What Training do you want and where?
Over the years I have had many requests for training on the various tools available for customising or developing with Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Training for Microsoft Dynamics GP tools does exist, but it is only run infrequently, in a classroom environment. When it is scheduled, it is often canceled due to lack of numbers.
I find this frustrating as I know that many new developers would benefit from the training, but it seems very difficult to identify what training is needed in a specific location.
What I have also found is that the demand in one country is often not enough to justify a class being run, but there is quite often enough demand if you combine a number of countries in the same region.
Another issue I have seen is that the developers themselves want or need the training, but management is unwilling to invest the time and funds to pay for people to attend training. You can see my recent post on that subject, October is the month to attend Developer Training.
What I would like to do with this post is get an understanding of what the demand for training is: What courses are wanted? When are they wanted? Where are they wanted? How many attendees? and most importantly is management committed in principle to invest in their staff?
If I can demonstrate enough demand for any particular training course in a region, I will be able to open discussions with the training organisers in that region and look to getting the course run.
The courses that are available are:
- Dex1: Dexterity 1 (previously known as Dexterity Fundamentals) - 5 days
- Dex2: Dexterity 2 (previously known as Dexterity Advanced Integration Techniques) - 5 days
- RW: Report Writer - 2 days
- Mod: Modifier with Visual Basic for Applications - 3 days
- DT: Developer Toolkit (Web Services, eConnect, Visual Studio Tools) - 3 days
The training materials for all the classes (except the Dexterity 2 course) can be downloaded from the web. The links are available on the Articles & Links pages for Dexterity, Modifier, Report Writer and Developer Toolkit.
Please email MBS Profesional Services (mbsprofessionalservices@microsoft.com) using the template below to let us know what training you are interested in.
Course: Dex1 / Dex2 / RW / Mod / DT
Location: City, State, Country
Region: North America / Europe / Middle East / South East Asia / Australasia
Number of Attendees:
Approved in principle by Management: Yes / No
Timeframe Required: Next 3 months / Next 6 months / Next 12 months
Additional Comments:
In addition to emailing MBS Professional Services, you can add the same information as a comment to this post. Adding a comment here is only to allow other blog readers to see your interest and will not be acted upon.
David
29-Oct-2008: Updating Post with Results so far
| Region/Course | Dexterity 1 | Dexterity 2 | Report Writer | Modifier & VBA | Developer Toolkit |
| North America | 13 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Europe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Middle East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South East Asia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4-6 |
| Australasia | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8-10 |
29-Jun-2009: Updating Post with Results so far
| Region/Course | Dexterity 1 | Dexterity 2 | Report Writer | Modifier & VBA | Developer Toolkit |
| North America | 15 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Europe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Middle East | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South East Asia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4-6 |
| Australasia | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 8-10 |
29-Jun-2009: Added instructions to contract MBS Professional Services.
Comments
Anonymous
October 20, 2008
In Sydney or anywhere on the East coast for the team.Anonymous
October 20, 2008
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October 20, 2008
David, Couple of queries:
- Is it mandatory to attend this training under the banner of an Organization?
- Is there any online training possibilities? Sort of Web Conferencing? In case the trainings are not available on our region, at least this would ensure we attend the training. I would try and get you the other details you had asked for, in a day. Thanks Vaidy
Anonymous
October 20, 2008
Hi Vaidy At this stage there is nothing planned so I cannot say anything is mandatory. Usually, the training is fairly flexible and should allow for Partners, Customers and individual consultants. The materials for all the courses (except Dexterity 2) are already available for download for self study. I am not sure how well this would work as Web conferencing as the trainer needs to see your screens to know where you are at. If you are going to have a live trainer, the classroom environment does work best. The issue is that most of the course are hands on exercises and each exercise builds on the previous exercises. It is important to be sure all students have completed the current project before you can move onto the next. Working over the web in a one to many situation would make it difficult to ensure that no student is left behind. DavidAnonymous
October 21, 2008
Tonight I was chatting with David Musgrave – Microsoft’s resident GP expert who quite rightly was onAnonymous
October 21, 2008
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October 21, 2008
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October 21, 2008
Course: RW / Mod Location: Wellington, New Zealand Region: Australasia Number of Attendees: 2 Approved in principle by Management: Yes Timeframe Required: Next 6 months Additional Comments: We are also interested in the Developer Toolkit, will send more detailsAnonymous
