Microsoft Great Plains Implementation – overview for IT Director/Controller

Written by Andrew Karasev


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•Historical Data conversion - this is optional, in order to do historical data conversion you need to know basic Great Plains tables structure (Setup->Tools->Resource Description->Tables Structure). This is similar to surgery - so you probably need outside consultant to help you. Ifrepparttar volume of historical data is small - you can deploy Great Plains Integration Manager and then postrepparttar 107648 records inrepparttar 107649 modules. •User Training - we are just listing this item - it is up to you to decide onrepparttar 107650 way to train your users •Using Two Systems in Parallel - this is recommended. You should printrepparttar 107651 reports from both systems during this test period and comparerepparttar 107652 results •Customization - typical areas of customizations: Invoice form, Crystal Reports, pulling info from multiple databases, including Great Plains database, Great Plains forms modification with Modifier/VBA, Great Plains Dexterity forms and logic customization, integration with CRM, RMS and other business systems, web publishing from Great Plains tables, EDI with your suppliers, SQL Data Transformation packages Do I need consultant? We strongly recommend you to use consultant inrepparttar 107653 following cases •You have identifiedrepparttar 107654 need for Great Plains Dexterity customization •You are doing migration from Pervasive/Ctree to Microsoft SQL Server/MSDE, especially when you have third-parties without migration tools •You are doing migration from Great Plains Accounting to Microsoft Great Plains •You have to create a lot or ReportWriter Modified Great Plains Reports •You have old version of Great Plains: Dynamics or eEnterprise 6.0 or prior - in this case you can not appeal to Microsoft Technical Support - it is discontinued •Your Great Plains has more than 20 users in this caserepparttar 107655 mistake may lead to serious business problems •You don't have support for your old Great Plains - then you have to select your Microsoft Business Solutions Partner and pay forrepparttar 107656 annual support/enhancement plan - you will get new registration key and will be ready forrepparttar 107657 upgrade Good luck with installation, implementation, upgrade and if you have issues or concerns – we are here to help! If you want us to dorepparttar 107658 job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies – USA nationwide Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Great Plains customization company, based in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Dallas, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Canada, UK, Australia and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( www.albaspectrum.com ), he is Dexterity, SQL, C#.Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer.


Microsoft Great Plains Upgrade – version 8.0 overview for IT Director/Controller

Written by Andrew Karasev


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•SQL - you may have some stored procs for data integration, EDI orrepparttar like - ifrepparttar 107647 addressed tables will be changed inrepparttar 107648 new version then you need to analyze your SQL code. The good news is - Microsoft Business Solution doesn't make a lot of changes since version 7.0, because Microsoft is now trying to mergerepparttar 107649 products it owns: Great Plains, Solomon, Navision and Axapta - and so has different priorities •ReportWriter - MBS doesn't change tables, but it keeps changing Dexterity formulas used in ReportWriter original reports - this isrepparttar 107650 problem in so-called Modified Reports upgrade - usually you have these reports modified: SOP Blank Invoice form, SOP Blank Picking ticket, etc. If report can not be upgraded - it should be redone inrepparttar 107651 new version with some exceptions. •Crystal Reports -repparttar 107652 nice thing about Crystal Report - id doesn't need to be upgraded (ifrepparttar 107653 fields inrepparttar 107654 tables exist inrepparttar 107655 new version - which is usually true statement) What is upgrade for third-party modules? Your Great Plains may have so-called third party modules: Mekorma, Kampdata, Horyzon, Wennsoft, Avalara, Truepay, Trinity, Intellisol to name a few Third party modules may have their own utility for upgrade. You just need to know that your third-party is ready forrepparttar 107656 new Great Plains version - if not - you just wait and stay onrepparttar 107657 old version. What is migration from Ctree/Pervasive.SQL 2000 to MS SQL/MSDE? MBS has migration tool. You need first to install Great Plains on SQL Server with exactlyrepparttar 107658 same account/segments structure and then install migration tool (it is Dexterity chunk) on your ctree/Pervasive workstation - then, when you integraterepparttar 107659 chunk - you will map it to target SQL-based Great Plains Company, select all system and company tables, clickrepparttar 107660 button and it will move all your tables one-by-one. Inrepparttar 107661 case when your Great Plains ctree/Pervasive has third parties - you need to check ifrepparttar 107662 vendor has migration tool - otherwise you have to do manual move, use SQL Linked server to your legacy data Do I need consultant? It is probably good idea to have consultant to dorepparttar 107663 upgrade. We strongly recommend you to use consultant inrepparttar 107664 following cases •You have Dexterity customization •You are doing migration from Pervasive/Ctree to Microsoft SQL Server/MSDE, especially when you have third-parties without migration tools •You have a lot or ReportWriter Modified Great Plains Reports •You have old version of Great Plains: Dynamics or eEnterprise 6.0 or prior - in this case you can not appeal to Microsoft Technical Support - it is discontinued •Your Great Plains has more than 20 users and you have to have upgrade done overrepparttar 107665 weekend - if it fails - you have business problems •You don't have support - in this case you have to select your Microsoft Business Solutions Partner and pay forrepparttar 107666 annual support/enhancement plan - you will get new registration key and will be ready forrepparttar 107667 upgrade Good luck with upgrade and if you have issues or concerns – we are here to help! If you want us to dorepparttar 107668 job - give us a call 1-866-528-0577! help@albaspectrum.com

Andrew Karasev is Chief Technology Officer in Alba Spectrum Technologies – USA nationwide Microsoft CRM, Microsoft Great Plains customization company, based in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Dallas, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Miami, Canada, UK, Australia and having locations in multiple states and internationally ( www.albaspectrum.com ), he is Dexterity, SQL, C#.Net, Crystal Reports and Microsoft CRM SDK developer.


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