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Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview is available

In the last couple of weeks I have posted about the Windows Phone 8.1 update that is coming to all Windows Phone 8 devices in the coming months. To learn more please review the previous articles: What’s New in Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update Windows Phone 8.1: More on Cortana and Guinness World Record Yesterday, on the 14 th April 2014, the Windows Phone team have released a Developer Preview

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Windows Phone 8.1: More on Cortana and Guinness World Record

Last week, I posted about What’s New in Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update .

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Goodbye Windows XP – Hello Windows 8.1 Update

Today heralds the end of an era. After 12 years, support for Microsoft Windows XP will end on today, 8 th April 2014 (in around 14 hours time after this article is published).

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Microsoft Convergence 2014 Atlanta – Wrap Up

Sorry, I know this is a little late.

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Installing Microsoft Dynamics GP clients using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM)

This article has its beginnings in a support case for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Word Templates. The problem reported by the customer was that whenever they tried to import a word template back into Dynamics, they would receive the following error: The template you selected cannot be added.

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Titanfall has arrived

If you are not into gaming or were hiding last week, you might have missed the launch of what is going to be a huge contender for Game of the Year. On 11 th March 2014, Titanfall for Xbox One and PC was released with the Xbox 360 version due on the 25 th March 2014

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Australian Bankers Association Australian Direct Entry EFT File Format

Hello to the Australian Microsoft Dynamics GP community. Today I wanted to post online the results of a support case we had where we were trying to make the built in EFT (Electronic Funds Transfer) functionality of Microsoft Dynamics GP work with the Australian Bankers Association (ABA) Australian Direct Entry EFT file format.

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Vendor ID field is required on Void Historical Payables Transactions window in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 SP2

We have seen a few support cases recently about a change to the Void Historical Payables Transactions and Void Open Payables Transaction windows in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Service Pack 2. Here are the details of the enhancement from the Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog ( http://aka.ms/InsideGP ): Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Service Pack 2 Feature of the Day: Voiding Updates Previously the two windows were quite different with the Open window only allowing selection of the Vendor ID and the Historical window only allowing selection by Document Number

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HELP NEEDED: Support Debugging Tool Feedback Survey

Hi Microsoft Dynamics GP Community With the release of Build 18 of the Support Debugging Tool (SDT) I have created a Support Debugging Tool Feedback Survey. This short 10 question survey is really important as previously we have only had anecdotal evidence of the community’s use of and support for the Support Debugging Tool. To help justify the continued development of the Support Debugging Tool, we need some hard data

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Support Debugging Tool Build 18 released

It has been a way too long between releases, but I am finally ready to release Build 18 of the Support Debugging Tool for Microsoft Dynamics GP for versions 10.0, GP 2010 (v11.0) and GP 2013 (v12.0). This build includes fixes and enhancements to existing features as well as a few new features. I still have a number of great features planned for the Support Debugging Tool (SDT), but sadly just not enough time to develop them all. New in this build is a Feedback Survey so we can obtain some real data on the number of users, what features they use and their satisfaction with the tool

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#StampedeToFargo: Bring back "Stampede"

Hi everyone. Pam Misialek has just posted on the Inside Dynamics GP blog an article asking the community to help name the conference scheduled for 10 th to 12 th November 2014.

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Display Specific Line in Sales Order Processing

This will be a 2-for-1 post today as the example given solves a frequently asked question and was used to solve a customer issue. The question I’ve seen a number of times before and been meaning to write about is: “How can I fill the Sales Order Processing scrolling window to a specific line?”. With Dexterity it isn’t terribly difficult but is it possible with Visual Studio Tools?

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Inside Dynamics GP Blog has moved and Dynamics CPM blog is now Dynamics Financial Reporting

Happy Valentine’s Day. Today, we have some updates from the official blogs for the products Microsoft Dynamics GP and Management Reporter

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Microsoft Announces New CEO

Overnight Microsoft officially announced that Satya Nadella would be taking over the company’s reins as Microsoft’s third CEO. Satya is a 46 year old family man with 3 children born in Hyderabad, India. He has been with Microsoft for 22 years and has had many roles across a multitude of areas within the company

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Identifying reporting needs in a Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 implementation

Want to learn more about identifying reporting needs when planning a Dynamics GP implementation? Check out this article adapted by MSDynamicsWorld.com from my latest book, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Implementation . There are still a few weeks to go in the book giveaway – you just need to post a comment on that blog post to be entered to win.

