How to choose a Managed Service Partner

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In today’s fast changing IT landscape, you need a managed service provider (MSP) that understands your needs and whose business model is aligned with your organization. Keep in mind the following areas when choosing a managed service provider…

Troubleshooting External Web Server Issues

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Configuring Lawson on an external web server is pretty straightforward…until you have issues.  The most common symptom I have run across is a 404 error when you open the web page, which typically indicates that external web server can’t…

5 Best practices in working with Managed Service Providers

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We have been working with dozens of clients over the years as their managed service partner (MSP), managing Infor applications. In 2020, we decided to make a list of some practices that have made our relationship with our clients more successful.…

Setting Up IFS Bootstrap For LDAPS

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Our article “Configuring Lawson for LDAP Signing” takes you step-by-step through configuring your environment for the new LDAPS requirements being enforced by Microsoft later this year.  That article discusses how to configure IFS for LDAPS,…

Why You Shouldn’t Use Port 636 to Bind to LDAP Signing

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The normal LDAP Signing ports are 636 and 3269.  Port 636 is the default signing port, and 3269 is called the Global Catalog Port.  Here is why you should only use port 3269 (if possible) when updating your LDAP Bind for LDAPS. The default…

LDAPS Certificates

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We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the certificates needed for LDAPS.  This article will provide some general information about working with certificates, and the specific requirements for LDAPS. To create a certificate, you need…

How to setup a temporary requisition approver user to start and end at a certain date

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Login into Lawson Landmark via Richclient or the cloud-based Process Server Administrator. In PSA, go to Configuration >> User Configuration >> Users Select the user we will be adding the filter to then under User Tasks,…

Getting ahead of the EMSS Patch W4 Patch Security Violation

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Infor KB 2096388 recently came out this year (2020) updating Employee Manager Self Service.  In doing so it brought with it an added table that users will not have access to. (Also, for that same KB, a recent notice came out on 3/26/2020 so…

How to Mass Copy Lawson Portal Favorites from one user to another

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In Lawson portal, you may have a user with several dozen favorited Lawson forms and a new user coming in will inevitably have a hard time maneuvering the software.  To simplify this process, you can simply copy one users’ favorites to another…

Configuring Lawson and Landmark for LDAP Signing

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Configuring Lawson and Landmark for LDAP Signing Contents (Click on a Topic to Jump to Section) An Introduction to LDAPS Prerequisites LDAP Certificate – AD LDS 1 – Add the LDAP Certificate to the AD LDS Service 2 –…