Insight eNews
A Monthly Newsletter from AVF Consulting, Inc.
Microsoft Dynamics NAV Solution Center &
Microsoft Gold Certified Partner
March 2007
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this edition:
From the President: Microsoft Transitions to Business Ready Licensing
Announcing ChargeLogic 3.0: ChargeLogic 3.0 is Here!!
AVF News & Events: Reminder: New DST Schedule & AVF at PASBO
Tip/Trick: How to Determine the Purpose of a Navision Field
From the President: Andrew Fass
Microsoft Transitions to a New
License Pricing Model:
Business Ready Licensing
Over the last several months, Microsoft Dynamics NAV has transitioned from the traditional module-based licensing model to a new model called Business Ready Licensing (BRL). Traditionally, customers were required to purchase each product feature (also known as a granule) individually and then combine the total granule price with the price of the total number of concurrent users (also known as sessions). With the BRL model, customers simply select from two preconfigured packages, Business Essentials (BE) and Advanced Management (AM), and the price of the software is then based on the total number of concurrent users purchased.
The BE package includes a core list of product features (granules) which are specifically designed to meet the needs of less complex business environments. The AM package includes all of the BE product features as well as a variety of additional features specifically designed to meet the needs of more robust business environments.
While BRL pricing is now being used for all new Microsoft Dynamics NAV purchases, existing customers are being given the opportunity to transition to BRL or stay with the traditional licensing model. Existing customers who choose to stay with the traditional pricing model can continue to license additional users and functionality under the granule-based pricing as long as their Microsoft Dynamics NAV version is still supported.
For some customers, a migration to BRL may bring added functionality at a lower price than the prior pricing model. Those customers most likely to benefit from a migration to the BRL pricing will fall into one of the following categories:
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Customers looking to extend the functionality of their current version.
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Customers considering changing pricing levels. (Example: Microsoft Dynamics NAV Standard edition to Professional edition.)
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Customers who are on an older version of Microsoft Dynamics NAV looking to move to a current version.
To honor the investment you have already made in Microsoft technology, Microsoft is offering a credit for the protected list price of your existing solution to be applied to the cost of transitioning to the BRL model. For each customer the price of transitioning will vary, so please contact Jeremy Fass if you are interested in getting a price estimate. There are some requirements and limitations for transitioning to the BRL pricing model including, but not limited to, being current on your Microsoft Dynamics NAV Enhancement Plan. For details regarding BRL pricing or to discuss the benefits a transition may have for your organization, contact Jeremy Fass at jfass@avfconsulting.com or 443-279-1019.
ChargeLogic Announces Version 3.0
ChargeLogic, electronic payment processing software for Microsoft Dynamics NAV and LS Retail, released version 3.0 to the public on March 1st. This version comes with several new major enhancements including:
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New Architecture – ChargeLogic 3.0 now supports multiple payment gateways including Concord EFSnet/Buypass, TSYS/Vital, and Authorize.Net. Additional payment gateways can be added via the new “plug-in” architecture without modifying the base code.
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Multicurrency Support – All currencies supported by payment gateways are supported by ChargeLogic using the standard NAV currency tables. Totals are shown in local currency (LCY).
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Certified for Canadian Merchants – ChargeLogic is now certified for sale in Canada through the TSYS (Vital) and Authorize.Net payment gateways.
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User-Defined Business Rules – Designed to help merchants get the best interchange rates more often. For example, merchants can define a rule requiring data entry of Billing Zip Code if the Account Number was manually entered and not swiped.
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New End-of-Day Tools - Batch settlement is available for some gateways and a new status window alerts users to end-of-day tasks to perform.
For existing customers, a ChargeLogic 3.0 upgrade toolkit is now available. For details about getting the upgrade toolkit contact Jon Cooper at 443-279-1025 or jcooper@chargelogic.com. More information about ChargeLogic and a list of upcoming web demonstrations can be found on the web at www.chargelogic.com or contact Karen Tran at 443-279-1026 or ktran@chargelogic.com.
REMINDER - Daylight Savings Time Change: This year, DST started three weeks earlier than usual, on the second Sunday of March and will end one week later, on the first Sunday of November. Please be aware that this change may have had consequences for computer systems which have been programmed according to the previous DST schedule. If you are experiencing any dificulties due to this change, you can reference the Microsoft support site, http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst for help or contact AVF's IT department at 443-279-1020 or rwaples@avfconsulting.com.
PASBO Conference 2007: This year, AVF Consulting made our first appearance at the annual Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) conference. This year's conference took place March 13-15th in Pittsburgh, PA. AVF had a very positive experience at the conference and we look forward to continuing to expand our presence and knowledge of the PA School District market place.
How to Determine the Purpose of a Field in Navision
Have you ever wondered about the function or purpose of a Navision field? Out of the box Navision has no "useless" fields. You can use the “What's this?” (Shift+F1) Help to gather more information about any particular field.
Click the
"question mark" 
button on the toolbar, and then click the field of
interest. Navision Help will display the corresponding Help topic and
give a description of the field and its related topics. Not everything
will be clear at once, but it may give you some additional understanding.
In the following example we are looking up the field recurring method. The help result is displayed below.
