Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 13 Digest

Week 13 saw a number of Field Services and Contract Administration enhancements. Frankly, these were much needed improvements and will certainly make life easier for you the end-user. Now, enjoy the enhancements:


Feature of the Day: Hotline Notes Re-Sorted



Notes are resorted by date

 Original article: Feature of the Day: Hotline Notes Re-Sorted
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Hotline Notes Re-sorted.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: RMA and SOP Consolidation

Service Setup - Returns: can now choose to Consolidate SOP Orders

Original article: Feature of the Day: RMA and SOP Consolidation
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD RMA SOP Consolidate.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Item Description from RMA

Item descriptions from RMA Line...

...are now transferred to SOP Return document

Original article: Feature of the Day: Item Description from RMA
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Item Description from RMA.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Consolidate Revenue Recognition to Single GL Entry

Contracts revenue recognition are now consolidated into a single batch entry

Original article: Feature of the Day: Consolidate Revenue Recognition to Single GL Entry
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Consolidate Revenue Recognition to Single GL Entry.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
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New Article on MSDynamicsWorld: Navigating Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Licensing: What Does it Mean for the Customer?

"Just about every day it seems, something new is added to the way pricing is going to work..."

My new MSDynamicsWorld article is out and in it I provide a comprehensive summary of the upcoming changes in licensing (as of the date of publication) for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013. The article is generating a lot of traction, so be sure to check it out and add your comments to it.

Navigating Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Licensing: What Does it Mean for the Customer?

Until next post!


MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 12 Digest

Week 12 added some much needed improvements in the areas of Field Services, Purchase Order Processing and Encumbrance, and HR/Payroll. Here they are for your delight. If you would want me to pass on anything to the Microsoft Dynamics GP Product Management team regarding these features, please add your comments to this post.

Feature of the Day: Equipment Supersession Date History is Maintained

Equipment Maintenance - Supersession window

Original article: Feature of the Day: Equipment Supersession Date History is Maintained
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD FA Equipment Supersession Date History.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Encumbrance Cost Difference Notification

Receiving Transaction Entry window - Encumbrance variance alert

Original article: Feature of the Day: Encumbrance Cost Difference Notification
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Encumbrance Cost Difference Notification.ppsx
Learning script: N/A


Feature of the Day: Build Check Exception Report



Check File Exception Report - output controlled by Posting Setup window
 

Original article: Feature of the Day: Build Check Exception Report
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Build Exception Report.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Feature of the Day: Year End Age - Life Insurance

Life Insurance Setup window

Original article: Feature of the Day: Year End Age - Life Insurance
Link to presentation: GP2013 13954 Life Insurance FOD.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Phased Release Cycle

At the last Microsoft Dynamics GP Technical Airlift it was communicated that the Web Client would be released in phases, addressing each core application functionality. The release cycle is as follows:

If you are currently using HR/Payroll, Project Series, Field Service, and/or Manufacturing, keep in mind that you will be able to upgrade to GP 2013 without any issues and continue to use this functionality with the standard (Dexterity) client.

However, those modules will be enabled gradually at the web client level as soon as testing and some quirks are ironed out with these dictionaries - the quirks are more related to menu display issues and some user interface and code cleanup that will render these dictionaries compatible with the web client.

As a sidebar, dictionary code cleanup makes the packages of data flowing between the Silverlight client and the Session Service very efficient performance wise.

If you have any comments or questions, please post them here

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 "Feature of the Day" - Week 11 Digest

Week 11 is gone, but left us the following goodies, enjoy:

Feature of the Day: Credit Card Vendor's Invoice Void

Void a credit card payment to a vendor...

...will reverse the invoice created for the credit card company

Original article: Feature of the Day: Credit Card Vendor's Invoice Void
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD_CreditCardInvoiceVoided.ppsx
Learning script: N/A


Feature of the Day: Default Sort Order for Favorites

Can now select an additional sort option in a lookup...

...then set as the default sort option for the lookup

Original article: Feature of the Day: Default Sort Order for Favorites
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Default View Stores Sort Order.ppsx
Learning script: N/A


Feature of the Day: Default View Stores Sort Order

Can now select Smartlist-based favorites in a lookup...

...and set as a default for the lookup sort order 

Original article: Feature of the Day: Default View Stores Sort Order
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Default Sort Order for Favorites.ppsx
Learning script: N/A


Feature of the Day: Printing 1096 Forms

Not only can you print 1099s, now you are able to print the 1096 form

Original article: Feature of the Day: Printing 1096 Forms
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Print 1096 Form.ppsx
Learning script: N/A


Feature of the Day: BAI Format

Electronic Reconcile now introduces support for the Bank Administration Institute (BAI) file format

Original article: Feature of the Day: BAI Format
Link to presentation: GP2013 FOD Add BAI Format to Electronic Reconcile.ppsx
Learning script: N/A

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Wrap Up

Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series
Wrap Up

This series narrate my personal experiences of installing Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta and the Web Client in an unsupported environment. The following installation steps are for testing purposes only and were done on a test box. If you are to test, please make sure your machine is not a production box.

