Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Clients can’t wait to move some employees to the Cloud!

Okay, perhaps they won’t literally be in the clouds, but many of our existing clients are excited for their Accounting system users to have the ability to use Microsoft Dynamics from a web browser instead of thru direct connections or terminal server connections. Microsoft had moved their Microsoft Dynamics CRM product forward first, with browser capabilities that are perfect for the sales and service portions of their business.

Although there are existing portal options for inquiry and reporting, most of the financial transactions are only capable of being entered through LAN or WAN connections, or some combination of third party products and reports (SRS, exported info, etc). Of course many Microsoft customers have ‘eCommerce’ sites for Orders, but it isn’t the same as being a true ‘Accounting Web Client’.

This year at their Customer Conference “Convergence”, Microsoft announced that all four of their ERP products lines will soon have the option of “Web Clients”. Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 (due to release this calendar year) will have these options available first, while the other products (Microsoft Dynamics AX) will soon follow suit. During the conference we were treated to actual demonstrations, screenshots, and details of the technology, wetting our appetites for the long-awaited web-client feature.

There have been a few blog entries giving an indication of the features and system requirements of the Web-client, including Silverlight and .Net technologies. Microsoft will release a final system software requirements document once the Beta release has been complete, and we will distribute that information to our client base.

Of course the primary excitement for this technology is the ability of remote users to ENTER data perform their daily functions thru the Web Client using a browser into their ERP systems. But some additional key features we saw within the demonstrations allow users of organizations with these Web Client connections to:
  • Enjoy the flexibility of multiple windows open for the ERP application thru the Web Client;
  • Use the familiar “Ribbon” options at the top of the user screens;
  • See a “Connected” status to stop the ‘happy clicking’ of impatient users;
  • Observe child Windows that dynamically update from changes to the Main screen “on the fly”!
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Canadian Payroll Mid-Year Tax Update Planned

There will be a Mid-Year tax update for Canadian Payroll, scheduled to release mid-June.  Supported versions include v10.0 and GP2010.

If you do not need these changes, you do not need to install the update.

The changes are as follows:
  • Nova Scotia
  • Ontario
Link to Canada Revenue Agency, CRA site with details:

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/pyrll/t4127/frmls-eng.html?utm_source=payroll_deductions&utm_medium=eml

**Translations will release for mid-year with minimal change - GP 2010 will release sooner than v10.0.  Once completed, then Microsoft will translate SP 3 for GP2010 and release after.

More information to follow...



Monday, May 7, 2012

Statement of Direction

The Microsoft Dynamics GP Statement of Direction has been revised as of May 2012 and updated with the most current plans for the product. The statement includes information about both Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 and the upcoming release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013.

CLICK HERE to view it on CustomerSource