AVF Newsletter July 2010 | AVF Consulting

President's Letter

Sales Offers

K12 Enterprise and SchoolRecruiter

News and Events

Tips and Tricks

AVF Consulting Unveils Managed Hosting for Microsoft Dynamics NAV Clients

Are you seeking ways to reduce your IT costs? With AVF's managed hosting service, our team can assume the task of maintaining your Microsoft Dynamics NAV solution--from application to the hardware infrastucture--allowing your IT department to focus on other areas of your business.

Benefits of a Hosted Solution:

Minimized Initial Investment
Seamless Upgrades
Reduced Dependence on Internal IT Resources
Make Changes on Demand
Reliable Hardware Infrastructure

If you would like to discuss the possibility of transitioning to a hosted environment, contact Jeremy Fass at jfass@avfconsulting.com.

Serenic Navigator Sale! Save 15%

Through August 27, 2010, all Navigator software purchases with the exception of Named Web Users for Serenic's Portal solutions, will receive a 15% discount.

Use this offer to add user licenses to accommodate the growth of your team or invest in add-ons that increase the functionality such as Serenic's donation management solution, DonorVision, or the integrated grant management solution, AwardVision.

Contact Jeremy Fass at jfass@avfconsulting.com to take advantage of this offer.

SchoolRecruiter and K12 Enterprise Integrate to Provide End-to-End Human Resource Functionality for School Districts

K12 Enterprise and SchoolRecruiter have partnered to allow for the two products to easily be integrated. This reduces data entry and simplifies processes for HR and payroll departments in school districts.

Combining K12 Enterprise with SchoolRecruiter allows employee information to be entered during the application process and easily transferred into K12 Enterprise when the hiring process is completed. Information might include basic address and contact data, hire date, certifications, supporting documentation such as fingerprint, background check, and diplomas. The automatic flow of data from SchoolRecruiter to K12 Enterprise not only saves HR and payroll departments extra steps in data entry, but also reduces the risk of errors from having data keyed in multiple times.

If you would like more information about SchoolRecruiter, visit their website at www.netchemia.com/schoolrecruiter/.

Serenic AwardVision Web Demo

Serenic AwardVision brings grant management capabilites to Serenic Navigator. As a fully integrated grant management solution, AwardVision provides a single repository for compliance information, program monitoring, and financial data within the Navigator financial management system for effective control and accountability.

Join Serenic for an informative 60 minute web demo on July 28, 2010, at 2:00 pm ET and learn how AwardVision will:

Improve decision making by allowing real-time access to expenses, sub-awards and obligations
Eliminate information silos
Streamline business processes for the award process
Automate compliance by tracking funding restrictions, milestones, terms & conditions, sub-award certifications, important documents, and modifications
Report award estimates, sub-awards,and obligations in multiple currencies
Accommodate the connectivity challenges resulting from program execution across a number of developing countries with limited technology and infrastructure.

Click here to register to attend the demonstration.

Serenic Explorations Discount Registration Ends July 31. Get Your Tickets Now and Save!
Serenic Explorations: September 15 - 18, 2010, in Denver, Colorado

Serenic Explorations is an annual User Conference for Serenic Navigator users. The event provides Navigator Users the chance to learn about new products, network with other users and Serenic Employees. Explorations is an excellent opportunity for nonprofit customers to stay up to date on current events and best practices related to their Serenic Navigator software. Serenic is also offering the following group and advanced registration discounts:

Date Registered Cost Per Person:
April 1, 2010 - July 31, 2010 $795
August 1, 2010 - September 15, 2010 $895 Group Discount Available until August 14, 2010
As a special offer, if three people from the same organization each register and purchase a conference registration, the fourth person from your organization is half-price!

Companion Information
Companion Fee of $190 Per Person includes: Wednesday's Welcome Reception and Thursday evening's event at Lucky Strike (companions must be 21 years of age or older). For more information on Explorations 2010 visit Serenic's Website or register here to purchase your tickets.

For more information on Explorations 2010 visit Serenic's Website or register here to purchase your tickets.

Copy and Paste Into NAV From the Web or Word? You Could Be Unknowingly Adding Unwanted Characters to Your Data

The Customer Care team frequently receives support requests regarding unwanted characters popping up in forms or fields in Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

In most cases the cause of the characters is connected to the entering of data by copying and pasting from a source on the Internet or in a formatted document. This can create issues within NAV because formatting elements are copied and entered without the knowledge of the user and are not visable at the time of entry. This can add characters to the entered information, making sorting, searching, and filtering difficult.

For that reason, we recommend not copying and pasting into NAV forms from any formatted source. An easy work-around is to copy the data into Notepad, and copy from Notepad into NAV. Notepad removes formatting elements automatically.

Make Sure You Have the MICR Font Needed to Print Payroll Checks

If you process your payroll in house and are considering purchasing new computers for your payrolls staff, it is important to remember that Microsoft Dynamics NAV generates checks using a customized MICR Line font that does not come installed with Windows. This means that any new computer that will be used to process payroll must have the MICR Line font installed for checks to print properly.

How to Install the MICR Font:

1) First, ensure that AVF has provided you with the MICR font. If you haven't recieved it, contact the Customer Care department.

2) Once you have downloaded the font, unzip the file.

3) Right-click on the font file and select install.

The MICR font will now be available for Microsoft Dynamics NAV to use in the check printing process. We recommend printing a test check to ensure that the install has worked.