October 21, 2008
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October 21, 2008
Course: DT Location: Melbourne/Sydney Region: Australasia Number of Attendees: 1 Approved in principle by Management: Yes Timeframe Required: Next 6 monthsAnonymous
October 23, 2008
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October 23, 2008
Do you get frustrated when you register for a training class and then 2 weeks before the scheduled trainingAnonymous
October 23, 2008
Posting from DynamicAccounting.net http://msdynamicsgp.blogspot.com/2008/10/dexterity-training.htmlAnonymous
October 23, 2008
Posting from Victoria Yudin http://victoriayudin.com/2008/10/23/want-dexterity-training/Anonymous
October 23, 2008
Course: DT Location: Sydney, NSW Region: Australasia Number of Attendees: 2 Approved in principle by Management: Yes Timeframe Required: Next 3 monthsAnonymous
October 23, 2008
Posting from Vaidy Mohan http://vmdyngp.blogspot.com/2008/10/dexterity-gp-customization-tools.htmlAnonymous
October 23, 2008
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October 26, 2008
Course: DT Location: singapore or australia Region: South East Asia / Australasia Number of Attendees: 1 Approved in principle by Management: YesAnonymous
October 27, 2008
Course: Dex1 / Dex2 / RW / DT Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Region: Australasia Number of Attendees: 2 Approved in principle by Management: Yes Timeframe Required: ASAP :o)Anonymous
October 27, 2008
Course: Mod/ RW / Location: Perth, WA, Australia Region: Australasia Number of Attendees: 1 Approved in principle by Management: Yes Timeframe Required: ASAP :o)Anonymous
October 28, 2008
If you want/need Dexterity training for Dynamics GP now is your chance to speak up. David Musgrave isAnonymous
October 28, 2008
Do you get frustrated when you register for a training class and then 2 weeks before the scheduled trainingAnonymous
October 28, 2008
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October 28, 2008
I have compiled a table of the request to date as of 29-Oct-2008. DavidAnonymous
October 28, 2008
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October 29, 2008
How about taking the Microsoft Dynamics GP Developer Toolkit training straight after the Dexterity TrainingAnonymous
October 29, 2008
This is it. The opportunity to get trained in the Dexterity fundamentals by one of the best trainersAnonymous
October 30, 2008
Northwest Arkansas, USA. I'll take advantage of any training on Dynamics GP development I can get. I've been able to make it on VS, VBA, IM, RW, Smartlist, etc from the information I've got off Customer Source, Websites like these, meeting others at Convergence, etc. I haven't had the time to dedicate to the huge Dexterity Manual... but feel a better understanding of Dexterity would improve my GP development.Anonymous
November 01, 2008
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January 05, 2009
Course: Dex1 Location: Kenya Region: Africa Number of Attendees : 1 Approved by Management. Time Frame required : 1 monthAnonymous
January 09, 2009
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January 09, 2009
First, a thank you to everyone that has posted so far in regards to their need for training. In some of the comments, I am notice some immediate demands that partners or customers have. While David was initial looking to gather data on immediate needs, we want to make sure and help direct folks on an ongoing basis for their training need. My ask is to have you email mbsprofessionalservices@microsoft.com if you have an immediate need for personalized training. This team will take your request and see if they can find a resource available to offer some sort of training, whether it be classroom, onsite, web based, etc. So, please send your requests to this email and we can work with you to determine how we can help.Anonymous
January 11, 2009
Last year we were promised by Okuhle consults students with A+ AND N+ that there is training they are doing they asked if in interested and i told them yes by they did not respond back if what is happening so iwas wondering if its still on or its been close.Anonymous
January 12, 2009
Hi Mofu We do not know anything about the arrangements you mentioned. Please use the Email link at the top of the blog to contact us so we can discuss further offline. Thanks DavidAnonymous
February 12, 2009
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June 23, 2009
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June 26, 2009
Course: Dex1 and Dex2 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Region: Asia Approved in principle by Management: Yes Time frame required: 2 Month I hope not too late to post my request.Anonymous
June 28, 2009
I have compiled a table of the requests to date as of 29-Jun-2009. I have also updated the instructions to request that you contact MBS Professional Services with your training requests. You may update the blog comments if you wish, but no action will be taken. DavidAnonymous
August 04, 2009
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January 04, 2010
Does anyone know of any Dexterity courses being offered anywhere in the world during 2010?Anonymous
January 05, 2010
I would suggest contacting Integrated Business Group to see when they are next running training. Contact details in the post below: http://blogs.msdn.com/developingfordynamicsgp/archive/2009/09/28/dexterity-training-in-orlando-oct-5th-to-9th-2009.aspx DavidAnonymous
March 30, 2017
Course: Dex1 / Dex2Location: Lahore, Punjab, PakistanRegion: Middle EastNumber of Attendees: 01Approved in principle by Management: YesTimeframe Required: ImmediateAdditional Comments: