The Cloud? cloud com put ing noun noun: cloud computing; plural noun: cloud computings the practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the Internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer.
Microsoft Embraces The Cloud Microsoft CRM: Customer Relationship Management (Sales, Customer Service, Marketing) Office 365: Your office available anywhere from any device. Power BI: Transform all of your company s data into useful information Azure: Cloud computing platform, servers and more
Microsoft CRM Three traditional CRM solutions: - Sales Force Automation - Opportunities - Customer Support Issue Tracking - Marketing Leads New Deeper Modules - Parature Online Customer Service - Dynamics Marketing - FieldOne - Fusion Surveys xrm Platform Data & Metadata Services Integration Services User Experience Service xrm Platform Access & Security Services Point & Click Customization Services Microsoft Technologies Process Automation & Orchestration Services Analytical Services Platform Mgmt. Services Extensibility Services Architecture Services xrm Platform
Office 365 Microsoft Office - from desktop to web and the devices in between o Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher, Skype, Access o Software can be installed (as normal) as well as online. Exchange email, SharePoint online and OneDrive in the cloud Many licensing options, from Home to Small Biz to Enterprise ($5-$20/month) https://products.office.com/en-us/business/office-365-online-business-software-programs
Power BI Business Intelligence - Both online and offline data shown in visuals o Get your data: connect to Excel, Databases o Ask Questions, Get Answers o Free form Drag and Drop Canvas of visitations
Azure Cloud Platform to connect online or on-premise systems (Databases, Servers, Applications) Web Servers Virtual Machines SQL Databases Mobile Back-ends Remote Apps Machine Learning Adv. Analytics
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Report writing tool for SQL FREE! with SQL license Report on any data component within GP, AX or any other SQL database Build charts & graphs o Native tool for GP Business Analyzer Export to Word, Excel, PDF, CSV, XML
Optimizing Your Cloud Spend Compare Services Consolidated Billing Cost/Benefit vs. On-Premise Pay as you go Usage tagging o For pay-for-what-you-use models Choose data center locations carefully
Making it work for you! Study potential cloud application candidates Try it Move deliberately Develop consensus around benefits Monitor savings
Larry Betz phone: 503.535.1261 email: Larry.Betz@armaninoLLP.com David Meharg phone: 925-790-2846 email: David.Meharg@armaninoLLP.com 2015 Client Conference
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