eOne Solutions has posted an update on Extender Transition process on their blog. It’s very important for both partners and customers to read it and get an idea about what’s been going on and what to expect in future.
I would like to highlight the points about Pricing Changes, which are highly critical to any customer. Read the post and get informed.
VAIDY
Has anyone noticed a subtle but highly logical change in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 menu structure?
Field Service Setup menu was grouped under Project till GP 2010. The path to access Service, Return, Contract setup menus was Microsoft Dynamics GP -> Tools -> Setup -> Project; which quite honestly did not make any sense. You are accessing Field Service setup, but from under the name Project…!?!?!?!?!?
Good folks at MSFT (and/or original developers of Field Service) might have sensed it, so now the setup menu items are logically structured under Field Service.
I am happy to say the least. Because, if you want to access Field Service setup windows from GP home page, it was not possible till GP 2013. Now that’s also been fixed.
Small change, but a BIG difference it has made. Thanks MSFT & Field Service Team, for this.
VAIDY
I am a bit late on this topic. We already have many posts (including Feature of the Day – Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP) on this written by several community members. So instead of repeating it again, I am just adding pointers here to those posts.
To just brief what it is: Document Attachment is a new feature in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, which would enhance the way we currently deal with document attachments on a record. If you had sensed it right, yes it’s almost like OLE Notes, but much more than that.
This scores above OLE Notes, purely on grounds of three main factors:
More information about this (and how to use) could be read on below posts:
VAIDY
Awesome way to learn what’s new in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013.
Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP (official GP blog) has posted a list of all Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Feature videos.
I personally checked out some videos and it’s highly informative, but have not gone thru’ the entire collection though.
Go ahead and explore the videos. I am sure you will start planning to optimise some of your business processes after seeing these new features.
VAIDY
You can now inactivate a user in Dynamics GP 2013 temporarily. This is a feature addition to User Management in GP.
There is a new field called *Status* which is a Dropdown List. Contains 3 statuses namely, Active, Inactive & Lesson User.
When a user status is set to Inactive, that user cannot log on to GP but will retain his/her access when activated again. We can still manage access information of an inactive user. Upon his/her next login, the modified access information will get into effect.
When a user status is set to Lesson User, that user can access ONLY Fabrikam Inc. (sample company).
Cool, isn’t it…!!!
VAIDY
Microsoft seems to be in a mood to give back all modules to its original developers. First it was Extender, then it was Audit Trails, Electronic Signatures, Risk Management Suite; now it’s the turn of Collections Management.
Errol Schoenfish, on Microsoft Dynamics GP official blog, announces that Collection Management for Microsoft Dynamics GP transits to Professional Advantage; it’s original developers.
Any licensing and module procurement would be affected only from June 1st, 2013. We have both CustomerSource and PartnerSource links to learn more about this transition.
Interesting…
VAIDY
This is, to some extent, bad news for me at least. I was planning for an early upgrade to GP 2013 for my GP production environment. As 40% of my customisation depend on Extender, it feels so bad that I cannot get Extender for GP 2013 till Early to Mid February 2013. This news has been confirmed by eOne Solutions on their official blog.
Original post here: Delivery Date.
I am disappointed to say the least. But considering the issues that eOne developers are going thru’, especially due to a very late announcement from Microsoft to detach Extender from their OEM arrangements, I empathise with them on their most gruelling time to get things streamlined and meet customers’ expectations.
I shall await their official announcement on Extender’s availability for GP 2013.
VAIDY
Another important and notable change that we have in GP 2013 is the module homepage being amazingly redesigned, much to users’ delight.
As compared to previous versions of GP (from 9), what you will see here is the complete menu without any collapse/expand functionality, but with a scrolling option within that small rectangle frame; which means you don’t have to scroll to the bottom of GP itself, but just scroll down within that frame, so you don’t have to scroll up/down to access other frames.
If you are trying to open Receivables Batches, I just have to scroll down on Transactions frame. When I am done, I won’t have to scroll up/down again to reach out to open Receivables Statements.
Cool, isn’t it? If you are heavy user of modules homepage for your day-to-day tasks, this is going to increase your productivity most certainly.
VAIDY
The moment you cross Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 Login window and reach Company Selection window, you would realise that it is now uncluttered with Password field being removed.
Looks pretty and clean to me. How about you all?
VAIDY
Much has been written, discussed and thought about Microsoft’s strategy on moving Extender licensing and support to it’s original developer, eOne Solutions, from GP 2013.
It was first highlighted by Victoria Yudin on her blog; Big announcement for Microsoft Dynamics GP’s Extender module. It was soon followed by several posts from all GP community. Having said and done all, eOne has clarified an important thing to all customers and partners.
If you wish to Opt-In (explanation of what it is all about is there on the post), please read this post from eOne Solutions: Opt-In eXtender Customers. This is a very important post for all those use Extender and time to get it done if you are planning your GP 2013 upgrade in near future.
VAIDY
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