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Important Resources :- Support Document Download Link Build number and file names for this update rollup Rollup package Build number File name (32-bit editions) File name (64-bit editions) Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Server 06.00.0002.0046 Not applicable CRM2013-Server-KB2919956-LangID-amd64.exe Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 for Microsoft Office Outlook 06.00.0002.0046 CRM2013-Client-KB2919956-ENU-LangID-i386.exe CRM2013-Client-KB2919956-ENU-LangID-amd64.exe Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 E-mail Router 06.00.0002.0046 […]

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Best Practices Analyzer

For those of you who haven’t already tried this tool, this is a CRM 2013 Diagnostic tool that gathers information about Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 server roles and offers recommendations. I , myself installed this tool in one of my CRM 2013 Environments and noticed it did provide some valuable and information that I should […]

CRM 2013 Online + Email Router + Exchange Online

Today we will look into how we can configure mailing for CRM for the below configuration:- CRM Online + Email Router + Exchange Online A few guides that would be helpful when achieving the same is :- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online Email Router Installation Guide However what is the email router? The Microsoft Dynamics CRM […]

Get CRM 2013 certified!

Dynamics professionals can now get CRM 2013 certified! Exam Number Exam Title Release date Link Exam MB2-700 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Applications January 22, 2014 Link Exam MB2-703 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Customization and Configuration January 24, 2014 Link For all Dynamics CRM 2011 certified professionals please note that the below notice on the Microsoft […]

Integration between SharePoint 2013 and CRM 2013 (On-Premise)

This article explains how we can achieve integration between Dynamics CRM 2013 and SharePoint 2013 in 5 simple steps! STEP 1: Download and Install the list component for CRM 2013 that can be found at the below link. Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 List Component for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (for […]

Dynamics GP

Dynamics GP 2010 Database SDK Downloads

Hi all I had uploaded the Dynamics GP 2010 database documentation on my site for online reference. For those who love to download this documentation for offline use, they can download the CHM files from the locations below. Download From Box.com Dynamics GP 2010 System Database Documentation Dynamics GP 2010 Company Database Documentation Alternate Download […]

Dynamics GP 2010 Database SDK – Company Database Details Uploaded

Hi all As a follow up to my post titled “Dynamics GP 2010 SDK”, I have updated the SDK section with the details of the company database as well, as I had mentioned in the earlier post. You should now see a section in the SDK page as shown below for the company database, from […]

Dynamics GP 2010 R2 Database SDK

Hi all I have launched a new section in my blog called Database SDK which can be accessed from Documentation >> GP 2010 >> Database SDK When this page is opened, it gives options for viewing the details of the SQL objects in the Dynamics GP system database (i.e.) DYNAMICS. You can click on the […]

Support Debugging Tool Customization #11 – Restricting Salesperson ID for Existing Customers

Recently there was a support request in the forum, http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnerdynamicsgp/thread/139b760a-5c63-4b16-b480-79f0a569075c where the requirement was as below. “We want to modify the Customer Maintenance window to make the Salesperson ID field uneditable for existing records only. I went into Modifier and made this field uneditable but that makes it uneditable each time the window opens. We […]

SQL Script for AP-GL Reconciliation – Updated

Hi all Sometime back, I had posted the SQL Script for AP-GL Reconciliation in my blog. At the time of posting the script, it had supported only one account index for AP. Today, I have updated the script to support multiple account indexes for Accounts Payable. Please take a look at the updated script in […]

Analytical Accounting

Post Through GL for Computer Checks – with Analytical Accounting

When you have Analytical Accounting module installed and configured in a GP company, the Post Through GL for Computer Checks gets automatically disabled in the specific company (even if it was turned on). If we try to activate the same manually (with Analytical Accounting activated), we get the following error message and the system prevents […]

