General Consultant Discussion

Sage Partner All Hands Meeting - anyone else on the call?

Yes.

Yes

I see @JohnHoyt is on the panel.

Do share...

I am on as a presenter with a prep meeting with Sage management. Interesting what goes on behind the scenes!

It's a happy group, especially after Jennifer joined.

I'm here.

Partner Summit?

Present

He's having to read the script because otherwise the BS just couldn't be said...

Is this the same/similar slide deck from Sessions LA?

Firmly planted on premise core...gosh that was a mouth full

Yes, cloud is very clear. It means ""a browser-based system accessible via an Internet connection.

I am here

Here, brainwashing commencing.

here...

On Premises"" actually, according to Ed Kless.

WOW! This is a firmly planted on premise cloud product!

Sage 100c(loud) and clear.

MS 365 connection demo is a session at MOTM, Steve Malmgren is presenting it.

Why change to an expensive new platform when you can just change the name (and logo)?

I'm not sure that's what that means.

so now we are also sage business partners for Office 365...if customers need it???

But we'll end up getting bogged down in Office 365 support issues

Yes, that is what it means.

What is Sage200 Cloud?

Not a clue.

Yea John!

I thought I heard him say that is how they refer to it overseas?

a typo...lol

Tell it like it is, John!

This is a trainwreck.

Sage 200 is the European next step up from Sage Line 50

Wow, the truth is now an ""emotion

can I have some of that cool aid?

Yes, Phil - truth and facts, two of the new emotions for the 21st century

What? I agree that it is positive to drive leads since most people are searching for ""cloud solutions"", but I cannot spin this the way Lorrie has decided to spin it. I won't participate in the continued dumbing down of 'merica!

The current customers are finally all calling it MAS 100...

Go 90 Minds!

Yeah a plug for 90 Minds! Right on @JohnHoyt

Sage100CC cloud connected !

There it is in box #2 - Customer want Cloud...so, we will lie to them and use cloud with Sage 100.

is there a new agenda here....20 minutes and nothing new......

Wait. If I sell more products, I can make more money?

Yay, let's all go to Chicago!

Chicago! I swore I would never go to Chicago again. Chicago airport will not let you leave (and sometimes not arrive).

is this for the ""cloud transformation"" for the product that is ""on premise""....still dont get it

See you there John, it's a short flight from Nashville (ITA)

Pre-conference MOTM - Recurring Revenue from cloud - We have it before Sage! As the cloud expands, our sales and revenue models are changing. Do you know how to position your firm, educate your staff and competitively sell in this environment? Learn the steps to take, the pitfalls to avoid and how to elegantly transition your organization to recurring revenue. If you are an owner, manager, or principal, this session will launch your firm into new horizons.

you don't need to go to Chicago.

wait, what's happening in Chicago? This Chicagoan started nodding off.

Dear Sage: Value-based selling requires you to have values...

This is too funny, this is a copy of our pre-conference.

Do we have a packed keynote with standing room only?

I actually can't make Chicago - I'll send someone else. After ITA, I have to get back, so I can go to Vegas. I do have my priorities!

@LarryBradford yes, our attendance is 25% higher than last year.

Yay - 90 Minds!

Yay again!!

WOWOWOWOWOWO

much better than Chicago....

Who wants to go with me to Spain???

The Rain (clouds) In Spain Stay Mainly On the Plain....

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another colossal waste of time...Sage does one thing very well...costs me money every damn day!

one more day closer to retirement!!!! Thank GOD!!!!

Besides trying to convince 100c(loud) is a good idea, was there anything else?

#Awful

Is it too late to join? Just back from the post office. Unfortunately, that box was empty as well.

@LourdesSobrino , I have 20 more years!!!

Here are the slides.

Welcome to Wal-Mart. Would you like a cart today?

On a positive note, I was able to reach my Fitbit step goal today!

Should I be bringing some of my lifetime supply of green Kool-Aid packages to MOTM?

Only if I can drown you in it, @JohnHoyt. LOL! I'm kidding, of course. Well, maybe not. You should leave them in LA in case I lose my mind.

Hey, Russia, I mean Sage is on the phone, they want the 1980's back!

Hey @JimWoodhead - With the recent changes in CA law regarding certain types of smoke shops, we should reach out to one to determine if there is any interest in becoming the official sponsor of the MOTM ""cloud"". Samples would be great!!

@JohnHoyt I may have to start calling you Locutus :-)

Resistance is futile!

I have to listen to the recording, but I did a little reading in my **Sage 50** Office 365 documentation, and when you connect Office 365 and Sage 50, you're agreeing that Sage is now your Microsoft Cloud Provider. If that means what i think it means, I will not be happy. It sounds like if i sold my client O365, which I do, that upon connecting, they click a box that agrees that Sage gets all the residuals from that. so i plan to come out and ask (at MOTM) if no one knows already.

Linda Cade told me yesterday that the margin (residual) on Office 365 would be 8%, because I wanted to compare that to our margin as a Microsoft partner. She also said that we would use our current Microsoft account for the Sage subscriptions (I actually am not sure that is right). Finally, she said that each product line 50, 100, 300, 500 has their own program for the Office 365.

So I didn't miss anything. As a current O365 partner it was a collossal time suck for my support team until now. We are finally qualifies to replace of our SPLA licensing with O365 as soon as we make one more change to our partnership and program. This will not save our customers money but get them licenses for local machines at no additional cost. O365 v2019 will require different VDI and tons of change. Part of our infrastructure overhaul... Ask about it at MOTM.

@RhondaMcNamara that is significant if Sage becomes the MS Cloud provider, not only for 90 Minders that sell MS but all those IT subs for our customers. That won't be pretty.

OK, I won't even start the rumor, then. :-D Half the time, I am misreading. Hoping Sage 100's program is not like Sage 50's program, as John said. see below from the KB. Tried to bold the main points. Option II: I **purchased Office 365 through a 3rd party company, not Sage**, and I want to get started using the Sage 50 Integration with Office 365. Please Note: You must have Office 365 Business Premium in order to use the Integration with Sage 50c. 1.-5. **6.Next, click View and Accept Invitation to accept the Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider Invitation. 7.Click Sign in to view and accept the invitation. 8.Click the Check box Yes, I have read and understand the terms of delegated administration and I am authorized to agree to these terms on behalf of my organization. 9.Click the Authorize CSP button to allow Sage to become your CSP. 10.-16.

If we sent that list to an IT group they'd shrug and walk away. Maybe that's Sage's strategy.

And if the customer has an Exchange Server and wants to move that mail, there is a free conversion utility that works sometimes and the customers never want to pay... There are third party utilites that work great, but again, your job is to sell the value of your services to a crowd that is constantly being told that the cloud is less expensive by people who just want to sell their subscriptions.

As a Microsoft partner, we currently get 11% on O365 and may be making a change that gives us much more, so Sage is keeping a big chunk of these subscriptions. There was no talk of tier, so I'd say this is not a good deal for current Microsoft partners.