Larry's Taco Talk

This blog discusses topics in Small Business Server, CRM, and user groups, as well as items of interest that might occur along the road. Larry Lentz is a 25+ year computer industry veteran with 18 years as an independent consultant and owner of Lentz Computer Services, http://www.LentzComputer.net. Larry holds numerous Microsoft certifications and leads the Alamo PC Organization's MCSE Advanced Special Interest Group and the SBS SIG (http://www.LentzComputer.net/SBS). Larry is located in San Antonio, Texas. Lentz Computer Services was the first Microsoft Small Business Specialist in South Texas and is now a Microsoft Certified Partner. Larry was awarded the Microsoft MVP in CRM for 2006, 2007, and 2008..

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XRM Virtual User Group
A new user group has been formed for those interested in using Microsoft Dynamics CRM as a development platform for other applications. It's called the XRM Virtual User Group. The group was launched at Convergence last XRM is the term being used for...

Posted Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:50 PM by LarryLentz | 166 comment(s)

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SMB Nation 2008 - A Short Recap
I just returned from SMB Nation 2008 fall conference in Seattle. Actually the conference was held over the October 4th weekend but my wife and I took advantage of the trip to take a short vacation and tour southern Washington state and Oregon. Oregon...

Posted Monday, October 13, 2008 11:46 PM by LarryLentz | 120 comment(s)

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Making the transition to Managed Services
This week our Alamo PC SBS SIG was treated to a special presentation by Matt Makowicz, Making the transition to Managed Services. Matt was apparently making a circuit of south Texas and Charles Van Huesen gave him my info to perhaps put on a presentation...

Posted Saturday, March 15, 2008 12:09 AM by LarryLentz | 108 comment(s)

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SMB Nation Recap
I went to the 5th Annual SMB Nation Conference this past weekend put on by Harry Brelsford. It was once again held at the Microsoft Conference Center on their campus in Redmond. It was good to see many old friends from all over the world. Friday night...

Posted Saturday, October 06, 2007 10:23 PM by LarryLentz | 164 comment(s)

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StorageCraft at the Alamo
Today the Alamo PC Small Business Server Special Interest Group, APCO SBS SIG, hosted Kristen Wild of StorageCraft. StorageCraft has a very interesting imaging/backup solution. You can find more information on the StorageCraft site at http://www.storagecraft...

Posted Saturday, September 08, 2007 12:03 AM by LarryLentz | 139 comment(s)

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StorageCraft
One of the major sponsors of the IT Pro Conference in New Orleans last week was StorageCraft from Phoenix, AZ. They have a backup/imaging solution that looks pretty good. You can request a 30 day eval or get an NFR if you are a reseller. Their web is...

Posted Tuesday, June 05, 2007 11:16 PM by LarryLentz | 138 comment(s)

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NOLA Wrap Up
Well, the first (note the 'FIRST' part) IT Pro Conference in New Orleans has come to an end. I am now in Chicago doing CRM training (don't get me started on my flights from NOLA to here!), and I have a minute to give a wrap up of the conference. Saturday...

Posted Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:52 PM by LarryLentz | 147 comment(s)

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NOLA Day 1
I am currently attending the IT Pro Conference 2007 in New Orleans. This is a great event! This is the first day of official events but yesterday was actually pretty much the kick off. I'll call yesterday Day 0. Day 0 was of course a travel day but I...

Posted Saturday, May 26, 2007 3:13 PM by LarryLentz | 52 comment(s)

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Lunch with Anne
Anne Stanton ( www.crmlady.com ) was in town for the ITA (Information Technology Alliance) conference this week. She had fun having dinner on the River Walk, eating BBQ at The County Line, and visiting a 'ranch' where more BBQ was available. I had told...

Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 8:45 PM by LarryLentz | 101 comment(s)

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In the Texas Hill Country Wine Country
This Easter Saturday, my wife, daughter, and I took a jaunt to the Napa of Texas, the Texas Hill Country Wine Country. We started in Fredericksburg, about an hour northwest of San Antonio and had a bit of lunch. We (I don't know why) resisted the FredericksburyWinery...

Posted Saturday, April 15, 2006 10:40 PM by LarryLentz | 57 comment(s)

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Alamo PC SBS SIG April Meeting
The Alamo PC Organization's Small Business Server Special Interest Group (APCO SBS SIG) held it's April meeting today (Friday, April 7th) at 8 AM at the Alamo PC Learning Resource Center in Crossroads Mall in San Antonio. Our Taco Man (Hombre de Tacos...

Posted Friday, April 07, 2006 11:22 PM by LarryLentz | 2 comment(s)

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