Use this procedure to verify the credit card number and available balance when a credit card is submitted for the payment of a sales order. You must have set up a credit card processor, either Microsoft Dynamics Payment Services or Authorize.NET, before you can complete this procedure.

1. Click Accounts receivable> Common Forms> Sales Order Details.

2. In the upper pane, select the sales order to authorize a credit card payment for, or press CTRL+N to create a new sales order.

3. Click Functions> Preauthorize. When the preauthorization process is complete, a message is displayed and informs you whether the credit card is preauthorized. In addition, the sales order is updated with the result of the preauthorization attempt.

   Note
   To view information about the preauthorization for a sales order, click Inquiries> Credit card authorization historyin the Sales orderform.