Hard to believe, but within the last few weeks I ran into three (3) different prospects/clients who had old versions of Sage 100 Contractor, causing problems for them to get the data they needed.
In one case, they're running version 20.x which is several years out of date, old tax tables; really needs to be upgraded. In another case, the dataset wouldn't open and it turned out it was in version 19, before the SQL backend rewrite (started with version 20) – no wonder it didn't work!
We send a lot of updates – video blogs, newsletters, website posts, notices in our client communication; you name it! Still this message was missed, or maybe they thought we were exaggerating, not sure. So here's an overall summary, a re-print of a recent about S100C upgrades. If you have old versions, old datasets, get with your consultant or give us a call and get up-to-date.
When Sage announces a release, they include highlights of what has changed with the latest update; it's in their release notes. With version 22.x, update warnings are larger, red and black, and look very dire. You don't have to install every release, so how do you decide?
Here are a couple of tips to keep in mind:
- If you have version 19 datasets, get these migrated ASAP. Who knows how long Sage will leave this migration feature available.
- If the release has a feature you've been waiting for, a 'fix' to something that you regularly use, a report you've been waiting for, or a tax update that impacts your payroll, go ahead and contact your IT group to arrange the upgrade.
- Sage only supports the last 2 Major releases.
- If you do install the update, check that your server has space first!
- If you install the update, plan ahead-everyone will need to be out of the software during the upgrade process.
Read more about Sage 100 Contractor Enhancements and Upgrades here.
As always, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
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Catherine Wendt
Syscon, Inc.
Scottsdale AZ
(630) 850-9039
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