Errol Schoenfish, Director Product Management at Microsoft, on the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has just announced that the beta release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 is now available for download.

Unfortunately, I won’t be able to download it until tomorrow morning but it can be found here.

I’m really looking forward to playing with this version of GP.

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

The thirty eighth feature they’ve announced is Un-apply Credit Documents When Voiding A Check.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 will automatically un-apply a credit document from an invoice after a payment that was associated with the same invoice is voided in Void Historical Payables Transactions (Transactions » Purchasing » Void Historical Transactions).

This means that credit documents no longer need to be voided if the applied invoice is to be voided and the credit can then be applied to other documents (or against the same invoice if required).

The screenshot beow shows the Transactions by Vendor (Inquiry » Purchasing » Transaction By Vendor) inquiry window for Cowley Engineering which shows an invoice along with the applied credit note and payment;

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

The thirty seventh feature they’ve announced is Saved GL Batch Approval.

The Year-To_Date Transaction Open (GL20000) and Account Transaction History (GL30000) tables have been updated with new columns to store the approval user (APRVLUSERID) and date (APPRVLDT) in order to enhance tracking; this information will be passed from Posting Definitions Master (SY00500) when the batch is posted.

These two new columns can be used on reports;

This new feature is targeted at the following roles:

• Accounting Manager
• Accountant
• Controller & CFO

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

The thirty sixth feature they’ve announced is Multi-Select Serial Numbers.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 brings the ability to select multiple serial numbers at the same time. Up till now each serial number had to be selected and submitted separately.

As the below screenshot of Item Serial Number Entry shows, multiple serial numbers can be highlighted for insertion at the same time;

I like this feature and can see it being quite a good time saver when entering sales orders.

This new feature is targeted at the following roles:

• Order Processor
• Warehouse Manager
• Shop Supervisor
• Customer Service Rep

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

The thirty fifth feature they’ve announced is Pay Code History Edit & Payroll Check Enhancements.

Today’s feature of the day is another US only Payroll one.

Now with Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 you can edit the FUTA, SUTA or WCOMP fields for completed employee pay code transactions. Allow edits to the fields in Employee Pay Code History is in Payroll Setup.

You can search for duplicate check numbers during payroll processing, halt the print checks process and print a duplicate checks report.

Additionally, you can default to print check for the print field in Print Payroll Checks.

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

The thirty fourth feature they’ve announced is Multi-User Editing in Returns Management.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Returns Management will now allow two or more users to edit different lines of the same RMA. This will allow to speed up processing of RMA’s as currently only a single user may be editing an RMA;

This new feature is targeted at the following roles:

• Customer Service Rep
• Customer Service Manager