Released on = June 15, 2007, 3:25 pm

Press Release Author = Alba Spectrum Group

Industry = Computers

Press Release Summary = When you think about the future of your Microsoft Dynamics
GP architecture, you probably expect that business logic will be increasingly
exposed or even moved as in the case of Requisition Management module through web
technologies, or application, which you run in internet browser, such as IExplorer.


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

When you think about the future of your Microsoft Dynamics GP architecture, you
probably expect that business logic will be increasingly exposed or even moved as in
the case of Requisition Management module through web technologies, or application,
which you run in internet browser, such as IExplorer. Good example of such solution
among Microsoft Dynamics family of products is Microsoft CRM. In the case of ERP
products, MBS moves them into Business Portals. This small article is about
Requisition Management module, which is built on Microsoft Dynamics GP Business
Portal platform
. Sharepoint. Business Portal in turn is based on Microsoft Sharepoint and it could
only be installed on the Sharepoint extended web server. If you are not very
comfortable with this statement and expect that you will have to learn a bunch of
stuff about Sharepoint, this is not the case - if you don't have Sharepoint Business
Portal Installation will install Sharepoint in MS SQL Server select
. eConnect. Technically eConnect is the set of stored procedures, which allow you
to create, modify, delete GP objects: Account, Customer, Sales Order, etc. eConnect
is a connector, which allows such products as Microsoft Business Portal for Great
Plains do not use traditional technology as Microsoft Dexterity or former name Great
Plains Dexterity and deal with GP data manipulation via eConnect. Business Portal
utilizes eConnect seamlessly behind the scenes, all you should take care of is
install eConnect properly following installation guide for Microsoft Great Plains
Business Portal
. Licensing. Business Portal user license cost is typically a way lower than
Microsoft Dynamics GP System Manager user license. And this is natural - you do not
expect all your employees who places Purchase Request (probably all your permanent
employees, or at least all your office inhabitants) to be Great Plains users -
instead they will be just Business Portal users, creating purchase requests in
Requisition Management and using others BP modules: HR and Employee Self Service,
for example
. Approval Hierarchy. Requisition Management is geared toward the needs of large
public corporation, where each purchase request is subject to tiered approvals with
email notifications. In certain steps of approving, Purchase Request should be
considered as Requisition, which potentially will be send to vendors for bids
collection. When you decide on the Vendor, Requisition lines will be transformed
into Purchase Order to this vendor - at this step we are already leaving Business
Portal Requisition Management and arriving to Microsoft Dynamics GP Purchase Order
Processing module, where we have good-old-days known business logic
. Installation and Microsoft Technologies. As you can see - BP deploys various
Microsoft technologies: Sharepoint, eConnect, MS Exchange (notifications), Microsoft
Dynamics GP as back office, Terminal Server (in BP you can open GP backoffice
screens and do ERP routines if needed). This deployment process may mean that
strong IT department is required, especially considering some customization,
integration, modified reporting, and BP version upgrade
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