Error: "The SBR Sender Server Service has encountered an error authenticating..."

This support note applies to:

AO Tax (AU)
AE Tax Series 6 & 8 (AU)
AE Tax (AU)

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Article ID: 38653

In MYOB Tax version 2016.3 when using PLS (CloudAuth) to lodge you may experience following error when attempting to lodge:

"The SBR Sender Server Service has encountered an error authenticating the lodging employee or communicating with PLS Server. All processing for all users will be suspended for 5 minutes"

This error indicates that your proxy server could be blocking the SBR Sender Server Service.

To add the Proxy server

Navigate to: c:\program files (x86)\MYOB\SBRSender\Server\Service\DATABASE folder. Where DATABASE is your database name folder.
Highlight MYOB.Tax.Sbr.SbrSender.Server.HostService.exe.config open in notepad.
Within the last configuration section add the following text where bold and edit to add your own proxy servers address and port:
/>
<system.net>
<defaultProxy useDefaultCredentials="true">
<proxy proxyaddress="http://PROXY_ADDRESS:PORT" bypassonlocal="True" />
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>
</configuration>

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NOT AN ISSUE - SYSTEM CORRECT