Product: All
Description: Will Blackbaud's removal of Microsoft Office integration impact Omatic products? 
Environment: All
Version: All

Answer:

Blackbaud has announced that on February 28^th, 2022, there will be changes to how users access Microsoft Office application integrations within Blackbaud solutions. You can find more information about this change here: https://www.blackbaud.com/hosting-integration-update-resources

The Omatic products available in Blackbaud Hosting include:

ImportOmatic

MergeOmatic

ScoreOmatic

List Management

FindOmatic

SegmentOmatic

RecordRadar

EventOmatic (Not available in Azure)

PostOmatic

Mail Omatic for Schools

Mail Omatic for Accounting

PosPay (Not available in Azure)

PosPay Web

This change will not impact any Omatic Products, except for one feature in ImportOmatic. If you are currently using the Enhanced Package/Appeal Processing for Gifts in ImportOmatic, you will no longer be able to select "Access Database" as an option. The other options (The Raiser's Edge, Excel File, Default Set) will continue to work. If you are currently using an Access Database, you will need to copy your data into an excel file and update the file path location to point to the new file.

For more information about Enhanced Package/Appeal Processing, click here.