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Drive innovation and success with Dynamics 365 Business Central

We are more than thankful to all of you for the success of Directions EMEA 2018.

Thank you, Attendees, Sponsors and Speakers and the Microsoft Team for your engagement, contribution, knowledge input and the days full of inspiration and friendship.

We believe that the collaboration between partner companies you started in The Hague will continue. We wish you a year of success with Business Central and your solutions. We look forward to meeting all of you next year.

Join Directions EMEA 2019 in Vienna on October 9 -11.

We also invite you to Directions ASIA and Directions North America in Spring 2019.

The concept of Dynamics 365 Business Central as an integration platform, breaks barriers between solutions and apps.

Responding to this, the Directions EMEA program covered a variety of topics of interest not only for the Dynamics NAV and CRM partner channels, but also other Microsoft partners serving the SMB market.

The 2018 conference was an opportunity to learn and enhance collaboration for:

Microsoft partners, including all Dynamics 365, Dynamics NAV, CRM, Office 365, Windows Azure partners, serving the SMB market building their new business model on Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
Former CRM partners eager to switch to new customer engagement apps: Dynamics 365 for Sales and Marketing
Independent Software Vendors interested in learning how create apps and extensions for the Dynamics 365 Business Central and Dynamics NAV
Independent Software Vendors and providers of local solutions that wish to build or expand their network
Partner Service Providers and Cloud Solution Providers

The objective of Directions EMEA is to empower partners serving SMB customers to boost the efficiency of their business in all areas: Executive, Technical, Marketing, Sales, Operations and Planning.

Attending Directions EMEA ensures a competitive advantage on the SMB market. It helps partners reinvent their business model to quickly respond to customers’ expectations with the most innovative and efficient solutions.

Sessions at Directions EMEA 2018, provided unique access to the latest knowledge that updates, including:

The update on the Roadmap for Dynamics 365 Business Central, October release
The upgrade of existing NAV customers to Dynamics 365 Business Central
Customer engagement and CRM apps: Dynamics 365 for Sales and Marketing
Technical and implementation issues of Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2018 and former versions
ISV solutions and offerings
Strategies for successful marketing, sales of Dynamics 365 Business Central cloud and on-premise
Business models for Dynamics Partners, including Cloud Solution Provider and ISV Embed (Cloud) programmes

Sessions also covered other topics, the knowledge of which is a prerequisite for gaining a competitive edge on the SMB market:

Azure, Extensions, Visual Code, Office 365 integration, Cognitive Services, Power Apps, Power Flow, Power BI, Docker

The new ecosystem of interconnected business solutions creates immense opportunities to explore for all Dynamics partners, in particular independent software vendors and partner service providers.

Both CPS and ISV Embed (incl. Cloud) programs, are the growth levers that create a good foundation for partner collaboration.

Directions EMEA is the opportunity to reach more SMB customers via the collaborative network of Microsoft Partners and:

Showcase your solutions to more than 2200 attendees from Microsoft Partner Companies
Enhance and educate your worldwide partner channel
Ensure and maintain visibility for your company within the Dynamics Partner Community
Get insight into your competitors’ offerings
Meet the key Dynamics decision makers to learn first-hand about the prospects for ISV products
Share your ideas on the directions for Dynamics and add-on product development
Demonstrate your readiness for Dynamics 365 Business Central.

Join Directions EMEA 2019 as a sponsor to enhance your partner network!

In the following months, we will publish information about sponsorship opportunities available for the 2019 event in Vienna. Should you need any information, please do not hesitate to contact us at sponsor@directionsemea.com.

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