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MAS90 and MAS200 supported versions list

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Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 version 3.71 and higher are presently supported by Sage. This means that in most instances you can obtain the current release levels, service updates (if any) as well as tax table updates.

There are some restrictions on what older versions of MAS 90 and MAS 200 are entitled to.

For example, versions 4.20 and earlier no longer receive service updates. Instead if you find an error you’ll have to beg and plead ask for an individual program fix. Also, version 4.05 and lower no longer have the knowledgebase kept up to date – so if you’re looking for a problem report on a version 4.0 issue you’ll probably not have much luck.

Curious what the restrictions are on the supported levels of Sage MAS 90, MAS 200 (and MAS 500 is even thrown in for good luck)?

Here’s the PDF showing all versions starting with 4.30 and their appropriate level of support.

Supported Versions Policy MAS90 MAS200 MAS500 Supported Versions Policy MAS90 MAS200 MAS500 Wayne Schulz Chart showing the latest supported versions for Sage MAS90, MAS200 and MAS500. This shows the level of service that each version of MAS90 is entitled to including MAS 200 SQL.

Sage Insights Partner Conference Registration Goes Live Today

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Prepare to register for Insights 2009 today as the official list of educational sessions is slated to go live at noon today. Insights is the annual Sage partner conference which is occurring May 11-14, 2009 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville, TN.

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You can register online at Sage Insights 2009 Registration and then tell us whether you are attending at the Sage Insights Facebook Event Page.

Sagetalk goes listen only 3-31-09

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Sage introduced a new community forum in the fourth quarter of 2008, we’ve sensed that the writing was on the wall for their old beloved Sagetalk discussion forum.

In a posting made to their private online support area, Sage have announced that on March 31, 2009 the Sagetalk discussion forum will be turned to read only status. During this time no new messages or subscribers will be accepted. All the message areas continue to be available (subject to the same awkward password protected restrictions) for an undetermined period of time.

Sage Communities for MAS 90 and MAS 200 is where the action is

If you haven’t been online and participating in the Sagetalk forum for a while, then you might be surprised to learn that Sage have created a new (better) discussion forum based on the Lithium messaging software.

This new community is better in several ways:

  1. Messages support html, images and are easier to edit (editing a message no longer breaks the html as it used to on Sagetalk)
  2. You can read new Sage Community messages in RSS feeds through tools like Google Reader.
  3. Twitter users can even subscribe to one of the Sage Community Twitter feeds and be notified every time a new message is posted to the community.

via: 90Minds – Sagetalk becomes read only on 3/31/09

Sage MAS 90 Extended Solution Doesn’t Finish Installing [Solved]

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Ever have one of those experiences that leave you feeling like a complete moron?

I just had one – and I’m going to share my experience with you so that anyone  who runs into the same (or similar problem) can learn from my 8 hours of hair pulling, cursing and confusion mis-fortune.

Background

One of my clients ordered the Sage AP-1063 Extended Solution that enables ACH processing for accounts payable. Think of it as anothe form of direct deposit – only instead of direct depositing employee checks you’ll be depositing vendor payments (aka – wire transfers).

Before I ordered I casually noted that the client was on version 4.05 (first mistake – they were on version 4.1). When Sage sent the Extended Solution I logged in at 7:15 AM remotely with the client and began the installation.

Unfortunately the version 4.05 install routine did not check to make sure it was actually installing to a version 4.05 system – -and dutifully installed itself over my version 4.10 system.

Luckily I caught this and quickly determined that version 4.10 of the Extended Solution was needed. Once I ordered the re-packaged part, Sage was quick to email it over to me.

Here’s where the fun began.

Extended Solutions Say’s “Now Installing Extended Solutions” – Forever

Technically the message did not stay there forever. After three hours the client wisely decided to end task and call.

From there I logged in and we engaged Sage to assist in looking at the issue. Neither of us were able to determine the cause due to the lack of any error messages.

As a final resolution Sage offered to look at the data (all 5 GB) if we would upload to them. Fearing the lengthy upload time (easily a day or two on the clients poky network) I declined to upload.

Luckily the client ran into another error — Error 88 SY_Report.PVC Line 203.

This error message was in the knowledgebase and the cure was very simple. Luckily the cure for the above error also resolved totally my “Now Installing Extended Solutions” hung installation problem.

The Resolution

The fix for both the error message and the hung Extended Solution install routine was to go into the \MAS90\SOA folder and delete any SY_*.PVC files (I suggest you move these somewhere as opposed to outright deleting – just in case).

Once those files were deleted, the Extended Solution installed just fine and all error messages vanished. My theory is that the v4.05 Extended Solution may have dumped those SY_*.PVC files into \MAS90\SOA which in turn caused all my subsequent error conditions.

Hope this is helpful to someone else in the future.

Sage MAS 90 and 200 v4.4 new feature slide deck

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Hot off the presses are these slides that were used at the recent Friday Focus session. The topic was MAS 90 version 4.4 and the content covered all the expected new enhancements in this next release as well as approximate release dates.

For those of you not patient enough to read through all 21 pages:

  • Controlled release / beta – begins summer 2009
  • Final release target – late 2009
  • Modules upgrade: Inventory, Purchase Order, Bill of Materials, Bar Coding
  • Major new features: 20 character customer number, 30 character inventory item (special item too) numbers

Here’s the full slide deck that contains quite a few screen shots. Ignore the pithy comment or two in the margins typed by one of my reseller buddies. If you’re up to the challenge of being a beta tester – send email to marissa.sarreal and be sure to add in the @sage.com to the end.
MAS90 Version 4.4 Preview

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