Microsoft Dynamics GP ConsultantsMicrosoft Dynamics GP, originally branded Great Plains, sports a lengthier heritage than virtually any other ERP solution made for Windows. Dynamics GP is a mature, feature-rich product and is one of the most widely used ERP platforms for small and mid-size businesses, with around 50,000 active customers worldwide. A number of businesses who have relied on Dynamics GP for years have managed to postpone upgrades and maintenance to the point that they now find themselves running seriously out-of-date software and rickety IT infrastructure. This is dangerous. Meanwhile, a common complaint we hear from prospective customers is that they have a hard time locating experienced Dynamics GP experts to partner with for guidance on how to upgrade their Dynamics GP ecosystem efficiently and extract the most benefit out of the application.

The longer an organization attempts to make do with outdated versions of Dynamics GP, the more complex the migration process tends to be. When physical host servers or storage systems fail, there could be no equivalent devices available to replace them. When editions of Microsoft Windows Server that run Dynamics GP reach end-of-support status, vital security updates stop being developed. Current releases of Microsoft SQL Server might not work with your important GP customizations. Next-generation tools such as Power BI may not run. Organizations investigating an update of their Dynamics GP deployment are often intimidated by the volume of pieces involved in the project. And the price tag suggested for an upgrade may be through the roof.

Dynamics GP Upgrade and Customization Services Available from Progent
Progent has offered support for Microsoft Dynamics GP and Great Plains for more than two decades, and Progent's tested professionals have provided high-level and economical online integration consulting for Windows-powered environments to organizations in every state in the U.S. By offering deep familiarity with all releases of Dynamics GP along with world-class network integration skills, Progent is ideally suited to make sure your Alexandria, Virginia business optimize the benefit of GP.

We become partners with our clients and start by understanding their requirements. Once we have familiarity with the IT situation and the areas needing improvement we provide our recommendations. Recommendations may involve an upgrade to a newer and supported version of Dynamics GP, simple user training, complete system and individual module configuration including 3rd-party products from a broad range of suppliers that have published add-ons to Microsoft Dynamics GP, custom integrations with other critical business software within your organization, custom report creation, and system analysis to determine whether GP is being utilized to its fullest. Our objective with every Dynamics GP project big or small is to maximize business value and minimize cost.

Progent can help your Alexandria, Virginia company in each facet of your Microsoft Dynamics GP migration or enhancement project including:

  • Deployment Assessment
    Take a look at what modules and features of Microsoft Dynamics GP you are now running and discuss additional capabilities of GP that may be helpful to your business.

  • Upgrade Design and Scheduling
    Develop a complete migration plan and timetable that avoids business disruption. Schedule solution validation, live deployment, and education. Specify customizations and add-on modules. Predict and resolve integration problems.

  • Pilot Testing
    Plan and implement a test system for proving the migration project.

  • System Upgrades
    Create backup copies of databases and dictionaries, eConnect automation, and Microsoft Integration Manager data. eMigrate Microsoft Dynamics GP to the latest version to assure continuing support from Microsoft and to make all the latest features available to your business. Update SQL Server and compatibility levels for all databases. Implement services from the Professional Services Tools Library. Prepare data and execute scripts to address documented issues.

  • Management Reporting
    Develop reports and or custom dashboards for internal as well as public use. Deploy SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and integrate Dynamics GP with Power BI for on-demand reporting and for combining data from diverse local and remote sources.

  • Training
    Deliver one-on-one or classroom style training for current and first-time users of Microsoft Dynamics GP.

  • Support
    Act as a single point of contact for expertise to deliver consistent and affordable handling of problems made possible by close understanding of your particular situation.
Other Microsoft Dynamics GP Consulting Services Offered by Progent
Progent offers the help of seasoned experts who have been developing working Dynamics GP and Great Plains environments since relerase 1. Progent can do the jobs you need directly instead of managing less knowledgeable consultants or in-house staff. Key areas where Progent can provide Microsoft Dynamics GP support services include:
  • Recommendations
    Suggest the use of modules included with the basic GP platform but are not currently being utilized. In addition, recommend third-party add-ons designed exclusively for Dynamics GP to deliver capabilities that GP skips.

  • Integrations
    Build special connections between Dynamics GP and other business platforms to reduce duplicate data entry and increase consistency.

  • Customizations
    Build big and small customizations that run with Microsoft Dynamics GP to handle specific business functions not addressed by standard GP modules or external add-ons.
Infrastructure Consulting Services
Progent can assist your business to upgrade your network infrastructure to support Dynamics GP for any architecture including local, private or public cloud, or a hybrid environment. Network infrastructure services offered by Progent's consultants include:
  • Needs assessment and site inventory
  • Network architecture planning and implementation (local, cloud-based, or hybrid)
  • Setting up security gateways and remote connections and creating security policies
  • Managing iOS, Google Android, and Windows smartphones and tablets
  • Creating high-availability (HA) solutions
  • Integration with public cloud services such as Microsoft 365
  • Disaster recovery preparedness
  • Performance tuning
The Progent Advantage
A modern Dynamics GP ecosystem incorporates diverse application platforms, on-premises network infrastructure technologies, and public cloud products integrated into a seamless enterprise resource planning solution. For more than two decades, Progent has provided online and on-premises help from Microsoft-certified professionals including Dynamics GP/Great Plains consultants, Windows Server specialists, SQL Server developers, Exchange integration consultants, Microsoft Office experts, and SharePoint development consultants. Progent's consultants have worked with these products from their initial versions to their current versions, and Progent supports cloud-based options by offering Office and Microsoft 365 consulting, Exchange Online expertise, and SharePoint Online deployment and application development services.

Progent also has extensive experience delivering help from seasoned Cisco CCIE-certified network experts, Hyper-V planning and integration experts, and VMware virtualization consultants. This experience with strategic IT platforms cuts time and costs when helping organizations through each aspect of updating their legacy Dynamics GP deployment. Progent also offers the skills of advanced security and compliance experts, disaster recovery and business continuity preparedness consultants, application developers, hybrid cloud integration experts, and database administrators who can assist you to design, deploy, and maintain a well-tuned Dynamics GP solution.

Progent's Consulting Expertise for Dynamics GP/Great Plains Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions
To learn more information about Progent's remote and onsite consulting expertise in Alexandria, Virginia for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP product family, refer to:

Read/Download Progent's Dynamics GP/Great Plains Consulting Datasheet
To download a datasheet about the consulting services available from Progent for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains software, click Download Datasheet: Consulting Services for MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP Software (PDF file).

Contact Progent for MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains Upgrade Expertise
If your Alexandria, VA business needs a MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains deployment consultant or application programmer, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.