Sage Accpac ERP Pre-Conference Agenda

The costs for each of these pre-conference courses include the following components: venue and equipment hire, morning and afternoon tea, lunch, training materials, and technical training from our top Accpac technical trainers from North America and Australia.

Sage Accpac ERP for Systems Administrators	Lachlan Roseblade / David Chambers	This 2 day course is designed for software systems integrators and implementation consultants new to Sage Accpac ERP whose primary responsibility is to deploy and maintain Sage Accpac on client sites. We will begin by describing the Sage Accpac architecture, and the various modules that comprise Sage Accpac. This will be followed by discussions on implementation strategy. In addition to installing the Sage Accpac software, the student will also install supported database engines, including the latest versions of Pervasive.SQL and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Topics in the database discussion will include installation, security, backup and restore procedures, and database optimization. Following this the Installation and implementation of the Sage Accpac ERP integration to Sage CRM will be covered. Venue: Cliftons, 200 George St Cost: $700 excl. GST	Monday 20th October 9:00 am and Tuesday 21st October 9:00am	8 Hours Each Day
Intro into SDK	Stephen Smith	Learn about the Sage Accpac ERP Software Development Kit (SDK), and the tools that are available for third-party development. Explore the system architecture of Sage Accpac applications. Discover new opportunities that add value to Sage Accpac. Provides an introduction to writing Sage Accpac ERP accounting modules including User Interface forms, Business Logic objects (Views) and Reports. Venue: Sage Business Solutions Chatswood Office, Level 6, 67 Albert Ave Cost: $350 excl. GST	Monday 20th October 9:00 am	8 Hours
Next Generation SDK	Stephen Smith	Learn about the next generation of technology for Sage Accpac ERP. How we will develop Web Based zero client footprint User Interface forms. How UIs will be defined in XML. How communications with the Web Server will use SData. How integration with the new CRM Portal and UI technologies will work. Venue: Venue: Cliftons, 200 George St Cost: $350 excl. GST	Tuesday 21st October 9:00 am	8 Hours
Customisation Kit for Dashboards	Stephen Smith	Learn how the Sage Accpac ERP 5.5A Dashboards work. Learn how to use Crystal Xcelsius to build new dashboards or customize the existing ones. Learn how to build ASP.Net data sources to efficiently provide data to Xcelsius dashboards. Please bring a laptop with Sage Accpac 5.5A installed, Crystal Xcelsius 2008 and Visual Studio 2005. Venue: Cliftons, 200 George St Cost: $350 excl. GST	Wednesday 22nd October 9:00 am	8 Hours
Technisoft Service Manager Training	Mark Kornhauser	Service Manager 5.5A 2008 course will cover all the new features of VM 5.5A just released but will not cover basic setup in the interest of spending more time on the new add-on modules. This course will be open to experienced End Users as well, and as in the past will be practical, comprehensive and very hands-on. This course will help you to improve your workflows by understanding how Service Manager functions. The course will provide you with the skills necessary to support and understand the many advanced features in Service Manager. We will concentrate on document entry, advanced maintenance, Employee WEB Portal, the new PDA Version 3, and the soon to be released Customer Portal. The course is recommended for those who have trained on Service Manager previously and wish to gain re-certification, as well as for experienced Business Partners or End Users wishing to learn the secrets of using Service Manager. I encourage all to review our Service Manager User Guide as a pre-emptive review of the course. Venue: Cliftons, 200 George St Cost: $545 excl. GST	Tuesday 21st October 9:00 am and Wednesday 22nd October 9:00 am	8 Hours
Sage Retail Training	Sue Harrison	Sue Harrison from Softline Retail (a division of Sofltine Accpac) will be conducting training on the Sage Retail suite of products. This course will provide the skill and knowledge to a business partner to successfully implement – Point of Sale, InterBranch Transfers, Purchase Orders and Stock Take into the Retail sector as well as a remote invoicing scenario. This course runs over 2 days: Day 1 includes: Introduction to the Sage Retail products, Software installation and pre-requisites, Accpac setups for Sage Retail, Sage Retail Administrator setups, and Introduction to the functionality of the modules. Day 2 includes: Introduction to the functionality of the modules and Setting up a remote branch.  Pre-Requisites: Delegates must bring their own laptops, preloaded with ACCPAC ERP Series V5.4 or v5.5 System Manager, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory Control, Purchase Orders, Order Entry and the multicurrency module with the latest services packs installed on either Pervasive SQL or Microsoft SQL platform.  Attendees must have a sound knowledge of the Accpac, Pervasive SQL or Microsoft SQL. The Microsoft Windows component - Internet Information Services must be installed. All attendees will receive a demo copy of Sage Retail.    Venue: Cliftons, 200 George St Cost: $545 excl. GST	Tuesday 21st October 9:00 am and Wednesday 22nd October 9:00 am	8 Hours