Fall 2009 Newsletter

Welcome to the Integrator

Introduction/Letter from the President

Hello Valued Clients and Business Partners!

Welcome to the MAS Consulting September 2009 E-Newsletter.  We hope everyone had a successful Summer season, as Fall is soon approaching.  In this edition, we will feature valuable Guide to Microsoft Dynamics and Hints and Tips for a down economy.  We hope that this e-newsletter serves as a beneficial resource to introduce the latest Microsoft products and technologies available to improve your business.  Please read below for more details regarding our upcoming company events and announcements.

Upcoming Events

MAS Consulting Informational Seminar:
Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM: Better Together with Microsoft SharePoint

Is your company up to date with all the buzz around Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007? Join MAS Consulting for this exciting opportunity to learn more about SharePoint, Microsoft's fastest growing solution to date!

Are you looking for an Information Worker solution that works Better Together with your business? Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and SharePoint Services are part of the Microsoft Better Together solution, providing advanced features and seamless integration with Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM solutions, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Outlook.

Attend this event to learn how MAS Consulting and our team of experienced consultants have helped companies leverage Microsoft SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to address Business Intelligence, Collaboration, Portal, Enterprise Search, Content Management, Business Process & Forms functional business requirements.

All attendees receive a Complimentary Business Assessment Voucher good for a 1-2 hour evaluation of your company's current business processes and business goals/requirements to determine recommendations for a SharePoint solution. 

Please contact MAS Consulting representative Amanda Evans (aevans@mcas.com, 312.922.5511 x110) with any questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

What is Microsoft Office SharePoint Server?

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is a new server program that is part of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Your organization can use Office SharePoint Server 2007 to facilitate collaboration, provide content management features, implement business processes, and supply access to information that is essential to organizational goals and processes.

You can quickly create SharePoint sites that support specific content publishing, content management, records management, or business intelligence needs. You can also conduct effective searches for people, documents, and data, participate in forms-driven business processes, and access and analyze large amounts of business data.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Capabilities

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 provides a single, integrated location where employees can efficiently collaborate with team members, find organizational resources, search for experts and corporate information, manage content and workflow, and leverage business insight to make better-informed decisions.

• Collaboration Allow teams to work together effectively, collaborate on and publish documents, maintain task lists, implement workflows, and share information through the use of wikis and blogs.
• Portals Create a personal MySite portal to share information with others and personalize the user experience and content of an enterprise Web site based on the user’s profile.
• Enterprise Search Quickly and easily find people, expertise, and content in business applications.
• Enterprise Content Management Create and manage documents, records, and Web content.
• Business Process and Forms Create workflows and electronic forms to automate and streamline your business processes.
• Business Intelligence Allow information workers to easily access critical business information, analyze and view data, and publish reports to make more informed decisions.
  

Integration with 2007 Microsoft Office System

Office SharePoint Server 2007 is designed to work effectively with other programs, servers, and technologies in the 2007 Office release. For example, with Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, you can create a slide library on an Office SharePoint Server 2007 site that allows other users to pick specific slides for their own presentation and receive notifications and updated versions when the slides have been modified. Click here for more examples of how specific 2007 Office release programs work with Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies

SharePoint Products and Technologies provide enterprise-scale capabilities to meet business-critical needs like managing content and business processes, simplifying how people find and share information across boundaries, and enabling better informed decisions. Using the combined collaboration features of Windows SharePoint Services and Office SharePoint Server 2007, plus the design and customization capabilities of Office SharePoint Designer 2007, organizations can enable their users to create, manage, and easily build their own SharePoint sites, and enable these sites to be discovered throughout the organization.

Please contact MAS Consulting representative Amanda Evans (aevans@mcas.com, 312.922.5511 x110) with any questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

Announcements

MAS Consulting is excited to announce that we have relocated our corporate office to 300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2435, Chicago, Illinois 60606. Located in the Chicago downtown loop, the 300 South Wacker Drive building offers excellent views of the Chicago River and also the landmark Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) directly across the street. 300 South Wacker Drive is a 35-floor building located at the intersection of South Wacker Drive and West Jackson Avenue in the West Loop of Chicago’s central business district. Our new location is just one block East of Chicago Union Station Metra and Amtrak and also accessible by Chicago Transit Authority busses and trains. We look forward to conducting business in our new corporate office suites at 300 South Wacker Drive. Please feel free to schedule an office visit to come see our new location! Also please be sure to update your records for our new company address.

Please enjoy this edition of the MAS Consulting E-Newsletter.  Let us know if there is any topic that you would like to see in the upcoming e-newsletters.  Thank you and we look forward to continuing to grow our professional business relationship with all of our valued clients and partners!

Kind Regards,
Mike Suglich, CPA
President
MAS Consulting
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
www.mcas.com

Articles

• A Cheat Sheet For A Down Economy
  By Thomas A. McLaughlin
  PDF Format
• Microsoft Financing - 50% Bonus Depreciation
  PDF Format
• Guidebook - Microsoft Dynamics GP
  PDF Format
• Microsoft Dynamics GP and the Microsoft Office System:
  Extend the Reach of Your Business Management Solution to Increase Productivity, Insight, and Collaboration
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• What Color is Your Cow?
  PDF Format
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM vs. Salesforce.com: A Heavyweight Battle in 6 Rounds
  PDF Format
• Evaluating Financial Management Software...Is it time for a change?
  PDF Format
• Key Performance Indicators for Business Portal
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Who is MAS Consulting?

Founded in 1987, MAS Consulting is an established, technology consulting firm that partners with companies that are clear leaders in providing integrated Microsoft business solutions. MAS Consulting has implemented Microsoft solutions for hundreds of companies throughout the Midwest. Based in downtown Chicago, MAS Consulting has cultivated an exceptionally strong client base, including many Fortune 1000 companies. MAS is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and recognized among the elite Microsoft Business Partners who earn the highest customer endorsements.

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