How To Get a Application Back On Screen in Windows 7

Ever start an application and for some weird reason it is running OFF the screen? Well there is a very easy solution to getting it back on in 2 easy steps:

#1-Make sure the offending application has the focus by clicking on it in the task bar.
#2-Next press WindowsKey + Left Arrow until it shows up ON-screen again!

That was easy. Also using WindowsKey + Arrow will move an application from one monitor to another as well.

Learn About GP and Get 20% GP Purchases at the Same Time

Good convergence website

https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/newsevents/events/convergence/

Learn GP and Get 20% Off New GP Modules!

Microsoft is excited to announce the "Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2011 Exclusive Attendee Offer" a Microsoft Dynamics promotion exclusively available to you as a Microsoft Dynamics ERP existing customer in the U.S. and Canada, by attending Convergence 2011. Visit the Convergence Website or CustomerSource to find out more!

To take advantage of this offer and for additional details please talk to your Microsoft Dynamics partner. Mention Promo code: NA-HI-11-22

http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/convergence/atlanta11/about_salesoffer.aspx
Register Today to attend the Convergence 2011 Microsoft Dynamics GP Event!

Google for Dynamics GP: Smart Search

Search for ANYthing in Dynamics GP from one place! Amounts, Sales Order Lines, Vendors, GL transactions or whatever!

This module is totally secure and observes GP User Role security.

And you can add any new search for GP or other data.

This module will be released shortly. Email sales@landiscomputer.com if you need it now! ;-)

Credit Card Processing Capability Built Into Dynamics GP for Free

Microsoft sure isn't sitting still with Dynamics GP. Dynamics GP 2010 saw a large amount of new features. And now new functionality and service are making their way into the product: How about accept credit cards directly from the Sales Order processing recieve payment screen? Yes and at no additional cost. And Microsoft has even negotiated low credit card processing fees if you elect to process through their providers.

If you want to implement this let us know! sales@landiscomputer.com.

How to Take 35% Off a Server, Telephone or Accounting Software Upgrade If Done in 2010

Section 179 of 2010 tax code means you can save your income tax rate (35%?) on equipement, vehicles or software purchased and installed in 2010. The math is simple but click on the below calculator to figure it out.

http://www.crestcapital.com/tax_deduction_calculator

If you have a big purchase your planning you might want to save in 2010.

Google for Dynamics GP: Easily Search All Your GP Data from One Place

(NOTE: FREE COPY FOR EVERY GP PARTNER DURING CONVERGENCE 2011. SEE BELOW)

Wish you could "Google" your Dynamics GP data? Our new SmartSearch for GP enhancement will allow you type in any unique term and click search and results from all GP modules will be returned in nicely organized tabs. Even though SmartSearch querys quite a bit of data the results are usually returns in seconds.

We have found that user adoption is immediate after demoing this search tool only for a short time!

See our 1 minute video of our SmartSearch product below:



The SmartSearch search engine can easily be extended if a unique search we didn't think of is need by you. We can add the new search or an admin user can.

Security is also an integral part of SmartSearch. For example: Sales users will be able to access sales and inventory without allowing access to payroll and GL information.

SmartSearch: "Google" for Dynamics GP:

Easy to Buy ($1500+maint), Easy To Install & Easy to Use!
Free NFR for all GP Partners that email sales@landiscomputer.com ask for "SmartSearch/Google for GP" during Convergence 2011.

Coffee in Your PC Keyboard? Use Your Garden Water Nozzle to Fix It!

We had a little discussion among techs the other day after I accidentally poured a cup of coffee into my desktop computer keyboard. Will using a garden hose to wash the coffee out of a keyboard ruin it? Well, we decided to test it--and it worked!


How to Clean Coffee Out of a Keyboard:

#1-Determine if you are willing to damage the keyboard trying to fix it, if so step #2
#2-As soon as possible after spill spray water to completely wash coffee out of keyboard.
#3-Put in a warm place and allow to dry for 2 days.
#4-Test--It should work.


Warning--Do not try this at home if you are not a Microsoft Certified Professional. Only use this method if you are willing to accept possible damage to the keyboard. Not a guaranteed fix! For sure do not use it on laptop computers!!

Free Addon Add's Dynamics GP Click-To-Dial Functionality With Most IP Phone Systems

I am a communication enthusiast (I have a blog and wrote a book on Windows phone systems) and also Dynamics GP partner so at Landis Computer we have merged this expertise to enhance your Dynamics GP! We are very shortly releasing our free Dynamics GP Productivity Pack addon for GP and it will now include the ability to click on a phone number  and have your favorite softphone dial the number!

I was a bit surprised to see that Dynamics GP 2010 didn't include this feature considering the great new Communicator integration into GP 2010--but we will solve this little bump in the road by providing a free GP addon that will add this for. Hey, the addon actually does quite a little list of other cool things (click here to see the other features)

We will be releasing the new addon in the next few days. To get on the list to be notified when we release the GP click-to-dial Click Here. (you will also get a link to the current version of the addon.)

To See the New PDF Brochure (including click-to-dial functionality) Click Here.
To Sign Up to Get the New Addon Click Here.

