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However, you may find certain advantages, if you look at ERPversion upgrade and versioning as the ERP life cycle: software applicationtypically has to depend on contemporary hardware, operating system, Databaseand service packs. You probably do notexpect old ERP version to be fully compatible with new Windows 2008 Server ornew Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and if your IT is moving you toward these new OSand DB versions, there might be a good idea to update your ERP application, inour case Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains to the current version (Dynamics GP10.0 at this time, March 2009). Also,think about Microsoft Business Solutions feasibility perspective to supportreasonable set of versions they have to train Dynamics GP Technical Supporttechnicians, and it might not be practical for MBS to support Great Plainsversion 6.0, which was released over 10 years ago. Lets review Dynamics GP version upgradequestions and scenarios: 1. Upgradepath. It is common practice when you areskipping one or two versions and then upgrade over, say two versions. Good example is this if you are on GreatPlains eEnterprise 6.0 and your target version in Dynamics GP 10.0Professional, you are making three steps: 6.0->7.5, 7.5->9.0 and then9.0->10.0. There might be fewcomplications there: non Microsoft SQL Server DB (Pervasive SQL 2000 or Ctree,here you have to undertake Great Plains migration step from Pervasive/Btrieveto Microsoft SQL Server on Great Plains 7.5), no longer supported add-ons (IntellisolAdvanced Purchase Order Processing, Intellisol Project Accounting, for example here you have migration path from Intellisol to Great Plains Project Accountingfor Dynamics GP version 7.5) 2. Upgradetechnology. Dynamics GP or former nameof this ERP was Great Plains Software Dynamics and eEnterprise is SQL orientedERP application (compare to Lotus Notes Domino, where Database is moreversatile and crosses SQL boundaries). DB application upgrade typically takes all the tables, where new versionhas new structure (added new fields to improve and advance ERP functionality). Dynamics GP Utilities, responsible for GPupgrade, copy tables into temporary database, drop old version table, recreateit and then copy back all the records with new field defaults from tempDB. And this is what majority of midsizeDynamics GP customers are caring for of course new Dynamics GP version has GPworkstation side, where new version typically replaces old GP workstation codefolder. Plus if you are taking advantageof Dynamics GP Business Portal version 10.0 or 9.0 (GP BP 3.0), obviouslyMicrosoft Sharepoint and integration to Microsoft Office and Outlook mightbring you additional benefits 3. CustomizationUpgrade. You may have deployed GreatPlains Dexterity add-ons, eConnect integrations, GP Integration Manager VBAscripting extensions, Crystal Reports, Great Plains ReportWriter modifiedreports (SOP Blank Invoice form is the popular one). All the mentioned above require programmingcode review by certified Great Plains programmer or consultant 4. eCommerceintegration upgrade. E-commerceintegrations might be coded in eConnect C# or VB.Net Microsoft Visual Studio weapplication projects. The other optionwas traditional SQL Server Stored Procedures. Both approaches require Dynamics GP Integration code revision 5. DynamicsGP new version user training. In ouropinion Great Plains keeps good record of being taking evolutional approach touser interface, so you should expect your Dynamics GP users to recognize newversion interface, if you still need to secure uninterrupted operations, pleasefeel free to call our office 6. FRx. This is preferred tool for Great PlainsBalance Sheet, Profit and Loss Statement, Statement of Cash Flow, ConsolidatedFinancial Reporting. FRx upgradetypically requires you to go from FRx 6.5 (Great Plains 6.0, 7.0 or 7.5) to FRx6.7 (Dynamics GP 8.0, 9.0 or 10.0). FRxhas its internal reports design database in Microsoft Access format, and it issensitive on where you keep Sysdata folder
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