In Higher Education, grants and endowments sponsor the labor cost and utilization. It is common place to have employees reside in a domicile cost center and get utilized fully or partially across other cost centers. The case study will showcase how an academic pillar of a health care business uses the concept of employee distributions in its labor cost modeling to employees from home or domicile cost center to cost centers where they are utilized or where the labor cost expenses are accrued. In a live demo, we will show how a domicile employee is distributed across many cost centers. The expenses for the employee are only accrued if the employee is distributed out. Open hires or open positions management with distribution will be another feature that will be demonstrated. The open hires will follow the same methodology of the position being in the domicile department and then undergoing distributions. Such labor cost modeling needs are also seen in public sector planning which should pique interest of public sector planning audience. Another takeaway from the session will be understandings and insights into how groovy business rules can work with smart lists and data maps for incremental clears and pushes in an EPM Cloud planning application. Recorded on March 19th, 2021
Presented by Vatsal Gaonkar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnGfWcrE5HQ

There's a new virtual event coming in April with an educational focus for Microsoft technology users but a slightly different origin story. WWMSTUG (or Worldwide Microsoft Technology User Group) will take place on April 14 and 15. It came into existence because a group of Microsoft partners wanted to provide a virtual educational experience to their customers and decided to invest in the idea together. Two of the event organizers, Jeff Goldstein of Queue Associates and Bob McAdam of SalesPad tell us more about how the event came into existence, what they hope to achieve, and what they hope attendees will get out of it in terms of understanding the Microsoft technology updates related to Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Teams, and more. They also explain the registration model. Unlike a lot of events there is a modest fee to attend, though the participating partner organizations are picking up the tab for some attendees (details on their site). Show Notes: 1:15 – Why did the organizers see a need for this event? 4:45 – Getting a new user event started 8:00 – Assembling a lineup of sessions 10:00 – What do customers expect from Microsoft and their partners in terms of technology selection? 15:00 – What can attendees expect from the virtual experience? 19:00 – On the decision to make this a paid event (and how free passes are being made available via sponsors) 22:30 – Thoughts on Microsoft's new plan around user groups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZASvjBofUM

Having a pulse on employee feedback is critical to creating an efficient organization and great culture. In this video, you’ll learn how Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Voice and Dynamics 365 Human Resources makes it easy to create and send performance evaluations to your employees including how to automate the collection of their feedback. To learn more and sign up for a trial, visit: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/customer-voice/overview/ and https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/human-resources/overview/ Thank you for watching our video! Stay up-to-date with the latest news and updates from the Dynamics 365 Team by visiting: https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-us/ The opportunities don’t stop there! We urge our community to continue learning through the following resources: Dynamics 365 Blog: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/dynamics365/ Free trial: https://trials.dynamics.com/Dynamics365/Signup Subscribe to Dynamics 365 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/MicrosoftDynamics365 Dynamics 365 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/msftdynamics365/ Dynamics 365 on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/microsoft-dynamics/ Dynamics 365 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MSFTDynamics365?lang=en #MSFTDyn365 #Microsoft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKmRXYRxy4