November 2007 – Microsoft is pleased to announce the addition of Extended Support for Microsoft Dynamics products under the Microsoft Support Lifecycle (MSL) policy. In the past, Microsoft Dynamics products received five years of Mainstream Support, before support ended. With the addition of Extended Support, selected Microsoft Dynamics products will receive a minimum of 10 years of support from Microsoft.

The Extended Support phase and policy applies to all future releases of the Microsoft Dynamics products listed below beginning with Microsoft Dynamics NAV 5.0 (this also includes Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0, amongst others).

August 2007 – In July Creative Business Systems achieved the prestigious Gold Certified Partner Status. This certification level allows us to offer our customers a better level of care and support by providing us a deeper and more responsive partnership with Microsoft. As a Gold Partner we get improved SLA ’s and access to information, allowing us to improve our skills and response time to all our customers.

June 2007 – HM Revenue and Customs recently announced VAT Accounting changes that will affect buying and selling the following goods:

• Mobile telephones.
• Computer chips/microprocessors/central processing units.
• Electronic storage medium which may be used in, or in connection with, computers, or any device in categories 1 and 4.
• Electronic devices used for the storage, processing or recording of electronic data as follows:
  • Handheld devices for recording or playing of sound and/or images.
  • Handheld computers.
  • Handheld communication devices other than mobile telephones.
  • Positional determination devices for GPS systems.
  • Games consoles with screen, or of a kind used with a television or computer.

The changes are designed to stop VAT fraud in the UK.

www.hmrc.co.uk & follow links to VAT
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May 2007 – Microsoft are offering their excellent Dynamics CRM server free to Dynamics NAV users who are on the maintenance plan. All you need to do is buy the Clients (CALs) and we will work with you to setup this solution to meet your requirements.

For more information on Dynamics CRM select the following link:

April 2007 – To gain benefits from the data held within Dynamics NAV, it needs to be seen by the right people at the right time.  Some users of the data have no need to login to the powerful interface offered by Dynamics NAV; they just want to see some data and/or reports. Typically these users would either be serviced by other users printing reports for them or by themselves having a cut down menu for the system.

Now there is a better and more cost effective way to access your Dynamics NAV data. This is with the improved Windows SharePoint Services and the Employee Portal functionality now available from Microsoft.  Now you can have access to real-time Dynamics NAV data via:

• Graphical and Interactive reports with SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.
• Web Browser Based access to your data (via named & secured users), with Read and Write access to Dynamics NAV.

With SharePoint you can now share information, from multiple sources, to all your employees in one easy to use application.  SharePoint is an effective and flexible way to allow employees to share information with each other and for the company to share information with them.  With powerful search facilities and document storage, SharePoint becomes your central application for your employees’ information needs.

For more information follow the below links:

• Dynamics NAV Employee Portal - http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/nav/product/employee_portal_overview.mspx
• Windows SharePoint Services (or the enhanced Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) - http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/nav/product/employee_portal_overview.mspx
• SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services - http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/nav/product/sql2005integration.mspx

Microsoft release Dynamics NAV 5.0 (formally Microsoft Business Solution-Navision)

March 2007 – Microsoft have released Dynamics NAV 5.0, and it offers excellent new functionality and integration options, as well as improving on the existing features.

A selection of improvements offered by Dynamics NAV 5.0 are:

• Better integration to Microsoft Office (especially with Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Vista Compatibility.
• SQL Server 2005 Compatibility.
• Improved Payment Allocation (and Un-Allocation).
• Automated Approval (with e-mail notification).
• Liquidity (Cash Flow) Analysis.
• Improved Inventory Analysis & G/L Reconciliation.
• Invoice Pre-Payments.
• Improved Service and Jobs Management Modules.
• Business Analytics.
• Record Links.

For more information in Dynamics NAV 5.0 please follow the following links:

• Dynamics NAV 5.0 Product Information http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/nav/default.mspx
• What’s new in Dynamics NAV 5.0 http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/nav/product/50whatsnew.mspx
• Microsoft Office Synchronisation (demo) http://www.microsoft.com/Businesssolutions/Navision/Demos/Integration/index.html