A country-specific update for France, Belgium and Netherlands to enable electronic invoicing in Microsoft Dynamics AX and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations

The changes in the hotfix enable the country-specific update for France, Belgium and Netherlands is available to enable the electronic invoicing in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SP1, Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations (Microsoft Dynamics AX) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations 1611.

According to global European initiative all EU countries will gradually move toward electronic (paperless) invoicing. Starting 01st of January 2017 electronic invoices becomes mandatory for some categories of companies in France, Belgium and Netherlands when working with public sector companies.

The following customizations of the international Universal Business Language (UBL) standard from the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) are implemented for the affected countries:

· France and Belgium: PEPPOL Business Interoperability Specifications (BIS v.2) based on UBL 2.0
· Netherlands: UBL-OHNL 1.9 based on UBL 2.0

For more detailed instructions how to set up and use electronic invoicing please refer to the following links:

Partners: https://mbs.microsoft.com/partnersource/global/deployment/documentation/white-papers/msdaxelecinvoicingfrbegnl
Customers: https://mbs.microsoft.com/customersource/Global/AX/learning/documentation/white-papers/msdaxelecinvoicingfrbegnl

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. There is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If you are encountering an issue downloading, installing this hotfix, or have other technical support questions, contact your partner or, if enrolled in a support plan directly with Microsoft, you can contact technical support for Microsoft Dynamics and create a new support request. To do this, visit the following Microsoft website:

You can also contact technical support for Microsoft Dynamics by phone using these links for country specific phone numbers. To do this, visit one of the following Microsoft websites:

Partners

In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Technical Support Professional for Microsoft Dynamics and related products determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to any additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

For Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations (Microsoft Dynamics AX) and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations 1611 pleaseuse the following links to downloads the hotfixes:

Additionally, to activate the e-invoices functionality, please download the following country-specific GER configurations from LCS:

See the instruction below on how to download the GER configurations from LCS: