Whats New in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015

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What’s New in Microsoft
Dynamics GP 2015?
New Features • 2015 & 2013 R2
Changes • Support Dates • Upgrade
Paths

• Important New features in GP 2015 &
GP 2013 R2
• Control
• Reporting
• Productivity
• System Administration
• All New features by module in GP 2015
& GP 2013 R2
• Important Microsoft support cut-off dates
• Upgrade paths and processes
Overview

New Features in Dynamics GP 2015 & GP 2013 R2
Control - Workflow
• Replace existing
workflow inside Core
• Approval Workflows:
o Purchasing
o Payroll
o Financial
o Sales
o Project
• Email Approval

Control - Workflow
2015
• Financial
o GL Batch Approval
• Purchasing
o Payables Batch Approval
o Vendor Approval
• Sales
o Receivables Batch
Approval
2013 R2
• Purchasing
o Purchase Order Approval
o Requisition Approval
• Payroll
o Timecard Approval
• Project
o Timesheet Approval
2015
• Payroll
o Employee Skills Approval
o Direct Deposit Approval
o Employee Profile
Approval
o W4 Approval
• Project
o Expense Report
Approval

Control – Intercompany Enhancements
• Intercompany Journal
Entry Inquiry
• Void Intercompany
Transactions

Control – Payment Terms Options
• Due Date Option using
Transaction Date
• Add Days to Due Date
• Additional Due Options
• Additional Discount Options
• Options: Next Month, Months,
Month/Day and Annual

Control - Payables warning when Open PO
• New warning
message added
when entering
payables
transaction for a
vendor with an
outstanding PO or
un-invoiced receipt

Control - Reverse Fiscal Year
• Ability to reverse the
GL Year End Close
process
• Will open the
previously closed
fiscal year
• Will warn users to
create backups and
verify all users out of
GP prior to process

Reporting - SmartList Designer Additions
• Create New Go To
• Integrate with
Existing Go To
Options
• Open Form,
Navigation List,
SmartList, or Web
Page

Reporting - Refreshable Excel Reports
• Continue to add
new functionality
• Enable tighter
integration with
Smartlist Designer
and Excel

Reporting - Microsoft Dynamics GP Workspace
• Easily create and
securely share
executive
dashboards
• Seamlessly click-
through to
Dynamics GP
client for rich data

Reporting – Navigation to Management Reporter
• New Navigation List
for Management
Report Reports
• View, Edit and Create
Management
Reporter Actions

Reporting – MR Integration Options
• In Company Setup options,
you control what data
Management Reporter uses
for General Ledger and/or
Analytical Accounting
reporting for each company.

Reporting - Business Analyzer Release 7

Reporting - Fixed Assets Year End Close Report
• Printed as part of
year end close
• Prints for all books
and
assets impacted
• Includes end of
year information for
an asset

Reporting - Encumbrance SQL Reporting Services Reports
• SSRS Reports that
display
Encumbrance data
• Summary and
Detail Reports
• Enable Print SSRS
Reports from
Encumbrance
forms

Productivity – Purchase Requisition
• New design in core
with workflow
• Order items and
services
• Combine
requisitions to a
single PO

Productivity - Edit E-mail for Historical Documents
• Edit e-mail for historical
Sales documents
• Edit e-mail for historical
Purchase Orders
• Edit e-mail for RM
Statements
• E-mail historical PM
Remittances
• Edit e-mail for PM
remittances

Productivity - Invoicing for Web Client
• Invoicing
Module is now
available in the
Web Client

Productivity - Project Employee Expense Report
• Project Employee
Expense Report and
Project Timesheet
Entry replace all of
the functionality of
both Business Portal
T&E and PDK!

Productivity – Employee Profile
• Employee able to view
and edit their
employment information
• Address, Dependents,
Emergency Contacts
and Position History

Productivity - Manager Team Profile
• Manager able to view
and edit their team
members’ data
• Address, Dependents,
Emergency Contacts
and Position History

Productivity - Employee Skills and Training
• Part of self service for
employee to view and
maintain their
education and tests
• Employee can view
skills and training
history

Productivity - Manager Skills and Training
• Part of self service for
manager to view and
maintain their
employee’s education
and tests
• Manager can view
employee’s skills and
training history
• Driven from navigation
lists

Productivity – Employee Benefits
• Employee can
view their benefits
with employer and
employee
contributions.

Productivity – Employee Paystubs
• In Self Service,
an employee
can now view or
print their
paystubs from
the paystubs
navigation list

Productivity – Employee W-4
• An employee can edit their
W4 information, add or
change the additional
withholding, update the
number of deductions and
reduce the potential for data
entry errors
• With workflow, the payroll
administrator can route the
W4 information appropriately

Productivity - Employee Direct Deposit
• An employee can edit their
deposit information, add
accounts or change the
distribution reducing the
potential for data entry
errors
• With workflow, the payroll
administrator can route the
deposit information
appropriately

Productivity - Canadian Payroll for Web Client
• Canadian Payroll
is now available on
web client.

Productivity - Document Attach Additions
• Scan Documents
Directly to Doc
Attach from
Scanner
• Add Doc Attach to
Payables
• Convert OLE
Notes to Doc
Attach

Productivity - Copy and Paste to General Ledger
• Ability to paste from
Excel to General
Ledger
• Will validate the data
that is being pasted
into the Transaction
Entry

Productivity - Email based on document type
• Allow Customer’s
to Email
documents based
on the on specific
document type
• Can Enable or
Disable the
feature

System Administration – Copy Home Page & Area Page
• Copy Home Page Settings &
Content to Other Users
• Copy Area Page Settings
to Other Users

System Administration - Take Company Offline
• Limit company
access for
maintenance
• Assign user with
access
• Message users

System Administration - Microsoft Azure Backups
• Disaster recovery
• Restore directly
to/from Windows
Azure Storage
• Option in Microsoft
Dynamics GP
window

System
• 2015
• Service Based Architecture
• Identity Management
• SmartList Designer – Refreshable Excel Reports
• Navigation Integration for Management Reporter
• Copy Home Page settings
• Management Reporter Integration Options

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Business Intelligence

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Important Microsoft Mainstream Support cut-off dates for
these versions of Dynamics GP:
• GP 9 (January 2011)
• GP 10 (October 2012)
• GP 2010 (October 2015)
• GP 2013 (April 2018)
• GP 2015 (April 2020)
Microsoft Support End-of-Life
!

Upgrade Paths
Dynamics GP 9.0 to Dynamics GPv2015
9.0 >>> 9.0 SP2 >>> 10.0 SP5 >>> 2013R2 >>> 2015
Dynamics GP 10.0 to Dynamics GPv2015
10.0 >>> 10.0 SP5 >>> 2013R2 >>> 2015
Dynamics GPv2010 to Dynamics GPv2015
2010 >>> 2010 SP4 >>> 2015
Dynamics GPv2013 to Dynamics GPv2015
2013 >>> 2013 SP2 or R2 >>> 2015
Dynamics GPv2013R2 to Dynamics GPv2015
2013R2 >>> 2015

Ready to Upgrade to Dynamics GP 2015?
For questions, to get an estimate or to
schedule a demo, contact:
Taylor Douvikas
Sales Specialist
925.790.2887
taylor.douvikas@amllp.com
Visit us online:
http://learn.amllp.com/upgrade-to-microsoft-
dynamics-gp-2015

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