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----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc
you may have a reasonable question why you would need toupgrade Dynamics GP to current version? In this small publication we would like to give you typical answer andtechnology highlights: 1. Computer platform obsolescence. This is the biggest concern, when you are onthe version, which is 10 years old or even older than that GPA for DOS isgood example. Great Plains Accountingwas dedicated for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and old Btrieve. There is the trick to move it to Windows 2003Server on Pervasive SQL 2000 DB but nobody would guarantee that it will be100 percent compatible 2. Business Portal. Great Plains BP became strong and popular with recent Dynamics GPversions: 9.0 and especially 10.0. In GPBusiness Portal the most popular modules are: Electronic Document Delivery, HRand Employee Self Service, Requisition Management, Order Management withcatalogues. Business Portal is Sharepointweb based application, and BP user license is cheaper than regular GP user (around$40 per user) 3. eConnect. For earlier versions of Great Plains Dynamics and eEnterprise you hadGreat Plains Dexterity as popular customization and integration tool. However Dex is proprietary and not easy toacquire for generic software programmers. eConnect was introduced for ecommerce developers and we personally thinkthat eConnect became ready for production deployment with version 9.0. With Great Plains Dynamics GP 10.0 eConnectinstalls automatically and you can use eConnect runtime for your MicrosoftVisual Studio C# or VB.Net development projects 4. Client Installation Package and PublishingAutomatic Updates. In the past you haveto deploy each GP workstation individually, following strict installationprocedure. With GP 9.0 and 10.0 you cancreate so-called Client Installation Package, where you can even force GPReports, Forms, OLE Notes and Letters (collection for example) to be storedcentrally on the UNC path. Plus you canforce automatic updates, such as chink CNK files (Dexterity add-ons) and GPService Packs (MSP files) 5. SQL Server Reporting Services predefined reportsfor Dynamics GP. In the past, GreatPlains recommended Crystal Reports, where you had to purchase CR designlicense. With SSRS you are getting webbased reporting tool free 6. There are other advantages, such as Great PlainsWorkflow, Web Services for Great Plains, non-for profit modules
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