October 02, 2007

AvailSuite has won People’s Choice Award for The Microsoft Ingenuity Point.

This is a contest that challenges innovative minds to develop worldwide solutions for healthcare, education and clean technology.

As a software package developed for the green industry, AvailSuite benefits the environment by minimizing the usage of toxic chemicals and track all chemicals, dosage, methods and addresses where they were applied.

People’s Choice Award recognizes software vendors that are building solutions of tremendous benefit and value to people and companies around the world. We would like to thank all the people who voted for AvailSuite!

September 20, 2007

Have a website? Get $75 for paid search clicks!

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Microsoft adCenter to provide our customers a special coupon for a $75 Microsoft adCenter credit. This is a great opportunity for you to try various forms of online advertising and decide what works and what doesn’t.
Microsoft adCenter is the advertising platform that enables businesses to create, manage and optimize search marketing campaigns to targeted buyers. With it, you’ll have access to an audience of 99 million potential customers — 83 percent of whom have recently purchased online. To learn more about our special offer write us right now at support@availsuite.com

September 05, 2007

We have analyzed your letters to our support written in the last month.

Good findings: the percentage of negative feedback was only 6,4% (4,05% in July). It's very useful information for us because it helps us improve our software and services and better serve you. To be even closer to our customers, we set up the special pages on AvailSuite's website for customers' compliments, complaints and advices. Please feel free to share your thoughts about our software.

August 31, 2007

BusinessWare Technologies earns Microsoft Business Solutions competency

August 18, 2007

Special offer

One of the problems of pest control businesses is the competent employees. They must take SPCB exam, and then they should demonstrate high level of technical competency when communicating with your customers. That’s why we would like to offer our customers a great discounted price for Mallis Handbook of Pest Control and Truman’s Scientific Guide to Pest Control, the “bibles” of structural pest control.

June 16, 2007

AvailSuite is tested and certified by Veritest, independent testing provider.

Today, one of the concerns that small businesses have is reliability of software. Since software solutions are offered by thousands of vendors, it's hard to predict reliability and quality of software before downloading and trying. That's why we passed a set of tests, and now AvailSuite's compatibility with Microsoft platforms and reliability is verified by Veritest.

Testing was conducted independently by VeriTest, a testing service of Lionbridge Technologies, sole authorized Lab. for Microsoft Certification.

June 13, 2007

BusinessWare Technologies Announced AvailSuite 2.70.

We are excited to announce the newest version of AvailSuite. Among the new features in this release are significantly improved performance, automated recurring invoice generation and general search features.

We want to thank all our customers whose feedback helped us improve our software.

What's new in AvailSuite 2.70

1. Save time with improved performance. We have made a significant upgrade to improve speed and performance, making faster both one-user and network version.
2. Create recurring invoices. If you need to invoice a customer every season/month/week for the same amount, print and email multiple invoices directly in AvailSuite.
3. Easily customize business forms. Work with business forms designer to customize your invoices and orders. Use Preview feature to see exactly how your business forms will look when they are printed.
4. Use improved general search. Use general search to find all the information you need.
5. Create single invoice for multiple work orders. Consolidate multiple work orders into one invoice.
6. Schedule appointments using improved Calendar feature. Color code important appointments or tasks which will be performed for VIP clients.

Availability

The software is available as a download from our web store and through a network of local reselling partners that can deliver the software and additional IT services.

March 26, 2007

AvailSuite 2.60 is released.

This version has the following additions and improvements:

1. Complete two-way integration with QuickBooks - it allows you to use AvailSuite for managing your business and QuickBooks for doing accounting and payroll at the same time;
2. More comprehensive tax support - allows you to set separate tax values/percentages for different tax agencies (e.g. city tax, state tax) and lets you to run a report for calculating sum of taxes to any tax agency;
3. Contract renewals - allows you to see what contracts are expiring soon and lets you to renew all these contracts with one click;
4. User Interface improvements - increase efficiency of using AvailSuite and save your time;

December 22, 2006

AvailSuite 2.50 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 2.50. This version has the following additions and improvements:

1. Import Customers, Vendors, Parts and Services from QuickBooks - allows you to import your lists of customers, vendors, services, and inventory from QuickBooks.
2. Referrals Tracking and Reporting - use reports on your customers' referrals to improve efficiency of your marketing efforts
3. Ability to add a Part picture on the Part form - sometimes you just need to look at a picture of a part to make managing inventory much easier.
4. Support of Warehouse locations - allows you to manage an inventory while having more than one warehouse.
5. Ensuring Windows Vista compatibility - we made sure you can use AvailSuite with the latest operating system from Microsoft.
6. Printing amount in words in English and Spanish on reports - amount in words is required by institutions in some regions.
7. New data filters are added - makes managing large business data easier.

