Topic: ‘System’

It’s not to late to register for Preparing for a Dynamics GP 2010 Upgrade Webinar.

CLICK HERE for Registration.  The I.B.I.S., Inc. DynamicsCare Webinar Series are FREE and open to everyone!

Date: 5/18/2010 11:00-12:00 EST
Speaker: Rob Mitchell, Senior Consultant
During this session we will cover system requirements (hardware and software) and preparing your data for an upgrade to GP 2010.

It’s finally here!  Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010.  All the functionality you have been hearing and reading about on the web is now available to you. 

See all the new features at a launch event near you.  Sign up is available on the Microsoft Dynamics GP website…click here. 

An excerpt from the Official Microsoft Dynamics GP Newswire…”We are happy to announce that Microsoft Dynamics® GP 2010 is now released worldwide in International English!

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 extends the reach of insight, productivity, and collaboration across your entire business, helping ensure that people are your most powerful asset. New capabilities deliver faster access to personalized business intelligence, enhanced ways to streamline business processes, and new ways to build better business relationships.

How to obtain an upgrade for customers already using Microsoft Dynamics GP:

A. Account and Registration Key update:

Existing Microsoft Dynamics GP customers using International English version of the product and active on Business Ready Enhancement Plan will have their accounts upgraded to GP 2010 automatically during the month of May, 2010. Product registration keys for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 will become available to customers via CustomerSource.  

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Spanish-LATAM and French-Canadian versions of Dynamics GP 2010 are expected to be available at approximately the beginning of September, 2010. Between the general availability of Dynamics GP 2010 and early September 2010, new Customer orders with Spanish or French Canadian as the primary language should be placed via a Service Request/Inquiry submitted to your Microsoft Dynamics Regional Operations Center (same as before Order Central tool became available). Orders will be fulfilled with Microsoft Dynamics GP version 10.0 which may be upgraded, at no additional charge, to Dynamics GP 2010 when it becomes available in Spanish and French Canadian.”

This was way too COOL not to share so I’m going to squeeze in a short blog post about it.  A few months ago there were rumors of an application that could be installed with Dynamics GP that could with a click of a button translate Dynamics GP from one language to another.  As I heard this story, I thought to myself that is pretty cool.  Well, month’s later I stumble upon it again, this time to share it with our readers.  The product is called “Multilingual GP”  and what it does is allow for GP to be translated into another lanuguage with a click of a button.

One of the earlier blog post came from David Musgrave’s site.  I believe he’s got the best descriptive analysis of this product so I included it as a link.  Click here for full article.

For more information on Multilingual, GP…….Click Here.

Hotfix rollup 980033 for the English version of Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 is available. This hotfix is cumulative and includes all prior service packs and hotfixes. For example, Service Pack 4 is included in this hotfix rollup.

Partner https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/downloads/servicepack/mdgp10_patchreleases.htm?printpage=false

There are so many features in Dynamics GP 10 the numbers are limitless.  One such feature found and worth bringing to light again if you do not remember from previous training is “Custom Links.”

With “Custom links” you have the ability view a webpage, open documents in Word, Excel or some other application for customers, vendors, items, salespeople and employees.  If you use tracking numbers for shipping you can create a link based on document method.  Link to a shipper’s website.  Link to your favorite currency website if you are using multicurrency to check the latest spot rate.  Credit Card links and Banking Institutions can be linked based on checkbook.

Here’s how it works….

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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 »