Has Microsoft Marketing Already Entirely Forgotten My Dear Microsoft Small Business Financials?

It appears that the marketing department at Microsoft has already forgotten which product used to go by the acronym "SBF" at Microsoft. Checkout the new offer to upgrade Microsoft Small Business "Framework" data to GP for $1000.

It's hard not to be miffed that my dear product, Microsoft Small Business Financials, is already dead, buried and forgotten by Microsoft! ;-)

Partners can check out this gaffe at:
https://mbs.microsoft.com/Cms/Templates/document/General.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7bECDA6FD9-01E3-4BE0-98C4-EE2DB9255981%7d&NRORIGINALURL=%2fpartnersource%2fsales%2fpromotions%2fmsdgp2010sbfwmigrate%2ehtm%3fp%3d8&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&p=8

For those of you who don't know it--I was introduced to Dynamics GP through our company supporting a LOT of clients using Microsoft Small Business Financials--so that is why it is so "dear" to my heart. ;-) In fact Landis Computer recieved an award (2 Zunes ;-) for doing more SBF moves than any other partner! ;-)

http://dynamicssmallbusiness.blogspot.com/2009/08/landis-computer-microsoft-dynamics.html

So, if you are still using Microsoft Small Business Financials--call the experts who know small business and can make the move from Microsoft Small Business Frame--ah--rrr Financials...as smooth and fun as possible.

Another Compelling Thing About Office 2010 & Office Web Apps: Seamlessly Save To Skydrive!

I am highly impressed with Microsofts new Office Web Apps. Basically free web based Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. I was just testing out their feature that allows you to save desktop versions of Office 2010 files to skydrive and I am IMPRESSED. You can save Office 2010 to files to skydrive just like your computer folders! Take a look at a very nice screenshot by screenshot look at how you do this by HowToGeek:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/8951/how-to-upload-documents-to-office-web-apps-technical-preview/

If you are ready to use Office Web Apps goto http://www.skydrive.com/

How to Get GP 2010 New Reminder Cues To Render Right on 64bit Workstations

Reminder Cues are a very nice new feature on GP 2010 that gives you a visual cue as to how many items are returned in a Homepage Reminder. I’ve been noticing ever since GP 2010 Beta that on our systems the little stack of papers is Missing! We just installed GP 2010 at our site and Urggghh…they are still missing!

After a little digging I discovered that this is a 64bit workstation issue and there is a “simple” fix: Just install GP 2010 in any directory EXCEPT the default. Microsoft appears to know about it.

Hmmm...we have all Windows 2008 64bit, all Windows 7 Pro 64bit workstations...Office 2010 64bit...and I'm hearing rumblings there are some warnings about 64bit Office too.

Source:
http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnerdynamicsgp/thread/77c93f0c-9fa1-4a30-8a57-dd7ba72a2e22

PS-I just noticed another issue with Cues on Windows XP Pro 32bit: Reminder Cues only seem to appear for "Predefined Reminders" and not for "Custom Reminders". If anyone has anymore to say about this or a solution I'd love to here it.

Get Community Help for GP: The Dynamics GP Forums

https://community.dynamics.com/forums/32.aspx

http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnerdynamicsgp/threads

Microsoft Office Web Apps: Free Version of Office 2010!

Wow! Microsoft has released the the long awaited Office Web Apps. This is basically a free version of Office 2010! (Word, Excel, Power Point & OneNote) Yeah.

Because they are web based that means you have Office on Mac, Linux and whatever else can run a popular browser. Microsoft also throws in 25GB of FREE storage.

Another feature that is unique to web apps is the ability to SIMULTANEOUSLY edit documents by 2 or more users at one time. For example, 4 users can have an Excel spreadsheet open and be editing it and the other users will see the updates in near real-time (my experience is in about 2 seconds). OneNote also allows simultaneous edit, although I've noticed a much longer update interval (about half a minute). Word currently doesn't appear to support more than one user.





For some reason my embedded video demo of Office Web Apps is not working. If so, just click here to see video demo.

Office web apps are limited in features--but still very useable. Here is a list of some of the limitations that I noticed:

Word Web App: No multi-edit,
Excel Web App: No printing, no chart creation
PowerPoint Web App:
OneNote Web App: No printing, No Search Feature

Some very great points about Office Web Apps:

-Free
-Office on Linux and Mac
-Included
-Host Office Documents You can link to: Click Here to See a Word Web App Doc.
-Access Your Docs Anywhere

My colleague Kurt just send me this comparison of google doc and Office Web Apps you might want to see too.

Get Web Apps right now at:
http://www.skydrive.com/

REMEMBER: Landis Computer is the lowest price source of Office 2010. Buying directly from Microsoft will be costlier--so if you like web apps and want to upgrade--pop us an email!

JUST IN: Keeped tuned to this blog...A free PC Version of Office is coming down the pike too!

What Are Requirements for GP 2010?

With the release of GP 2010 there are a lot of people wondering what the server and workstation requirements are. Below is a great web page to give you all the information you need related to the requirements for GP 2010:

http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/en/us/using/gp-system-requirements.aspx

This page also gives scenario requirements for the SQL server. Very good page.

