Released on: February 24, 2008, 1:59 pm

Press Release Author: Alba Spectrum Group

Industry: Computers

Press Release Summary: After seeing reasonable and multiple concerns, we would like
to give you some directions for your homework, when you consider transitioning for
your let's say "legacy" e-commerce website to new totally data driven eCommerce.
Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 has pretty advanced Business Portal, where we recommend
you to research Order Management module, which in turn is redesigned version of
former eOrder. eOrder went to the history, the last version of the product was 7.5.


Press Release Body: After seeing reasonable and multiple concerns, we would like to
give you some directions for your homework, when you consider transitioning for your
let's say "legacy" e-commerce website to new totally data driven eCommerce.
Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 has pretty advanced Business Portal, where we recommend
you to research Order Management module, which in turn is redesigned version of
former eOrder. eOrder went to the history, the last version of the product was 7.5.
For version 8.0 Microsoft Great Plains redeployed and improved old eOrder logic on
Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Portal platform, tightly integrated with MS
Sharepoint. After a bit complicated introduction, we would like to explain your
options in simple language:
1. Where to host: in-house or outsource? Well, this question doesn't have direct
answer, in essence it depends. Self hosting gives you complete control over the
functionalities and future directions, as you do not have to "comply" hosting
company requirements. However it is not necessary to switch to total self hosting
over night. You can keep your website hosted outside and move its data driven
portion to hosting internally. If you have complete understanding on how to split
your website across multiple IP addresses, then you can skip the hint, for the rest
of the auditorium we'd like to say, the all you need to do is to login to your
domain registrant website and add something like that:
Ecommerce.mycompany.com 11.11.11.11 - this would be the placeholder for your in
house dedicated IP address. Domain name and IP are fictitious here, you would need
to provide real ones.
Then, assuming you have Microsoft Windows domain, you make the settings on your
Internet Information Server to resolve e-commerce traffic by named header on your
IIS
2. Business Portal Order Management Module. Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Portal
10.0 is too dependent on the technology layers, such as SQL Server, Sharepoint,
Active Directory - so we recommend you disregard BP hosting outsourcing (maybe down
the road in the future you can revisit the idea, but for 2008 probably it doesn't
make any sense). What is good about Order Management - you are virtually sharing GP
inventory control and Sales Order Processing modules with OM, including pricing
updates, promotions, customer price levels (and of course secured customer logins on
the Business Portal level)
3. If Business Portal is too complex or simply doesn't do the job for you. BP is
not something easy to install and implement. If you need light touch to your
existing e-commerce application, you should consider do this either in eConnect,
which in essence is Software Development Kit, allowing programmer create such
necessary object in GP as Sales Invoice; or you consider Great Plains Integration
Manager to do overnight transaction move from eCommerce to Great Plains


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

Contact Details: Andrew Karasev is consultant at Alba Spectrum
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