Growing up I heard about a distant relative named Charlie who was often AWOL when dinner was ready to be served. “Where is Charlie?” would be the question asked by the grandmother, and the response by the kids in unison was always “Charlie is out feeding the chickens”. Charlie often choose the wrong time to… Continue reading Charlie is out Feeding the Chickens
Performance Tuning Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 and NAV 2013
We recently discovered that a single property on the Service Tier for Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 RTC and Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 has a bigger impact on performance than almost anything else we have done to date in performance tuning Microsoft Dynamics NAV in a 3-Tier environment. The setting that every client and partner should… Continue reading Performance Tuning Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 and NAV 2013
A Dream So Big – A Story about my pal Steve Peifer
So often, we wonder if our lives have meaning, if what we are doing really matters. We are always waiting for the right moment to change the world and make a difference if we haven’t already given up and decided that the best we can hope for is putting our kids through college, collecting the proverbial… Continue reading A Dream So Big – A Story about my pal Steve Peifer
A bright 2012…an even brighter 2013
An open letter from ArcherPoint CEO Greg Kaupp 2012 was a banner year for Dynamics NAV. October marked the release of NAV 2013, which means Dynamics NAV is now the most technologically advanced of the Microsoft Dynamics ERP products with its three-tier model, one-click deployment, cloud-ready architecture, one-click web services, browser-independent web client, and completely… Continue reading A bright 2012…an even brighter 2013
You Need to Look Long and Hard for Stakeholder Requirements
When performing a business analysis for Microsoft Dynamics NAV implementations you often need to look long and hard, for deep and insightful stakeholder requirements. As a boy growing up in the mid-west I heard the occasional story from my family about my grandparent’s cat named “Blooey” that they owned starting around 1917. Blooey’s name came… Continue reading You Need to Look Long and Hard for Stakeholder Requirements
NAV Web Services – Pages vs. XMLports
There are two major methods for publishing complex NAV functionality as a web service: publishing a Page object, and publishing a Codeunit object with a function that uses an XMLport as a parameter. Which one should you use? Like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Captain America here, Pages and XMLports are both awesome, but they should be… Continue reading NAV Web Services – Pages vs. XMLports
Enter to Win Microsoft’s Win to Grow Business Challenge
Microsoft is giving away $45,500 in software and services to three lucky companies who want to transform their businesses using Microsoft Dynamics solutions. I would like to see both winners from the US as well as the Canadian winner select Microsoft Dynamics NAV as their solution of choice to transform their businesses. All entries… Continue reading Enter to Win Microsoft’s Win to Grow Business Challenge
NAV 2013 Report Designer – Pandora’s Box?
Having tried reading documentation on RTC reporting in NAV 2013, I would liken it to trying to find meaning in Gertrude Stein’s poem “Roast Beef”. I quickly gave up on the documentation, and tried another approach. I just dived in, head first! “So, how different can RTC reporting in NAV 2009 and NAV 2013 be? … Continue reading NAV 2013 Report Designer – Pandora’s Box?
NAVUG Forum Recap
The NAV Users Group (NAVUG) www.navug.com achieved a significant milestone this year in breaking the 1,000 member mark. In addition, attendance at the annual NAVUG Forum Conference, which was recently held in Seattle, grew by almost 30% with 350 registered attendees this year. NAVUG continues to be an excellent source of training for end… Continue reading NAVUG Forum Recap