How to See the Dynamics GP Items You Didn't Sell

Ever have someone that wants to see GP Items that didn't sell lately?
Here is the SQL statement:


select itemnmbr, itemdesc, Item_Sales_Aggregates.Last_Sold, Item_Sales_Aggregates.Line_Qty from iv00101 left outer join

(

select max(document_date) as Last_Sold,count(document_date) as Line_Qty, item_number from

(select sop10100.docdate as document_date, sop10200.itemnmbr as Item_Number, sop10100.soptype as sop_Type
from sop10100 join sop10200
on sop10100.sopnumbe=sop10200.sopnumbe and sop10100.soptype=sop10200.soptype

union

select sop30200.docdate as document_date, sop30300.itemnmbr as item_number, sop30200.soptype as sop_Type
from sop30200 join sop30300
on sop30200.sopnumbe=sop30300.sopnumbe and sop30200.soptype=sop30300.soptype) as B

where sop_type=3 and document_date between '1/1/2009' and '5/30/2010'
group by item_number

) as Item_Sales_Aggregates

on iv00101.itemnmbr = Item_Sales_Aggregates.item_number

where line_qty is null

Convergence 2010 Recap: The Year of GP

I thoroughly enjoyed being at Convergence 2010 once again this year with our team. GP was up font and central. The GP buzz was great.

I was also glad to get to meet Mark Polino and David Musgrave for the first time in person. Leslie Vail, in the GP Learning Center, was giving value far beyond just getting users launched on GP training. Thanks

On Convergence Dynamics GP Content

• GP Business Intelligence is getting up to speed with 245 BI SRS Reports, 119 Charts/Gauges and 23 built in drill back into GP fields. Cool.


• GP to CRM Integration keeps improving and now supports CRM Online


• CRM improving cost-wise also: GP owners get discount on CRM Online subscription.


• Mark Polino's 50 Tips Session was fast, fun & full. Just getting the deck isn't like being in the session--but it's better than nothing.


• Andrew Brown from eOne says performance on Navigation Lists in GP 2010 has been fixed. Once I test this personally in GP 2010 I will post an entire article about this. This will be very big for Navigation List up-take.


• The GP + Unified Communication (OCS) integration is huge. Chad Sogge said they showed it off to Steve Ballmer (who was impressed) at some Microsoft retreat. I'm a GP and communication dude and this integration has huge potential in several ways in my mind. See my post on it.


• Did you see that GP Sales Order Processing Add-on that allows offline sales entry? .Net but looked just like Dexterity.

Some Random Thots:

• Having wifi in the session rooms would be a great way to make live bloggers happier--and perhaps make speakers feel less listened too? ;-)


• Next year, could someone order nice weather so our customers don't get their flights canceled? ;-)
• For anyone that noticed (and commented) on my MacBook, don't worry--I'm a PC! ;-)

New Dynamics GP Book Coming Out: Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Cookbook By Mark Polino

The Dynamics GP 2010 availability is also accompanied by the news of a new GP book by prolific GP blogger and now author, Mark Polino. His new book is due in August and is titled "Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 CookBook" and published by Packt Publishers.

The book promises to provide "useful recipes for improving the way you use and work with Dynamics GP" and if the tips in it are similar to the very popular "50 Tips" session Mark delivered for the last 2 years at Microsoft Convergence you can count on some very good content.

I've just finished co-authoring a book on a Windows based communication solution for the very same publisher and I know its a lot of work (and not necessarily huge pay ;-) so I would say to Mark, thanks for once again contributing to the GP community!

Get over there and pre-order your copy.

New "Black Box" Backup and Data Storage Solution Perfect Fit for Small Business

Wendell Martin and, service manager, Sheldon Kilmer from Landis Computer talk about the "black box" backup solution now available. Affordable, fireproof, waterproof, lockable and easy-to-use makes a very impressive solution. It is also very popular with our clients for backing up a complete image of your small business server.

Watch as they demonstrate this very popular new product.

Our Dynamics GP Team is Ready to Head to Convergence 2010!

Our team is ready to head to Convergence 2010! We are ready to hear more about GP 2010, host clients/prospects and meet some of our regular vendors. If you want to meet us there you are welcome to drop us a line—we’d be glad to meet you in person.

Did you know that we are the makers of the free GP Productivity Pack Add on? Make GP Customer interaction more efficient! Get it free here:
http://landiscomputer.com/modules/default.aspx

Microsoft Shows Off ERP + UC: Wow

Microsoft blog post shows off how Dynamics GP can integrate to Microsoft Office Communication Server to make to powerful possibilities. Being both a GP and OCS (aka MS Communications Server) fan this is of a great deal of interest to me.

Microsoft Blog Post:
http://blogs.msdn.com/gp/archive/2010/03/30/feature-of-the-day-unified-communications.aspx

My blog post on the same subject:

http://dynamicssmallbusiness.blogspot.com/2010/01/microsoft-dynamics-erp-gets-in-depth.html