Restricting Dimension Codes to Specific Account Numbers

Hi all In this article, I am going to explain yet another functionality in Analytical Accounting, where we can restrict a dimension code to a specific account number (or) a specific range of accounts. When a dimension code is created, we need to grant access to the dimension codes to specific users who can use […]

SQL Script for Budgets vs. Actuals in Amounts in Analytical Accounting – By Budget Tree Node

Hi all This script is in continuation to the previous article where I had posted a script for Budgets vs. Actuals in Amounts in Analytical Accounting – By Dimension Code. This script is for viewing Budgets vs. Actuals (for amounts) at Budget Tree Node level. IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE object_id = […]

SQL Script for Budgets vs. Actuals in Amounts in Analytical Accounting – By Dimension Code

Hi all Today, I am posting a script for analyzing Budgets vs. Actuals (using Amounts) in Analytical Accounting. However, there are two methods of analyzing the budget information in Analytical Accounting. They are: Node Level Dimension Code Level This script is for viewing Budgets vs. Actuals at Dimension Code level. I will be posting the […]

Analytical Accounting Information Flow from Purchase Order to Receipts

Hi all This article is to explain how Analytical Accounting (AA) information is transferred from Purchase Orders to Receiving Transaction Entry. The scenario explained below is on an environment where there is one transaction dimension configured in Analytical Accounting. Create a Purchase Order with 2 line items as explained below. PO Number Line Seq. No […]

SQL Server

Dynamics GP 2010 Database SDK – Company Database Details Uploaded

Dynamics GP 2010 R2 Database SDK

SQL Script for AP-GL Reconciliation – Updated

SQL Script for AP-GL Reconciliation

Hi all It has been some time since I have posted something useful on my blog. This was because I was busy writing up and testing the reconciliation script that I had developed to reconcile payables and receivables with the general ledger. In this article, I have posted a script to reconcile payables with general […]

SQL View for Daily Payment Summary

Hi all Based on a request from the community, I have decided to post a script for identifying all the payments made on a specific date from a checkbook and the details of what was voided for the specific date. This query helps a great deal in reconciling the funds that were used for processing […]

Support Debugging Tool

Support Debugging Tool Customization #11 – Restricting Salesperson ID for Existing Customers

Support Debugging Tool–Build 16 Available Now!

Hi all The all awaited Build 16 of the Support Debugging Tool is available now…and of course with loads and loads of new features and splendid enhancements. Some of the key additions to SDT is listed below. Macro Recording Functionality SQL Profile Tracing Functionality Trigger Administration Functionality Automation Functionality for Microsoft Support Usage These are […]

Support Debugging Tool Customization #10 – Credit Limit Check Skip in Receivables Transaction Entry (using SQL Execute in SDT)

Recently there was a support request in the forum, http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnerdynamicsgp/thread/a3237a4f-fa4c-4603-8048-94cc0b2af467 where the requirement was as below. “Is there anything in Accounts Receivable that will allow a certain type of document (whatever that may be) bypass the Credit Limit Check? My client has a customer with a Credit Limit of $5000. They are additionally seeking a […]

Support Debugging Tool Customization #9 – Credit Limit Check Skip in Receivables Transaction Entry (using Native Dexterity Save Logic)

Support Debugging Tool Customization #8 – Displaying Long Item Descriptions on SOP Blank Invoice

This article is based on a recent support request on the SOP Blank Invoice Report form. The Item Description on the report was just 60 characters and the actual item description was about 100 characters. This resulted in the item description getting truncated. I have written this article using the article titled “How to display […]

Blogs I Follow

Tech Tuesday: SmartConnect Processing Sequence

Our Director of Professional Services, Lorren Zemke, will be taking you through the SmartConnect processing sequence for this week’s Tech Tuesday! In this article I am continuing my series of discussions on how SmartConnect processes data. Previously I’ve used examples on summing values and working with line sequence numbers.

Windows Phone 8.1 Developer Preview is available

In the last couple of weeks I have posted about the Windows Phone 8.1 update that is coming to all Windows Phone 8 devices in the coming months. To learn more please review the previous articles: What’s New in Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update Windows Phone 8.1: More on Cortana and Guinness World Record Yesterday, on the 14 th April 2014, the Windows Phone team have released a Developer Preview

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