Processors Can Add Comments to Payment Requests in Paid Status

In the April 2016 release, clients were able to add comments to a payment request after it had been extracted. With this release, clients will also be able to add comments to a payment request in a paid status.

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: This feature is beneficial for clients who want to research a discrepancy between Concur and their ERP system.

System Received Date Field for When Concur Receives Invoices

Previously in Invoice, there has not been a way to see the exact time (only the date) when Concur received an invoice. With this release, Invoice will now have a field that shows the full timestamp when Concur receives an invoice. (Clients who create payment requests manually will see the full date stamp in the Created Date field in Invoice). The timestamp, System Received Date, is carried over from Client-Managed Capture Processing to Invoice and will be a read-only field.

Business Purpose / Client Benefit: This feature gives clients a clear view of when Concur receives invoices.

**Reminder** Change in the Monthly Release Schedule

As shown on the 2017 release calendar, starting in March, Invoice releases will occur on Saturday instead of Friday. For most users, there is no change; they see the release-related changes on Monday, which they always have done. Be aware that, starting in March, any weekend users will likely not see the release-related changes until Sunday.

**Coming Soon** Support for TLS v 1.0 Encryption Protocol Ends March 2017

Concur announces an End-of-Support 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.

Please Note New End Date Of Support Is March: We have moved the date support will end from 31 January to 31 March of 2017 in order to give our clients ample time to understand and make the required manual changes to their browser's security settings. These changes will be detailed in an upcoming service release.

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 later versions.

For more information about any of these topics, refer to this month's release notes.