Today is the first day of Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2006. Actually today is Partner Day. There are about 2,400 partners here and they expect the population to explode to over 7,000 tomorrow!
Convergence is being held at the Dallas Convention Center which is HUGE! It took me quite awhile of driving around it to figure out where I should go in and park and then where the actual conference was. Once found, it's pretty much everywhere. At least I'm getting some good exercise as the sessions are at one end of the complex (East Dallas?) and the food, etc. is at the other end (West Dallas?).
There have been two sessions so far this morning (it's lunch time now). The Keynote was interesting as they gave us a preview of the marketing and advertising campaigns they are launching to promote the Microsoft Dynamics brand. Sharepoint and integration with Office 2007 are going to be big. I was also interested that CRM seemed to play a pivotal role in the whole scheme of things.
The second session was a CRM breakout. They focused on the direction of CRM. Hosted CRM is being pushed and they announced a new Service Provider Edition. Also Connectors will be big as they have a team tireless working on them.
Well, off to the afternoon sessions. Blog at ya later.