Month: August 2012

MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Mass Depreciation Reversal

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Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft have started the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The thirtieth feature they’ve announced is Mass Depreciation Reversal.

At present depreciation can only be reversed one asset at a time. This new Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 feature provides users with the ability to back out depreciation for all, or a group, of assets which saves the time consuming process of doing it one asset at a time.

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SysPrep Virtual Machine After Replication

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WindowsI think I mentioned the other week that I had built a new Hyper-V server to use a as a test bed. I did run into an issue when I created the second virtual machine and tried to install SQL Server into it when it was complaining about S IDs.

I did a quick look around and realised that the problem was because I had created a virtual machine with Windows installed and made a backup of this VM which I had been copying to create subsequent machines.

The first VM I configured properly became my Domain Controller and had worked fine.

The second machine, and every subsequent ones needed to be tweaked using the System Preparation Tool before it is used.

To run the System Preparation Tool (sysprep), open the Run window and type sysprep;

Run

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How To Install The GP Web Services – Configure Management Tools

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Microsoft Dynamics GPThis is the seventh, and final, post in the series on installing, configuring and preparing the Web Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP for use. So far I’ve covered the prerequisites, installation process, configuration, verification of the install, security configuration and client Management Tools installation.

To configure the Management Tools, launch the Dynamics Security Console (Windows Start menu » All Programs » Administrative Tools » Dynamics Security Console) and select the Microsoft Dynamics Security node;

DynamicsSecurityConsole - [Console Root\Microsoft Dynamics Security]

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MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Password Protection For Word Forms

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Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft have started the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The twenty ninth feature they’ve announced is Password Protection for Word Forms.

Users will now have the ability to email their word documents with password protection. This will ensure the recipient of the document will not be able to edit the document to make changes without entering a password.

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MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Intercompany Asset Transfer

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Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft have started the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The twenty eighth feature they’ve announced is Intercompany Asset Transfer.

Fixed Asset Management has been enhanced in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 to allow assets to be transferred between companies.

The new functionality automates the process of retiring an asset in the originating company, and setting it up for depreciation in the new company. The process can be done for either a single asset or a group of assets, saving the user time on performing these processes manually.

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How To Install The GP Web Services – Management Tools Installation

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Microsoft Dynamics GPThis is the sixth post in the series on installing, configuring and preparing the Web Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP for use. So far I’ve covered the prerequisites, installation process, configuration, verification of the install and security configuration.

In this post, I’m going to show the installation of the Management Tools on a client machine; in this case AZC-DESK1 which is running Windows 7 Enterprise.

The Management Tools are installed off the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 installation media. When you run up the setup utility, the standard Microsoft Dynamics GP 210 Bootstrapper Setup will run to install the prerequisites;

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Bootstrapper Setup

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MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Email For 64-bit Microsoft Office

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Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft have started the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The twenty seventh feature they’ve announced is Email for 64-bit Microsoft Office.

Users will now have the ability to use 64-bit Microsoft Office when utilizing the email functionality within Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013. In previous versions, an installation of the 32-bit version of Microsoft Office was needed in order to use the email functionality.

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New Logo For Microsoft After 25 Years

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MicrosoftAfter 25 years, Microsoft have updated their logo to better reflect Microsoft as they currently are.

Using the Segoe font used elsewhere on their products and bearing a new stylised logo of four small coloured squares, the new logo looks like it belongs in the new UI;

New Microsoft Logo

I’ve tended to be quite reactionary about change in the past.

When the ribbon came out for example, my initial response was that I didn’t like it and remained with Office 2003 until Office 2010 came out. When I did do the upgrade though and started to use the ribbon I found that I quite liked it.

With Windows 8 and the Modern UI, I seem to have the opposite initial reaction; I quite like it.

I’ve played with the Developer and Consumer Previews and have downloaded the recently released MSDN version to test Microsoft Dynamics GOP with, and each version has become more and more polished. I don’t share the reservations of some people and the Home Screen on a desktop as it does integrate well with mouse and keyboard.

As to the new logo; I like it a lot. Nice, clean and simple.

Feel free to leave a comment with your view of the logo.

How To Install The GP Web Services – Security Configuration

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Microsoft Dynamics GPThis is the fifth post in the series on installing, configuring and preparing the Web Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP for use. So far I’ve covered the prerequisites, installation process, configuration and verification.

In this post, I’ve going to give a run through of configuring of Web Services Security Administrators.

Open the Dynamics Security Console (Windows Start menu » All Programs » Administrative Tools » Dynamics Security Console) and select the Microsoft Dynamics Security node;

DynamicsSecurityConsole - [Console Root\Microsoft Dynamics Security]

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MDGP 2013 Feature of the Day: Reconcile Bank Reconciliation to General Ledger

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Microsoft Dynamics GPMicrosoft have started the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature of the Day series on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog.

The twenty sixth feature they’ve announced is Reconcile Bank Reconciliation to General Ledger.

In Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, Microsoft have added the Bank Reconciliation module to the Reconcile to GL routine, which was first introduced in Microsoft Dynamics GP 10, to help users analyse differences between the checkbook balances in the Checkbook Balance Inquiry window and the associated General Ledger cash account for the checkbook.

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