Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015 CU1, the latest release of Microsoft Dynamics SL, was delivered in May, and with it came a third round of web apps for mobile use of the solution. These web apps are written in HTML5 and give your staff browser-based access to view and enter data into Microsoft Dynamics SL through a tablet, smartphone, or desktop machine. The first of these apps was released last year, and enabled users to record time and travel expenses anytime, anywhere. The apps are intuitive and easy to use, and the interfaces are built to scale to the size of the device being used.
New Web Apps for Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015 CU1
The ‘CU’ stands for cumulative update, and is the term Microsoft uses instead of “service pack” now, so if you were waiting for the first update to upgrade to Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015, your wait is over. The following web apps were delivered with this latest release of Microsoft Dynamics SL:
- New time and expense entry with a grid interface
- Employee and resource maintenance and rate maintenance
- Project maintenance with budgeting
- Resource planning by project
- Resource planning by employee
- Employee utilization module
- Inventory lookup
- Item request entry and approval
- Payroll and Advanced Payroll entry
- Reporting
- Access rights
Last Year’s Web Apps Get an Update
Last year’s web apps, Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 Web Apps CU1, have been updated to run on the latest release, Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015:
- Project Time Entry with support for Project Flex Time
- Project Correcting Timecards
- Project T type-Timecard support (supporting prepopulated time cards)
- Project Expense Entry (with attachments)
- Project Expense Reports
- Project Time & Expense Approval
- Project Analyst
Even More Apps for Dynamics SL 2015
Web apps delivered with the original release of Microsoft Dynamics SL 2015 and that are also in the 2015 CU1 update, include the following:
- Project Timesheet Entry
- Project Communicator
- Project Maintenance & Inquiry
- Billing Information Maintenance
- Project Maximums Maintenance
- Percent Complete and Revenue Recognition Setup
- Address Maintenance
- Contract Value and Revenue Information
- Budget Maintenance and Inquiry
- Budget Revision Maintenance, Approval, Inquiry, and Analysis
- Project Invoice Approval
- Project Delegations Approval
In addition, a Resource Management dashboard web app enables managers to quickly view resource assignments by project. All web apps include source code, so you can customize screens by adding or removing fields or by adding code.
