Insight eNews
A Monthly Newsletter from AVF Consulting, Inc.
Microsoft Navision Solution Center &
Microsoft Certified Partner
September 2005
- In this edition:
From the President: AVF is named a Gold Certified Partner and Inducted into President's Club
- News From Microsoft: Microsoft Navision Gets a New Name!
AVF News: Discounts on AVF Consulting rates, Training Classes and more!
Tip or Trick: Paying Multiple Invoices with One Check-
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From the President-- Andrew Fass
AVF is named a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and Inducted into Microsoft’s President’s Club
AVF received two top honors from Microsoft this summer. In July 2005, AVF became a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and was named to the Microsoft® Business Solutions President’s Club for the third consecutive year.
Microsoft named AVF as a Gold Certified Partner because of our accomplishments in
1. Navision development and implementation
2. .NET development
3. Network Infrastructure
As a Gold Certified partner, AVF has demonstrated expertise with Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers’ needs. Microsoft Gold Certified partners receive a rich set of benefits, including access, training and support, giving them a competitive advantage in the marketplace. These benefits can be passed on to our customers. This certification also assures our customers that AVF has the expertise and the ability to guide them through all their long-term strategic technology plans. As a Gold Certified partner, AVF is able to insure that our staff is up to date with the newest and best technologies to fit any specific business needs. AVF is very proud to be awarded such a prestigious title.
AVF was inducted into 2005’s President Club
after a stellar year of sales. In Microsoft’s fourth quarter, AVF ranked
as the number one Navision reseller in the Mid-Atlantic and the number
four overall reseller of Microsoft Business Solutions software
(Navision, Axapta, Great Plains and Solomon) in the Mid-Atlantic.
“Microsoft congratulates AVF on achieving President’s Club status,” said
Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Craig McCollum. “AVF truly
understands how important customers are to Microsoft and has gone out of
their way to make the customer’s experience a positive one.”
News From Microsoft
Microsoft Navision Gets a New Name
Introducing Microsoft Dynamics
Microsoft has announced Microsoft Dynamics™, its new brand name for all products currently known as Microsoft Business Solutions. Microsoft Dynamics represents Microsoft’s ongoing strategy to develop a brand that is well aligned with its business management suite and R&D roadmap, referred to as “Project Green.” The Microsoft Dynamics brand will replace the Microsoft Business Solutions brand over the coming months.
The name change directly impacts the names of Microsoft Navision, Microsoft Axapta, Microsoft Great Plains, Microsoft Solomon and Microsoft CRM. The new brand will be implemented over time in upcoming products and marketing efforts to help ensure a smooth transition.
How does this name change affect you? Only the name is changing. What we were calling “Microsoft Business Solutions-Navision” will now be called Microsoft Dynamics NAV. In official documents, AVF will call Navision by its new name—but for now, we will still refer to Navision as Navision.
Be assured that your investment in Microsoft Navision solution is secure. Microsoft wants to emphasize that these products are not going away. Microsoft is delivering on its business solutions innovation vision in two waves, enabling you to achieve increasing value sooner and without significant disruption. By remaining current on your enhancement plan, you will receive the innovations through the upgrade release waves.
You’ll see the brand reflected over time in your solution. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact AVF.
Inventory Management Training: Come to a one day training class on September 29th and leave with the knowledge to help track and control Inventory, manage your warehouse and improve overall operational efficiency. Visit www.avfconsulting.com to get details on our classes and to register. Contact Susan Fitch, AVF Training Specialist, at sfitch@avfconsulting.com with any questions.
Save Money on Navision Support! When you provide AVF with a current back-up of your Navision database we are able respond faster to support and development issues which will eliminate stress and save you money! AVF is currently offering a special rate of $125 to restore a back-up of your current Navision database (a $165 or more value). For more information contact Lottie Gruzs at support@avfconsulting.com or 410-296-5100.
Emergency After-Hours Services: AVF is now able to assist you with your IT and Microsoft Navision needs day and night. Signing up is free! You are only billed when you use the service or request Emergency After-Hours work. Let us know if you are interested, contact Lottie Gruzs at support@avfconsulting.com or 410-296-5100.
Have a Navision Support Request? Log onto our helpdesk at www.avfconsulting.com/helpdesk. Call 410-296-5100 and ask for Support to get a login and password to the helpdesk.
30 Day Warranty on All Development Work Performed by AVF: AVF stands by its work and guarantees all development work for 30 calendar days from the completion date. You have those 30 days to test the work and let us know if it has any problems or did not meet your specifications. If we have not heard from you within 30 days of the development project completion, AVF considers the work satisfactory.
Paying Multiple Invoices with One Check
We can issue one check to a vendor that will pay for multiple invoices and/or take credits if we follow a few simple steps. The first step is to suggest our vendor payments. View the options tab of our suggest vendor payments window.
If you summarize per Vendor, you must check the field “New Doc. No. per Line”. If you do not summarize per Vendor you must not select the box for “New Doc. No. per Line”.
New Doc. No. per Line is referring to the Starting Document No. of the journal (the check no.), not the invoice number.
After the payment journal has been populated, you can print your checks.
You can verify if your check will print the correct total if you place your cursor on a journal invoice line that should be included in a multi-invoice check, and select the Payments button, and then “Preview Check”. The check total should include your invoice line.
To print our checks, select the Payments button and then “Print Check…”. On the options tab of the Print Check window you will need to verify your Bank Account and the Last Check No. You will place a check in the box for “One Check per Vendor per Document No.”. The “One Check per Vendor per Document No.” refers to the document numbers (check numbers) that were entered when we suggested our payments lines in.
You will now be able to print your checks.