Released on: September 22, 2007, 2:23 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum Group

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: If your organization deploys GP Dynamics or eEnterprise ERP
versions 7.5, 7.0, 6.0, 5.5, 5.0 or 4.0 you should consider upgrade scenarios, plus
you should also consider reenrollment into Microsoft Business Solutions annual
enhancement program to get license keys to newest versions, such as 10.0, 9.0 and
8.0

Press Release Body:
If your organization deploys GP Dynamics or eEnterprise ERP versions 7.5, 7.0, 6.0,
5.5, 5.0 or 4.0 you should consider upgrade scenarios, plus you should also consider
reenrollment into Microsoft Business Solutions annual enhancement program to get
license keys to newest versions, such as 10.0, 9.0 and 8.0. Let's review the
history of Great Plains Software Dynamics MRP application to give you the idea where
Microsoft Dynamics stays nowadays, October 2007:
1. Microsoft Great Plains Business Solutions, when Microsoft purchased Great Plains
Software, it is really the history now as it is back to the beginning of 21st
Century, it created special subdivision, based in Fargo, ND to support from there
new Microsoft ERP marketplace. Former GPS leader Doug Burgum became MBS CEO to lead
Microsoft MRP expansion. Later on Microsoft acquired Navision Software, Denmark
based ERP development company, and as doing so MS became the owner of Navision, and
Axapta. Navision had and as of now has great positions in European ERP market.
Axapta as Microsoft Dynamics AX is now promoted for large enterprises
2. Great Plains Dexterity evolution. Microsoft has .Net platform, where such
programming languages as C# and VB play substantial role, being tightly integrated
with Windows .Net object model. However Great Plains eEnterprise and Dynamics had
their own proprietary scripting language and IDE - Great Plains Dexterity:
DYNAMICS.DIC, DEX_ROW_ID, Dynamics.set, Dex.ini - these are Dex architecture
components
3. Version Update Technology. We should be laconic as article genre dictates. If
you are on legacy DB platform, such as Ctree/Faircom or Pervasive SQL/Btrieve you
should be prepared to migrate to Microsoft SQL Server DB platform. If you are on
GPA (Great Plains Accounting) for DOS or Windows, you should consider migration to
GP with some software price to be paid
4. GP version 10.0 upgrade specifics. At this time GP 10.0 upgrade path requires
specific service packs for version 9.0 and 8.0 to applied first
5. Customization upgrade. Great Plains Dynamics had Dexterity customizations, where
you have to have source code containing DYNAMICS.DIC or EXTRACT.DIC - these
dictionaries should be submitted to your GP development partner - Dexterity has
Sanscript programming language and old version scripts need to be analyzed and
upgraded by GP Dexterity developer
6. Reporting Upgrade: if you have ReportWriter modified reports (more likely SOP
Invoice, POP Purchase Order), Crystal Reports, Microsoft SQL Server Reporting
Services (SRS) - upgrade analysis is recommended, as you may encounter problems (GP
typically alters and extends tables structures to adopt newly added logic)

Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group: http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Microsoft Dynamics GP
Great Plains customers in USA/Canada nationwide. Local service is available in
Houston, TX: Richmond, Sugar Land, Katy, Rosenberg, Missouri City, Pearland,
Friendswood, Meadows, Mission Bend, Jersey Village; Chicago, IL: Naperville, Aurora,
Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Joliet, Wheaton, Lisle, Downers Grove, Schaumburg, Elk
Grove, Lombard, Woodridge, Darien, Westmont, Batavia, St. Charles, Elgin, Crystal
Lake. Service is also available in Houston and Dallas metros, plus internationally
in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Oceania and UK.



Web Site: http://www.albaspectrum.com

Contact Details: Alba Spectrum Group: http://www.albaspectrum.com
help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Microsoft Dynamics GP
Great Plains customers in USA/Canada nationwide.