xRM is gaining in popularity and so there’s lots of events coming up! Attend them. Speak at them. Blog about them. Details and links below. We also have several meetings coming up as well, have a look then register for them. Do you have ideas for meetings? Want to speak at one? Send an email to [email protected] .

Did you hear, it was our birthday? What a year it has been for xRMVirtual. When you start something you always have high hopes and lofty goals and the team behind xRMVirtual certainly had their share. This group surpassed every goal we set, and gave us insight into more goals and ideas we missed the first time. We have over 1100 members. Have had more than 20 meetings. Our meetings have averaged more than 140 attendees/views per meeting. A sincere thanks to all our members for making this group what it is today and in the future. Our community is what we make it. Here’s to another great year!

Dynamics CRM MVPs at the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Summit in Bellevue. Almost all of the global MVPs for Dynamics CRM recently met in Washington for a few days of meetings with each other and product teams. Many of those in the group meeting in person for the first time. We had networking events and a chance to hear and be heard by the makers of Dynamics CRM itself. Interested in becoming one of these MVPs? Want to get to know your community’s MVPs? Head over to http://mvp.support.microsoft.com and have a look. Drop a line to [email protected] if you need more details.

Upcoming xRMVirtual meetings. All meetings are at 9 am PST and all meetings are recorded so our global audience can view them when it’s convenient. After each event we host, the meeting link is changed to the recording link, usually within 24 hours.

April 6, More Advanced Plug-ins. Register here http://tinyurl.com/y8bm359
April 22, Managing your business with out of the box Dynamics CRM. Register here http://tinyurl.com/yauuvsp
May 27- Crash course on Intellectual Property. Registration soon. While not a Dynamics CRM or xRM specific topic, this meeting will help you understand more about intellectual property and introduce some best practices for how to manage and protect your intellectual property in your business. A need for anyone creating solutions with Dynamics CRM.

Industry Events

Convergence- Atlanta April 24-27, http://tinyurl.com/ygbfvn9 . Several of our group members and speaker alumni are not only attending, but presenting as well. Our xRMVirtual community will be highlighted in a few different sessions. We have started a thread on our forums for discussing Convergence. Going? Join the discussion there and let’s see if we can meet up! http://tinyurl.com/yd9pptl

Decisions 2010 Virtual Conference, May 19-20. http://tinyurl.com/yjp9g5a . Join this FREE online event from your desktop anywhere around the world. Industry experts, ISVs, exhibitors. All available for learning sessions and interactive Q&A. Put on by the folks from MSDynamicsWorld.com .

eXtReMe 2010 Conference, Las Vegas November 7-11 www.extremecrm.com . Join this inaugural event from TAMDR. This conference is still deep in the planning stage. That means registration is not yet open, BUT that also means there is still time to contribute. You can request sessions/topics. Volunteer as a speaker or organizer. If interested, put together a SHORT description on the topic of your choice and submit it to John Verdon at [email protected].