Topic: ‘System’

Continuing on the Dynamics GP 2010 adventure the home page has a few new items but this one really stood out.  It is called Connect.  This area of the homepage scrolls through a series of 8 updated windows linked to Dynamics GP and Accounting related information.   As the next window is highlighted in  a 5 second interval titles from RSS feeds, blogs, websites, training and community forums appear allowing convenient access to users.   Access to the Connect page is Free.  Click here to view the Dynamics GP Connect Page and learn more.

Connect

This area displays a series of slides that allow you to perform self-help support, get information, and perform training from the home page. Connect is available to all users on the home page and is specific to each user’s home page role. CustomerSource access is based on your Business Ready Enhancement Plan. To enable Connect, use the Customize Home Page window.  If you are using Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration, be sure to add the Microsoft Dynamics Online Connect Web site as a trusted site.

Every 5 second the Connect page scrolls…

Every 5 second the Connect page scrolls…

With all of the excitement and buzz surrounding Dynamics GP 2010, I too, finally got a copy.  It feels a little like Christmas.  Dynamics GP 2010 has some really…can I say, “Cool” new and revamped features.  However, there is one functionality that I would like to address and that would be the log in windows.  Not that it is not “Cool” but it may be a little food for thought for those entities that have to be SOX compliant for system security audits or have a less liberal security policy. 

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By Rob Mitchell

Microsoft Dynamics GP offers a way to incorporate service packs into the Dynamics GP 10 client installation package. To do this:

1) Navigate out to your client installation package and find the Updates folder. This is the client install package that can be created during initial install to simply future client setup

2) Delete any msp file in the Updates folder and copy the latest service pack in.

3) The next time you install the client it will include the service pack.  It’s that easy!!

Note that the service pack needs to have been applied to the server before adding clients with the same service pack level.

As promised we are making the PowerPoint from our Year End webinar available here. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Year End PowerPoint Download

If your company generates, basically, any type of letter(s) to customers, vendors or employees individually or in mass quanity then this Dynamics GP 10 functionality can save you a lot of time.  Read the rest of this entry »

As international trading increases more and more clients are making use of the “Country Code” field in Microsoft Dynamics GP. Especially used if you are using Dynamics GP to track Intrastat statics, calculate VAT tax or keep address data for international vendors and customers.  There are other Dynamics GP modules that can use the Country Code field, such as, Payroll, EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer), Invoicing and Purchase Order Processing.

This field can be accessed on the Vendor Card, Customer Card or Company Setup window. The initial setup can be found by going to Tools>>Setup>>Company>>Company and clicking on the blue underlined Country Code name. This will open the Country Code Maintenance window. Just fill in the fields and click save. It’s that easy.

If you are new to using country codes or just curious as to their importance here is a brief overview. Country codes do have a standard which is set by the ISO (International Standards Organization). Information regarding the code standards can be found on the ISO website http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists.htm

The general coding list used is called the ISO 3166-1 code list. They reference what they call an alpha-2 character and short country name. These codes are used in the world’s postal services, European Union, Internet Domain Name system and even Federal Express who uses the IATA code list based off of the ISO 3166-1 standard, just to name a few. The ISO not only sets standards for Country Codes but Currency Codes and 17,500 other types of international standards as well. For more examples of the many areas of life and work where ISO standards provide technical, economic and social benefits, visit http://www.iso.org/iso/theisocafe.htm

We found this nice Sharepoint Server 2007 products comparison download and thought that we would pass along as more and more folks are asking about sharepoint as a part of their Dynamics GP infrastructure.

In case you missed it last week, Service Pack 3 for Dynamics GP 10 is now available. SP3 is doesn’t contain nearly as many changes as FP1/SP2 did. It’s more updates and fixes and less new functionality. As always, test before you implement any fixes and if you feel you want help putting this in, give us a call.

At iSight last week, I presented a high speed session titled 50 Dynamics GP Tips in 50 Minutes. Attendees got the presentation and notes on a USB drive but in case you’ve lost your drive or just need to point a colleague to the presentation, you can get the presentation with related notes here.