Sage Software MAS 500 Version 7.2 Third Party Considerations , Technology Features

SAGE MAS 500 VERSION 7.2 PRE-RELEASE GUIDE

• Windows Vista compatibility including installation and UAC support.

Sage Timesheet v9.61 for remote Time and Expense entry and project management provides an

integrated MAS 500 solution for professional service organizations that need to track and bill

projects based on a fixed or time and material basis. A new 9.7 version of Sage Timesheet is

currently in beta and is tracking towards a March release timeframe. Additional details will be made

available at a later date.

Third Party Considerations

Crystal Reports provides access to your data and allows you to format it, and deliver it as

information inside and outside your organization. There will be no changes to Crystal Reports with

this release.

FRx is a financial reporting application that gives midsize organizations and corporate businesses

control of their entire financial reporting process across one or more legal entities. FRx version 6.7

service pack 10 will be included with the 7.2 release.

StarShip Parcel integrates tightly with Sage MAS 500 and makes the entire shipment management

process more fluid. Plus, when combined with the pick, pack, and ship feature built into the Sales

Order module, StarShip Parcel helps your company become a more competitive distributor and

even offers features that can potentially reduce your shipping and shipping-related expenses.

Please refer to Starship Freight section above for additional details.

Technology Features

Data Migrator version 7.2 will continue to support Sage MAS 90 and 200 v4.05 migrations along

with previously supported releases including v3.71.

Sage MAS 500 has a long standing commitment to leveraging the latest Microsoft platform

requirements. With the introduction of Microsoft Vista, a new security standard was established to

provide administrators additional security controls they require from their network of computers

throughout and organization. The new UAC standards in particular placed a greater burden on

software manufacturers to conform to this stricter security standard. The 7.2 release provides full

support for the UAC including the key areas of client installation, Windows NT Integrated security,

registry usage and proper local disk access.