October 16, 2006

AvailSuite 2.40 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 2.40. This version has the following additions and improvements:

1. Ability to view addresses on Google maps - you are able to locate each of your customers on a map with just a click of the button in order to supply your technicians with driving directions or to make routing decisions.
2. Customers' names and addresses added on the Calendar for more efficient scheduling - this feature was requested by many of service business owners who need to do efficient everyday scheduling.
3. Working with the report designer was essentially improved for users' simplicity - we reduced number of the buttons related to customizing of the reports and made the whole process more intuitive.
4. Installation and updates of AvailSuite are even simpler - the installation or updating of AvailSuite became more straightforward as we distribute the installation package and update package separately as from now
5. Layout of the many forms was improved - we know that several small changes can make a big difference in everyday use of the AvailSuite
6. Company license number field was added - it can be displayed on the printed documents as it is often required to
7. Ability to attach invoices or work orders reports to email letters directly from AvailSuite

August 25, 2006

AvailSuite has gained Microsoft "Designed for Windows XP" certification

"Designed for Windows XP" logo assures our users that AvailSuite has passed a rigorous set of certification requirements and has proven to provide an optimal experience for users of Microsoft's most widely used operating system.

"Designed for Windows XP" logo program brings hardware and software quality standards under a single logo, making it easier for customers to recognize products that are designed to deliver the best computing experiences with the Windows XP operating system.

August 14, 2006

AvailSuite 2.30 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 2.3. This version of the Service Management Software has the following additions and improvements:

1. Easy to use Backup and Restore Database tool - keep your business data protected
2. Ability to import data into Customer, Vendor, Inventory, and Service tables - allows you to integrate AvailSuite with other software
3. Ability to customize reports using report designer - make your own layouts for the invoices, work orders, purchase orders and tasks.
4. Keyboard shortcuts added for most operations - use AvailSuite more effectively
5. 14 new reports - powerful tools for analysis and decision-making

June 07, 2006

AvailSuite 2.20 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 2.2. This version of the Service Management Software has the following additions and improvements:

1. Support of Warehouse Maintenance - manage Parts and Shipments using:
   • Orders Shipment
   • Purchase Orders Receipt
   • Purchase Order Details Receipt
   • Parts Adjustment
   • Return Orders
   • Return Purchase Orders
   • Return Orders Receipt
   • Return Purchase Orders Shipment
2. New Report: Vendor Parts Inquiry - helps you with inventory tracking and control
3. New Report: Customer Activity - do you provide persistent service?

May 31, 2006

AvailSuite 2.10 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 2.1. This version of the Service Management Software has the following additions and improvements:

1. Built-in Quick Start tutorial with videos
2. Excel-like totals and sub-totals to grids - quicker and easier estimation
3. New Reports : Profit-Loss and Cash Flow
4. Quick "send e-mail" action for Customers
5. Ability to set default status for new documents
6. Employee management and multi-user mode in trial version
7. Variety of options for Calendar printing
8. Support for MS SQL Server 2005

May 17, 2006

AvailSuite Demonstration Flash Movies become available on our website.

Now visitors of our website can get immediate "live" experience of how AvailSuite looks and feels. Demonstration movies show how to quickly get started with AvailSuite:

1. How to Setup Company Settings
2. How to Add a Customer
3. How to Add an Employee
4. How to Add an Invoice
5. How to Add an Order
6. How to enter a Time Card and Expense record

March 10, 2006

AvailSuite 2.0 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 2.00. This version of the Service Management Software has the following additions and improvements:

1. Support of Service Contracts
2. Expense management module
3. Support of Dispatch Routes management
4. Project budgeting capabilities
5. Support of Warranty and Serial Numbers information for inventory
6. Vendors management
7. Purchase Orders module
8. Account Payables: invoices and payments

December 17, 2005

AvailSuite 2.0 is announced - special offer for version 1.90 users.

MS Team LLC announces the release plans of AvailSuite 2.00 (both Standard and Pest Control Editions). Version 2.00 will be released during second half of January 2006. The release will also include a special time-limited offer for 1.90 users. The users of 1.90 version will be able to upgrade to 2.00 for free during 30 days since release of 2.00. This new version the Service Management Software will have the following additions and improvements:

1. Support of Service Contracts
2. Expense management module
3. Support of Dispatch Routes management
4. Project budgeting capabilities
5. Support of Warranty and Serial Numbers information for inventory
6. Vendors management
7. Purchase Orders module
8. Account Payables: invoices and payments

November 18, 2005

AvailSuite gets US Sales & Support office.

