October 2016 Invoice Standard Edition Admin Summary
QuickBooks
Supplier Synchronisation for QuickBooks Online Clients
QuickBooks Online clients will now be able to create suppliers in QuickBooks and then synchronise this data with Invoice without having to use the supplier import functionality.
Approved Invoice Data Synchronisation to QuickBooks
QuickBooks Desktop and Online clients can now synchronise their approved invoice data with QuickBooks. They can also see the synchronisation status of the payment requests that were synchronised to the Intuit service.
Ability to Synchronise All Account Codes for QuickBooks Online Clients
Settings in a Concur internal system can affect the display of the account codes. To ensure all account codes are tied to the correct expense type, QuickBooks Online clients can synchronise the account codes by clicking a Sync Account Codes button on the Account Codes page in Setup. This is typically used when users want to display the account number on the invoice instead of the default account name.
QuickBooks Account Numbers Now Available on Invoice – Account Code Page for QuickBooks Online Clients
QuickBooks Online clients are now able to see not only the QuickBooks account names but also the numbers on the Invoice – Account Codes page in the Setup Wizard.
Last Synchronised Date and Time Displayed for QuickBooks Online
The Accounting page in Setup now displays the date and time your Concur company was last synchronised with your QuickBooks company.
Invoice
Matched Receipts With Quantities Now Extractable
When a payment request line item matches one or more receipts, clients might need to know how many items on the receipt(s) that were matched by the payment request line items. With this release, the matched quantity of the receipt will be available for extraction.
Purchase Order Email Subject Can Be Customised
Clients will now be able to customise the Subject field of the purchase order email that is sent out to suppliers. The default subject will still be the same as previously.
Needed by Date Now Visible on Purchase Order
Administration
File Transfer Security Update
During the month of October 2016, Concur Operations will apply a routine security update to our File Transfer infrastructure (SecureTransport). This is part of our ongoing commitment to securing our customers’ data and meeting the audited security requirements of the "Concur Trust Platform". As part of this update, only TLS v1.1 and TLS v1.2 will be supported for FTP/S (FTP-SSL) and HTTPS protocols.
Concur has created a SecureTransport staging environment that US and EMEA customers can test against. The URL is st-staging.concursolutions.com. The testing is for connectivity only. It is possible to upload files in this environment, however the files will not be processed. Protocols available in SecureTransport staging environment are: HTTPS, SSH (SCP, SFTP) and FTP/S.
**Coming Soon** Support for TLS v 1.0 Encryption Protocol to End March of 2017
Concur announces an End of Support (March 2017) cycle for version 1.0 of the TLS encryption protocol, continuing support for the more secure 1.1 and 1.2 versions of TLS. As background, the TLS protocol allows secure back and forth communications between a phone or computer and a cloud-based service. Note that, since less than 1% of Concur users are logging in to Concur Solutions using browsers or phones limited to version 1.0, a very small number of users are affected by this support discontinuation.
Business Purpose / Client Benefit: Concur is taking this step after careful consideration of both the client’s security and ease of upgrade to the newer, more secure 1.1 and 1.2 versions of TLS. This end of life plan for TLS v 1.0 ensures our clients are communicating with Concur services in a safe and secure manner using TLS v. 1.1 and newer.
More Information: Additional information about this change for TLS support will be included in upcoming release notes included in monthly service releases.
