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Free Sage 100 Training Through May 31, 2020

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Through May 31, 2020, Sage is offering a variety of free online training for many of its products – including Sage 100 and Sage 100cloud – via their Sage U online training site.

To access the free training you’ll need to create a Sage U account ( free ) and then access the Sage 100 courses via this link.

After completing the training, you can optionally take a variety of certification exams available for:

  • General Ledger Specialist
  • Accounts Payable Specialist
  • Accounts Receivable Specialist
  • Payroll Specialist
  • System Administrator Specialist

Available courses include:

  • General Ledger
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Payroll 2.0
  • Inventory Management
  • Purchase Order
  • Sales Order
  • Job Cost
  • System Administrator
  • Program and Data Files

Sage 100 Cloud Learning Series

Sage is also hosting a learning series that offers monthly courses designed for new customers or those who want a refresher.

  • Crystal Reports for Beginners – April 16, 2020, 12 PM EST
    • How to create a basic report for Sage 100 using the Crystal Reports Wizard
    • How to determine your data source which will be used to populate the report
  • Creating a Payroll Report that Shows the Employee’s Encrypted Data – June 18, 2020, 12 PM EST
    • How to use Crystal reports to create a report that will allow you to see encrypted and highly sensitive employee information
  • Creating Dashboards Using Sage Intelligence Reporting – August 12, 2020, 12 PM EST
    • Would you like to see a visual representation of your data with the ability to filter interactively?
    • How to create a dashboard using Sage Intelligence Reporting
  • Using Business Insights Explorer to Work More Efficiently – October 6, 2020, 12 PM EST
    • How to streamline access to critical data by creating default settings for data you regularly view and personalize it to meet your individual needs
    • How to easily use drill down and drill around functions as well as how to access related tasks
  • Making the Most of Visual Process Flows – December 9, 2020, 12 PM EST
    • Would you like to navigate easily through processes – perhaps those you use infrequently or to help new employees learn how to streamline their workflows?
    • About visual process flows available to you
    • How to modify a process flow and add it to your desktop

For more information about the free Sage 100 training opportunities available to you from Sage please visit the Sage U website here.

Where Can I Go For Classroom Training On Sage 100?

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Interested in classroom training on Sage 100? In person and hands on. Sometimes that’s the best way to get a grip on a new computer system. Luckily Sage has a network of Authorized Training Centers (ATC) located throughout North America. These facilities have all been certified by Sage and use authorize curriculum for their classes.

The 6 Sage Authorized Training Centers

Acuity Solutions – Las Vegas, NV – Katie Deaver – 702-966-2000
CompuData Inc. – Philadelphia, PA – Sue Pawlowic – 215-969-1000
Kissinger Associates – Centerport, PA – Nicole Zandier – 610-926-7450
Martin and Associates – Cincinnati, OH – Mary Schmidt – 513-772-7284
SWK Technologies, Inc. – Livingston, NJ – Debbie Berndt – 973-758-6128
Vicor Business Services – Bethesda, MD – Jamie Mertz – 301-320-3754

For a limited time take 25% off classroom, real-time and virtual hands-on lab training.

Sage 100 Instructor Led Training Courses

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Are you interested in classroom training for Sage 100 ERP (formerly MAS90 and MAS200)? Sage has a network of authorized training centers located across North America who schedule regular instructor led courses.

These courses are typically full day and include a user guide as well as plenty of opportunity to network with other students and ask questions of the instructor.

For a complete list of current Sage 100 courses – visit this link.

Local Sage ERP MAS 90 and MAS200 Training , Anytime Learning

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This morning I received an email from an existing user of Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 asking if I could refer them to a local education center where they could attend classroom instruction on the MAS90 Job Costing module.

Sage maintains a network of 9 different locations (most operated by independent partners authorized by Sage). These sites provide hands on classroom instruction using Sage created textbooks (which by the way are great substitutes for the manuals). I’ve often highly recommended the courses because the quality of the instruction and materials is so high.

Sage U Training Center Listing

Typically you’ll find each center offering a full suite of courses covering the various Sage ERP MAS 90 and 200 modules. Some of the more niche modules may have less frequent dates scheduled – and are often subject to re-scheduling if minimum attendance is not met – so always confirm these dates with the centers prior to booking travel.

If you’re not in the mood for live MAS90 instruction – you can also browse Sage’s Anytime Learning online offerings (which also have fantastic course manuals).

Free SQL Server Training for Sage Partners: Irvine CA (2/17,18) and New York (2/23, 24)

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A little birdie just alerted me to a free two day Microsoft SQL training course available to Sage Business Partners free of charge.

The course is being held February 17 & 18, 2010 in Irvine California or February 23 & 24, 2010 in New York City. Registration is completely free though as of February 4, 2010 at 3pm EST there were only 16 free seats remaining in California and 20 in New York.

The deadline to register for the Irvine classes is 2/14/10 and for New York it’s 2/18/10.

From what we know this training is a requirement for certification on MAS 200 SQL (expected to be re-released in Q4 2010) and certainly handy for any consultants working with Sage MAS 200 EES which uses SQL for the SageCRM portion of the product.

How can you go wrong with two days of free hands-on technical training?

Here’s the course description:

Sage and Microsoft’s SQL Server Team are joining forces together to offer Sage most valued partners, a unique opportunity to take their SQL Server skills to the next level and grow their business.

Understanding the SQL Server administration and management is critical for successful implementations of Sage products in a SQL Server environment. In this course, the most important aspects of working with SQL Server will be covered during a two day workshop that includes practical experience via hands-on-labs. The course covers installing, configuring and managing SQL Server, explains how SQL Server indexes work, shows how to read execution plans, describes how to perform basic performance tuning and diagnostics and provides guidance on planning for high availability options such as clustering, mirroring and log-shipping.

Here’s how Sage Business Partners can sign up  (login is required)

First, login to Sage Partner University here.

Next, I was only able to locate the course through a search – but you may be able to follow this link to go direct to the SQL registration page. (Update: It looks as if sometimes this direct link brings you to a search page instead of the course – simply search for the keyword SQL and product line Sage MAS90/ MAS200. The second result – course # MS90611 Sage SQL Server Training should appear for $ 0).

If the link above doesn’t work, simply search for the class using the steps below:

Open the search box (click the image below to enlarge):

Then use the resulting search box to find the course with SQL:

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