October 17, 2005

AvailSuite 1.90 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 1.90 (both Standard and Pest Control Editions). This version of the Service Management Software has the following additions and improvements:

1. Support of Parts in Orders and Invoices was implemented
2. Taxes were added to Invoices and Orders
3. Status "On Hold" for Orders, Invoices, Projects and Tasks was added
4. International addresses and address formats were added
5. Portrait and Landscape variants of Order and Invoice Printings were implemented
6. Employee Card was added by Employee's Photo, and Benefits, Vacations and Salary History Notes
7. New view "Tasks by Order" was added
8. New reports "Tasks by Customer" and "Orders by Month" were added
9. Performance of the system was essentially optimized
10. Layout and functionality improvements, and bug fixes were done

September 28, 2005

AvailSuite for Pest Control gets the highest rating at Tucows.

Setember 05, 2005

AvailSuite for Pest Control 1.80 is released.

August 22, 2005

AvailSuite 1.80 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 1.80. This version of the Service Management Software has the following additions and improvements:

1. Customer Form was enhanced with ability to see all customer invoices, payment, services via a single click
2. Customer Notes were added: you may quickly add any number of notes to a customer
3. Customer Statistics screen was added: it shows all critical information about a customer, including current balance, the amount to be billed, date of last order and last service
4. Order Management module was significantly improved
5. Support of recurring and "unplanned" tasks was added
6. New views were added: Tasks by Employees, Tasks by Orders, Unplanned Tasks, and Time Cards by Employee
7. Ability to deactivate Employees was added
8. Database cleanup function was added

June 16, 2005

AvailSuite for Pest Control industry is announced.

MS Team LLC announces special edition of AvailSuite for Pest Control. This version of AvailSuite, Service Management software specialized for Pest Control industry will be released in late July. It will have many new features, including:

1. Customer's complete service and chemical treatment history will be available via a single click
2. Preliminary scheduling will be added
3. Ability to create Recurring Tasks will be added
4. The system will start reminding about services that had been ordered and have to be scheduled soon
5. Work orders and tasks will record the info regarding planned chemical treatments

June 07, 2005

AvailSuite 1.70 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 1.70. This version of the Service Management Software has the following additions and improvements:

1. Scheduling module and Calendar were improved (including highlighting of working and non-working time)
2. A few new Reports were added
3. Additional filtering criteria for Reports were added
4. An automatic update module was implemented
5. Overall performance has been significantly improved
6. Installer has been improved and additional setup options were added
7. Installation and Configuration Guide was added

May 06, 2005

AvailSuite 1.60 is released.

MS Team LLC announced the release of AvailSuite 1.60. This version of the Service Management Software has the following additions:

1. Scheduling module was added, with Day, Week, and Month calendars
2. Ability to attach files to Order, Invoice, and other documents was added
3. A few new Reports were added
4. Automatically generated document IDs were implemented
5. User's interface settings (window size, position, grid columns, etc.) are automatically saved now

April 20, 2005

AvailSuite has received Editor's Choice Award from FreeTrialSoft.com

April 02, 2005

AvailSuite 1.50 is released.

AvailSuite 1.50 has the following additions:

1. Task Maintenance was added
2. Time Card Maintenance was added
3. User Security was added to limit Technicians access to the system
4. New Reports were added
5. New Order and Invoice Views (Order/Invoice by Customer/Month) were added
6. Restrictions to viewing/editing documents depending on user's role and/or document status
7. A few minor improvements and bug fixes were done

March 28, 2005

AvailSuite has been published on Download.com

March 16, 2005

Next version of AvailSuite is scheduled to be released at the end of March, 2005.

AvailSuite 1.50 will have the following additions:

1. Task Management module
2. Time Cards Management module
3. About 10 new reports
4. Improved multi-user capabilities

March 05, 2005

AvailSuite 1.40 is released.

February 02, 2005

AvailSuite 1.30 is released - the first generally available version of the AvailSuite software.

MS Team announced the release of AvailSuite 1.3, the first generally available version of the AvailSuite - Small Business Management Software. Evaluation version of AvailSuite 1.3 is available for downloads.

AvailSuite 1.30 contains the core modules, which are essential for any business: Customer and Order Management, Project Management, Invoices and Payments. The next version of AvailSuite is scheduled to be released at the end of February.