| Of course, it is perfect idea to be on the latest | | | | eConnect platform (where you should enjoy |
| Microsoft Dynamics GP version 11.0 (which is | | | | outstanding performance) |
| supposed to be released in April 2010). Well, you | | | | 5. Migrating away from Microsoft Small Business |
| may say, that you had to stop your annual | | | | Financials 7.5, 8.0, or 9.0. We cannot stay behind |
| payments for Microsoft Business Solutions annual | | | | the reasoning from Microsoft Business Solutions |
| enhancement program long time ago, or you are | | | | to abandon SBF Corporate ERP line of products |
| on archaic version of Great Plains on Pervasive | | | | (probably some competition with Microsoft Small |
| SQL, Btrieve or Ctree (7.5, 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.0 or | | | | Business Accounting). Whatever it is - you will |
| earlier), or even on Great Plains Accounting for | | | | have to migrate to Microsoft Dynamics GP and |
| DOS, Windows or Macintosh. And we understand | | | | the migration tool is available for Small Business |
| that you had respected reasons to stick to your | | | | Financials version 9.0 to Microsoft Dynamics GP |
| old Great Plains version and we do not question it | | | | 9.0, then you will need to upgrade to Dynamics |
| - all the versions should be supportable and all the | | | | GP 10.0 |
| situations should be recoverable. This article is | | | | 6. FRx Reporting for Great Plains Dynamics |
| written in Great Plains Dynamics retro style. | | | | Microsoft Dynamics GP. If you are on Dynamics |
| Let's begin with the most historic and respected | | | | GP version 8.0, 9.0 or 10.0 FRx upgrade is simple - |
| Corporate ERP application from Great Plains | | | | you just need to apply current service pack to |
| Software: | | | | FRx 6.7 |
| 1. Great Plains Accounting for DOS, Windows and | | | | 7. Great Plains Old Versions international support. |
| Mac. Well, if you are on this archaic system - | | | | This is historical fact that Great Plains Software |
| we should give you special attention, as per our | | | | corporation tried to expand internationally - |
| knowledge - nobody supports this small business | | | | Europe, South Africa, South, Central America and |
| ERP in the USA or Canada. We have access to | | | | Caribbean, Brazil, Russia, Australia and New |
| Great Plains Accounting Support Knowledge Base | | | | Zealand, Oceania. However with the acquisition |
| and plus we could apply our historical consulting | | | | of Navision Software (Navision and Axapta), |
| experience in resolving the issues with GPA. | | | | Microsoft Business Solutions changed their plans |
| Again, we can only support legacy system, | | | | and decided to stake on initially Navision and then |
| there is no way to obtain new GPA user licenses | | | | on Axapta internationally (where AX supports |
| (as Microsoft Business Solutions discontinued | | | | Unicode characters: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, |
| support in earlier 2000, encouraging GPA | | | | Tai, Vietnamese, Burma alphabets) |
| customers to migrate to Great Plains Dynamics). | | | | 8. Dynamics GP eCommerce Support. If you |
| If you are still on GPA for Windows NT or | | | | are in such countries as Paraguay, Bolivia, |
| Windows 2000 Server on Btrieve - we | | | | Venezuela, Haiti, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, |
| recommend you to migrate your Great Plains | | | | Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Bahamas, Bermuda, |
| Accounting for DOS or Windows on Windows XP, | | | | Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, |
| Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 2007/2003 Server | | | | Puerto Rico, Martinique, Panama, we could place |
| with Pervasive SQL. If you think that you are | | | | you into local USA based Dynamics GP |
| ready to move on and upgrade to Microsoft | | | | ecommerce hosting server |
| Dynamics GP 11.0, there is migration path - please | | | | 9. Corporate ERP for Moscow Russian Federation. |
| give us a call | | | | We would like to recommend you SAP Business |
| 2. Great Plains Dynamics on Pervasive SQL 2000, | | | | One as international ERP localized for Russian |
| Ctree and Btrieve. Here we typically hear request | | | | market or local product 1S Bukhgalteria. |
| on FRx reports design, data fixing (stuck batch), | | | | Historically there were the versions of Great |
| unlock user (you can ask all the users to log off | | | | Plains Dynamics 4.0 available and localized for |
| and delete Activity.btr file to do the job). If you | | | | Russian Corporate ERP Market directly from Alba |
| are about to migrate from Pervasive SQL | | | | Spectrum (or its historical predecessor Sequoia |
| platform to Microsoft SQL Server (and open for | | | | Computers and Eucalyptus Systems in Russian |
| your company upgrade path all the way up to | | | | Federation) |
| Dynamics GP version 11.0) | | | | 10. Microsoft Dynamics GP in Arabic World. We |
| 3. Great Plains Dexterity customization upgrade. | | | | already published numerous articles on Dynamics |
| Dex modifications were very popular in late | | | | GP implementation in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, |
| 1990th and earlier 2000th (currently we see more | | | | Morocco, Libya, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Yemen, |
| interest in Dynamics GP eConnect programming, | | | | Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Algeria, Mali, Nigeria, |
| especially in eCommerce direction). Dexterity | | | | Tunisia, Lebanon. We are ready to demo you |
| add-ons are very efficient and seamlessly | | | | Arabic version of Dynamics GP at your discretion |
| integrated into GP security realm, however they | | | | 11. SAP Business One. This small Business |
| require version upgrade overhaul | | | | Corporate ERP application is rising star in USA, |
| 4. Great Plains Integration Manager. There is | | | | Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, Oceania, South Africa, |
| special path to upgrade IM from GP 9.0 to 10.0. | | | | Australia, New Zealand |
| Plus with Dynamics GP 10.0 substantial portion of | | | | 12. How to get help? |
| Dynamics GP integrations was redeployed on | | | | |