| Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP system is targeted | | | | records import: customers, vendors, employees, |
| to mid-size businesses, and Small Business | | | | addresses, GL accounts. We recommend you first |
| Financials is for smaller companies. It is common | | | | to consider simple initial balances only and keep |
| norm on the MRP market, when mid-size | | | | your old accounting application for historical data |
| accounting software requires professional installing, | | | | lookup. In some cases you have to do more |
| support, data migration and reports design. | | | | complex data conversion with history migration |
| Microsoft Business Solutions sells GP through its | | | | 3. Data conversion. Here you export your |
| business partner channel, securing proper | | | | historical AR, AP, Payroll, GL data from your |
| software implementation support. Let's quickly | | | | legacy accounting system, then sort of massage |
| review typical installation and setup scenarios: | | | | it in Excel and import into GP via Integration |
| 1. Installing. Installation has two parts: server and | | | | Manager or via direct SQL insert method. IM is |
| client. You should be ready to host Microsoft SQL | | | | preferred method, in some cases Integration |
| Server 2005 or 2000 on your server in order to | | | | Manager doesn't have connectors to help you, |
| implement Great Plains Dynamics. In simple case - | | | | especially when you are deploying add-ons or third |
| you have just one office where you install the | | | | party ISV modules - if ISV doesn't have |
| server and user workstations, however if you | | | | integration option, then you deploy SQL stored |
| have multiple offices, you have two (or more) | | | | procedures and scripts |
| options, usually: either VPN connection to your | | | | 4. User Training. When you implement GP in your |
| central location, or Remote Desktop connection to | | | | organization, the implementation is typically very |
| your GP application server | | | | specific and common ERP training may be too |
| 2. Initial Data Setup. Here you can try to do just | | | | generic to help you work out your data entry and |
| initial balances in your General Ledger and master | | | | transactions approval and posting procedures. |