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The Evolution of Employee Self Service, From Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 through GP 2015 R2

by Wendy Scheuring
Contributing Writer, MSDW

Employee self-service provides benefits both ways: employees feel empowered by managing their own information (e.g., obtaining their paystubs and W2s on demand, managing their direct deposits); and the organization saves itself time and labor in HR management, all while ensuring more accurate information. Who better than employees to supply and manage their own personal details? 

Microsoft added more than 250 new self-service features to Microsoft Dynamics GP between the 2013 release and GP 2015 R2, and Microsoft senior program manager Jodi Christiansen provided MSDynamicsWorld.com readers with an overview of GP's self-service features in a recent webcast (click here for the recorded webcast), demonstrating a number of transactions typical for employees and managers.

Ms. Christiansen summarized the evolution of GP identifying key features by release (see graphic). 

Dynamics GP Employee Self-Service Roadmap

One of the newest features included in Dynamics GP 2015 is the Project Employee Expenses. This is what users may have managed in the Project Accounting Module (Personal Data Keeper [PDK] and/or Business Portal), but now manage from inside Dynamics GP.

"If any of you are on Business Portal, or were on Business Portal," Ms. Christiansen stated, "most of that functionality from Business Portal was moved into the Employee Self-Service area by 2015. Business Portal is no longer offered on GP 2015, so if that's something you are on, you will have to go over to the self-service areas that are inside of Dynamics GP [2015]."

Key functionality that has been enhanced and moved into GP includes:

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About Wendy Scheuring

Wendy Scheuring has published hundreds of feature articles and business profiles in local and national publications and on the web. She’s taught the art of writing for nearly 20 years, and is a published co-author, a ghostwriter, and an editor of a variety of books. Her focus is on writing strong, solid, appealing content that will engage your readers. Learn more at: http://authorswriter.com.

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