Released on = August 18, 2007, 3:44 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = More articles are published about Microsoft Great Plains
Dynamics GP 10.0. Very hot topic is eCommerce and web site design, development and
support with integration to Great Plains via eConnect or custom SQL stored
procedures and triggers

Press Release Body = Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918

More articles are published about Microsoft Great Plains Dynamics GP 10.0. Very hot
topic is eCommerce and web site design, development and support with integration to
Great Plains via eConnect or custom SQL stored procedures and triggers. E-Commerce
sites may have legacy trace and so be developed in the past in various technologies,
including non-Microsoft: Java, JSP, ASP, ASPX, PHP, Oracle, IBM DB 2, etc. When we
are talking about Microsoft Dynamics GP version 10.0, 9.0, 8.0, 7.5, 7.0, 6.0 or 5.5
we mean such ecommerce integration technologies as eConnect (10, 9 and 7.5) and SQL
stored procedures (for earlier Great Plains Dynamics/eEnterprise versions). If you
still deploy legacy Pervasive SQL 2000/Btrieve or Ctree/Faircom versions of GP, this
is 7.5 and earlier - ecommerce can still be tailored to your legacy ERp, however we
recommend you to upgrade to GP 9.0 or 10.0. Some technology and programming
highlights:
1. eConnect and Posting Server. Posting Server is extension to eConnect, allowing
you to post GP batches, while eConnect has the option to create work transactions
and place them into GP batch in the case of ecommerce - more likely you are
interested in Sales Order Processing module (SOP)
2. ASPX .Net development. If you start from scratch or modify existing .Net
e-commerce website, your choice is simple - .Net ASPX. Back end is probably SQL
Server, assuming that you may need custom databases, aside from such GP database as
DYNAMICS and company databases
3. Visual Studio .Net C# or VB development. If you are VS .Net developer you can
create and debug GP eCommerce integration project. However, you should expect some
technical challenges, especially when going deep to GP business logic imitation. We
recommend you to combine Microsoft Dynamics GP Dexterity customization with your
.Net C# project to make your job done
4. eCommerce upgrade and redeployment. If you think that you should switch away
from non-Microsoft platform to .Net, then you should invest your time in such SDK as
eConnect, initially designed for eCommerce developers to hook Great Plains as back
office ERP
5. Great Plains Integration manager. This GP module allows you to do ongoing
integrations to GP back office. In the past it was mostly end user tool. Nowadays
when IM is in process of being rewritten in eConnect, integration performance issues
are to be resolved and IM is promoted as excellent development instrument. From
legacy IM side you can easily modify it via VBA scripting. In connection to
ecommerce website, IM can be scheduled for GP backoffice MRP update

Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group, http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving GP customers USA and
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Batavia, Downers Grove, Schaumburg, Rockford, Elgin, Crystal Lake, Joliet, Hinsdale,
Lisle, Montgomery, Oswego



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