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Setting Today's Date As Default MAS90 Custom Report Date

Have you ever created a new report setting for a report in MAS90 or MAS200? If so you've probably noticed that the date will suddenly stop defaulting to today's date. Instead you'll likely see the last date used on the report.

Some users prefer to have the date always default to the current day when they run these reports. With a little advance work you can fix your saved report and have the date always default.

Want to know how? 

How to default saved report date in MAS90 to today's date

Sage Maintenance Costs May Need Re-Computing For Plans Expiring After 4/12/2011

CUSTOMERS EXPIRING PRIOR TO APRIL 12TH: 
There are no issues quoting or placing renewal orders on SSO for customers expiring prior to April 12th so feel free to continue processing those quotes and orders as usual. 

CUSTOMERS EXPIRING APRIL 12TH AND BEYOND: 
The new Business Care pricing has been applied to customers that expire April 12th and beyond. The new Business Care pricing is on the customer's renewal invoice they received from Sage and it is correct. The new Business Care pricing will be reflected on SSO on April 12th. So if you need to re-quote or place orders for customers expiring April 12th and beyond, please contact your Client Care Rep.

 

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Why Is My MAS90 Upgrade Quote So Expensive?

We receive many inquiries about the cost to upgrade MAS 90 and MAS 200 to the latest 4.4 version. By far most people are looking to satisfy themselves that the quote that their present consultant provided (usually just  range of hours) is fair.

Usually a customer is shocked to see that our quote is higher than what they think their consultant is going to charge them. That is until they think that they really haven't gotten a price from their consultant - rather they have an estimate that is probably going to vary when that final bill is sent.

How To Move Sage ERP MAS 90 & MAS 200 Paperless Office - Even Forms!

If you’re moving the location of your existing Sage MAS90 or MAS200 accounting system – don’t forget that you will also need to move any related paperless office PDF files.

And dragging and dropping those files won’t work. You have to make sure that MAS 90 or MAS 200 both knows the new location (updated in paperless maintenance) and that each paperless office document record is updated with new location data.

Luckily Sage provides a way to do this via the viewer menu (other methods seem to be hit or miss and the viewer move is what’s always worked best for me).

Sage Releases Product Update 3 For MAS90 and MAS200 Version 4.4

 On Monday 9/27 Sage Software dropped their Product Update 3 for MAS90 and MAS200 v4.4. This new release was right on schedule having been earmarked for release by the end of September.

Sage's new method of providing software updates differs from what they used to do in the past. Rather than simply bundle together a collection of patches and fixes for problems that were discovered - Sage now bundles in new functionality to each and every Product Update.

These updates are sold as another benefit to keeping current on Sage Basic Software Maintenance (aka - Bronze Plan). 

While you can generally install these updates yourself with minimal issues - any user with customizations should verify compatibility first by talking to their Sage Business Partner.

Already the 90 Minds Consulting Group found one bug that while relatively minor could be a source of problems for any company that had installed the updates without checking first with their consultants.

 

More information on the latest MAS90 Product Update

MAS90 and MAS200 Supported Platform Matrix Updated 12/28/09

Sage Software have released their 12/28/09 Supported Platform Matrix for MAS 90 and MAS 200.

These two documents spell out the exact configurations that Sage will (or won't) support or their MAS 90 and MAS 200 accounting software.

Use the documents when specifying new server hardware (or operating systems). Most noteworthy is the absence of any support for Windows 7 in version 4.3 (current) or earlier of both MAS 90 and MAS 200.

While there's been no official announcement of what platforms 4.4 will support we believe that initially the 4.4 release won't support Windows 7 due to an incompatibility with Paperless Office. Sage will likely work on that and we expect compatibility with Windows 7 to be added in the first service update for MAS 90 and MAS 200 4.4.

After the release of 4.4 we expect that Sage will take another look at 4.3 compatibility with Windows 7.

In the meantime you can try our unofficial workaround for running MAS90 paperless office in a 64-bit operating system.

MAS 200 Supported Operating Systems & Hardware Requirements

MAS 90 Supported Operating Systems & Hardware Requirements

MAS90 and MAS200 Service Updates Now Issued Quarterly

Heads up everyone. If you're using Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 and are wondering where the latest service update is (the last one was issued 6/29/09) then wonder no more.

According to several Sage consultants who've inquired to Sage - the previously monthly bundle of program fixes for the latest level of Sage MAS 90 and 200 have moved to a quarterly release schedule.

Only the most current release (presently 4.3) receives this self-installing bundle of minor program fixes. All earlier versions of the software will continue to require fixes to be loaded individually.

If you feel your Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 software may require a service update - please consult with your Sage Business Partner who is in the best position to advise you.

As a general rule of thumb we recommend that our clients not load service updates unless they are about to call Sage to log a technical support case, the service update claims to fix a specific issue they've experienced or they've been advised to load such an upgrade by Sage or a competent Sage Business Partner.

How to purge MAS 90 Bank Reconciliation transactions

If you are using the Bank Reconciliation module in Sage MAS 90 or MAS 200 you probably have wondered what conditions must existing in order for the cleared outstanding transactions to be purged off the report.

There are actually a very well defined set of criteria that must be met in order for you to receive the "do you want to purge" message after printing the bank reconciliation register.

These criteria are different depending upon what version of MAS 90 or MAS 200 you are using.

Interesting learning about the steps that you must take in order to purge cleared bank transactions?

MAS90 3.71 value plan support available at least through 9/30/2010

Sage has updated their product support chart to indicate that Value Plan support for version 3.71 of Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 is now available through 9/30/2010.

Previously Sage had indicated via a footnote in their MAS 90 and MAS 200 Supported Platforms Matrix that support for the older version 3.71 would cease on June 30, 2009.

While version 3.71 of MAS 90 and MAS 200 is no longer sold, users who are on this older version can sign up for Value Plan maintenance  ($1,000 annually for MAS 90 and $1,250 annually for MAS 200).

Schulz Consulting wins Best of Glastonbury 2009 Award

Schulz Consulting has been named "Best of Glastonbury 2009" by the US Commerce Association (USCA).

This company, USCA,  claims to be a Washington DC based business funded by companies nationwide. The stated purpose of the USCA according to their press release is to market and promote small businesses across the United States.

In short - it appears by my observation that the USCA main line of business quite possibly could be to sell award plaques.

The notification email that arrived via email linked to a press release announcing the award as well as an order form to submit contact details and order a plaque.

While we are humbled by the unexpected award - we're not quite sure how competitive this category is or whether anyone who ponies up the

The full press release follows.