In case you weren’t aware, Sage is going to be discontinuing support for Sage 300 ERP (Accpac) Version 5.6 as of July 1, 2014.

This retirement follows the guidelines of the Sage Product Support Policy, which states that Sage 300 ERP will provide support for the current version and two versions back, with product updates being made available for the current version only.

Taking this policy into consideration and with the release of Sage 300 ERP 2014 back in March, this meant that it was time for version 5.6 to retire.

As for tax updates, the last one for version 5.6 will be on June 30, 2014.

We recommend that you upgrade to the latest version of Sage 300 ERP so that we can continue to provide you with support.

Once again, as a courtesy to our customers, support for version 5.6 will be provided until July 1, 2014, and we encourage you to upgrade to version 2014 as soon as possible.

Some of the enhancements made to version 2014 include a new ribbon style tool bar, a re-design of the Zoom, Finder and New Record buttons, the addition of an “Entered by” field in Purchase Order, and new Visual Process flows for US and Canadian Payroll as well as Project and Job Costing. For more information, visit the Sage 300 ERP 2014 microsite.

After July 1, 2014, if you are still using Version 5.6 and have a support question, we have past Knowledgebase articles that can help. To search these KB articles, go to https://support.na.sage.com and login with your Portal account for access. Or you can pose your question on our Sage 300 ERP Community forum in Sage City. Members of our Community are more than happy to answer your questions.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the retirement of Sage 300 ERP (Accpac) Version 5.6, please ask them in our comments section.