"While it's not supported, it doesn't mean it won't work. It only means we haven't tested it"...
                                                                                                      Microsoft Dynamics GP Support

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All good things must come to an end, and unlike many TV series, this one does not have a good ending. Nonetheless, it has been a great deal of learning personally: SSL certificates, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 (oh yes! I also did try to install the Web Client in this environment as well), old DOS-based network shell commands, understanding the Web Client architecture, working with new troubleshooting tools like Fiddler, and much, much more.

As a result of working with the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta, I was able to interact firsthand with all the cool technology awaiting us in December. I can say that the product is ~almost~ ready for show time with some kinks still lingering around.

As I mentioned, this experiment - on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 - did not have a happy ending. While I was able to get both environments to launch the Web Client, authenticate the web user, load the session, authenticate the GP user, and select the company, I could not get pass the Please Wait...Applying Personal Settings... GP window. Both Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 delivered the following application event error:

Other attempts at evaluating Session Central and Session Service services logs did not produce any meaningful information. Procmon traces are extremely extensive and beyond the amount of time I have to spend of troubleshooting this.

Nonetheless, I was not discouraged by any of the results as I have now put my good friends on the Microsoft Dynamics GP development team on notice of this issue, which could only help in getting the product ready for prime time. As I also mentioned before, I learned a great deal about what to do, what to avoid, but primarily how to troubleshoot the issues.

If you missed any of the previous articles in the series, I have compiled them all here for you:

• Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 1
• Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 2a
• Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 2b
• Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 3
• Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 4

Now that I have mastered a bit more than the basics, I will now move on to configure a supported Windows Server 2008 R2 environment and setup the various Web Client components on different servers. This should be fun as typically, this is how most customers will want to deploy their Web Client environment. I will probably open a new series for this one ;)

In the meantime, I encourage you to work with the Web Client and discover the various deployment options. I promise you will have as much fun as I did working on it over the past days.

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series - Part 4

Windows 8 and the Microsoft Dynamics GP Web Client Series
Part 4

This series narrate my personal experiences of installing Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Beta and the Web Client in an unsupported environment. The following installation steps are for testing purposes only and were done on a test box. If you are to test, please make sure your machine is not a production box.

"While it's not supported, it doesn't mean it won't work. It only means we haven't tested it"...
                                                                                                      Microsoft Dynamics GP Support

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Where were we?

In the previous installment I wrote about a number of errors that may happen and think I did a decent job at pointing out the most common ones - services down, you missed the web client runtime install, and so forth.

However, in my quest to get this thing working on Windows 8, I also found out the heartaches that can happen when your certificates go bad.

In my environment, I have self-signed certificate which was created specifically for SSL encryption on each of the ports used for listening purposes by the different web client component services - see part 2b of this series for more information on the different components.

The certificate has the following Thumbprint.

Certificate Thumbprint

If the installation process went well, the Certificate Hash assigned to each port used by Session Service (port 48650), Session Central Service (port 48651), and Runtime Service (port 48652) should match the thumbprint value of the certificate in IIS.

To verify the Certificate Hash value on each port, you can execute the network shell command, netsh, from the DOS command prompt:

netsh http show sslcert

Certificate hash on each listening port must match that of the certificate in IIS

If for some reason the values do not match, there are two ways (that I know of) to fix this:

1. You can try to uninstall the Web Client, which in turn ~should~ remove the SSL certificate bindings for each of the ports listed above. If the bindings are cleared, you can then proceed to remove and recreate the certificate in IIS, then reinstall the Web Client, selecting the correct certificate.

2. You can manually remove the SSL certificate bindings with the following command line:

netsh http delete sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:48650
netsh http delete sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:48651
netsh http delete sslcert ipport=0.0.0.0:48652

As a matter of fact, it is also wise to delete the URL reservation associated with the certificate binding as well,

netsh http delete urlacl url=https://+:48650/SessionCentralService/
netsh http delete urlacl url=https://+:48651/SessionService/
netsh http delete urlacl url=https://+:48652/RuntimeService/
netsh http delete urlacl url=https://+:48652/

Following this process, you can then uninstall the Web Client, recreate the certificate in IIS, and reinstall the Web Client, this time selecting the certificate.

For more information on the network shell command take a look at:

MSDN: Netsh commands for HTTP

Until next post!

MG.-
Mariano Gomez, MVP
IntellPartners, LLC
http://www.IntellPartners.com/

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