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Synergy Prepares for Microsoft Convergence 2013

Posted 2 months ago

by Michael Camp

Every year, Synergy attends Microsoft’s Convergence, a conference designed for Microsoft partners and their clients. Convergence has a plethora of informative sessions and other creative ways Dynamics clients can learn how to extend the power of...
New White Paper! 4 Essentials to Becoming a Successful Government Contractor

Posted 5 months ago

by Michael Camp

Are you doing or pursuing contracts with the Department of Defense or another federal or state government agency? Then our new white paper will help. It lays out four essential ingredients an organization must have to pass government audits and fulfill...
Synergy Launches 30-Day Free Trial of Microsoft Dynamics SL in the Cloud

Posted 6 months ago

by Michael Camp

Synergy now offers a 30-day free trial of Dynamics SL in the Cloud in four easy steps. For companies looking to improve their financial management and project accounting systems, this offer is an excellent way to learn why Dynamics SL is Microsoft’s...
How to Provide a Complete Accounting of Complex Projects

Posted 7 months ago

by Michael Camp

Gillespie, Prudhon & Associates (GP&A), a telecommunications engineering firm specializing in the design and implementation of fiber optic and microwave transmission networks, mobile radio systems, and other wireless technologies, faced a frustrating...
3 Keys to Profitable Government Contracting

Posted 9 months ago

by Michael Camp

Government contractors, who do business with the Department of Defense or other government entities (e.g. states that now follow federal regulations), face an enormous challenge: you must provide detailed cost information—direct, indirect, and overhead...
5 Guides to Help You Manage and Grow Your Project-driven Business

Posted 11 months ago

by Michael Camp

Don’t miss the wealth of wisdom in this 5 Guides Resource Kit from Nuclear Research and Microsoft. Whether you’re researching ways to improve your project accounting and government compliance or searching for a new system, the 5 Guides in...
Launching FRx from the Microsoft Dynamics Menu

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

By Margo Dame’ If you are having trouble launching FRx from the Microsoft Dynamics menu, but you can launch from your Start menu, here are a few simple steps you can take to resolve the issue: Log onto the Server and look for the SL\Applications...
Extending the Microsoft Dynamics SL and Dynamics CRM Connector

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

By Jerod Hatley Connecting the Dynamics SL project accounting software and Dynamics customer relationship management (CRM) software has been a long time goal of our company. A couple of years ago, we worked with Madrona Solutions Group to build an SL...
Foreign Currency Symbols in Dynamics SL

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Don Wachtveitl In earlier versions of Microsoft Dynamics SL, the Currency Manager module had country flags available to use as currency symbols. Starting with Version 7.0 these symbols are no longer available out of the box. However, they can be...
Financial Reporting: To Drill or Not to Drill Down on FRx Reports

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Noland Lim On several occasion clients have called in about not being able to drill down on FRx reports (a powerful financial reporting software module for Dynamics SL). If you ever experience this look no further than Detail Level on the report...
Customization Manager in Dynamics SL

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

By Jerod Hatley Customization Manager is a module in Microsoft Dynamics SL (ERP financial management software particularly designed for project accounting ) that will allow users to alter the appearance of the Dynamics SL screens they use. Without knowledge...
How to Filter Data on a Dynamics SL Report

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Bill Perrin Dynamics SL presents a standard window when you launch reports from an application. They named this Report Options Interpreter, which is commonly referred to as ROI. In fact, you will see ROI.EXE in the appplications session when you...
What Do I Do with All These Dynamics SL Batch Reports?

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

By Robin Rulffes As an SL user, do you ever go to the printer and it’s stacked with batch reports? I do not know how many times I have walked into a client’s office and they have a stack of batch reports on the printer, next to the printer, or...
How to Easily Manage Your Insurance Deductions in Dynamics SL

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Donna Hurst Dynamics SL users, are you looking for an easier way to maintain your Medical/Dental/Vision amounts for the new year? Not looking forward to going into every employee and manually updating the amount to withhold? Now you don’t have to...
Government Contractor Accounting: Indirect Cost Rates Made Easier with Microsoft Forecaster!

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by TJ Paulsen Government contractors that perform work for the Federal Government under Cost Plus Contracts are required to estimate their indirect cost rates by which allowable indirect costs are allocated to the product or service provided. These...
Adding Your Company Logo to Dynamics SL: One of Many Hidden Treasures of User Options

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Nicole Eggan Remember your User Options? These hidden treasures are easy to forget because you ‘set it and forget it.’ User Options determine whether you get handy grid lines and row numbers in entry screens in DSL and are controlled at a user level...
Dynamics SL Provides Reporting Tools for Government Contractors to Help Meet DCAA Compliance Needs

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by TJ Paulsen Since the release of Dynamics SL 7.0, there are many tools in SL to assist government contractors in calculating and reporting indirect cost rates. The most noticeable is the menu of Government Contractor Reports. The reports show summary...
How to Make a Fiscal Year Change in Dynamics SL

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Bill Perrin Fiscal year changes are not as simple as changing settings in GL Setup, and are not just an FRx setting. SL maintains period-based account balances (along with GL allocations and period net changes) in tables that are summarized by Company...
New “Correct Journal Transaction” Screen in General Ledger in Dynamics SL 2011

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Noland Lim Remember the good old days when you wanted to do a reversing journal entry and you forgot to click the auto reverse button on the original journal entry? Your only option was to do it manually. Now, in the SL 2011 version of General...
Government Contract Accounting: “Home Office” Allocations

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by TJ Paulsen Many government contractors have the requirement to allocate centralized costs across two or more segments. The Cost Accounting Standards Board calls these “Home Office” expenses, and there is a prescribed method for allocating these expenses...
Easily Clear Up Communicator Messages

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Donna Hurst If you are like me, then you’ll find you have gotten all your Invoices approved and Timecard/Expense Reports approved but you forgot to delete the message from your Business Portal / Project / Communicator page. I just looked and...
A Great Tool to Easily Manage Event Logs in Dynamics SL

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Nicole Eggan If you’ve worked much at all in Dynamics SL you’ve probably generated event logs. You’ll know for sure if you’re getting the message “New Event Logs exist. Do you want to view them?” on login. The newest Dynamics SL version...
Fixed Price Revenue Recognition in Dynamics SL – Part I

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Robin Rulffes Project Percent Complete Revenue Recognition is a tough concept for most people, including accountants and auditors. The basic idea is project revenue is recognized as project costs are incurred. The standard calculation is: Project...
Web-Delivered Ad Hoc Reporting on Your Dynamics SL Data

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

Microsoft SQL Server Report Services is a wonderful technology that can be used to create parameterized reports that can be deployed on a web server that is accessible to all users in your organization. Not only is it possible for you to publish reports...
Dynamics SL 2011 Multi-Company Configuration–How to Change the Colors on the Company Buttons

Posted over 1 year ago

by Michael Camp

by Don Wachtveitl In Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, a Switch Company button has been added. This button allows users in a multi-company configuration to switch between companies that are in the same DSL System database. To distinguish between companies...

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