Augusta-Richmond County Microsoft Premier Consulting Partner
Microsoft Dynamics GP Upgrade and Enhancement Consulting and Support Services
Microsoft Dynamics GP, originally branded Great Plains, has a lengthier track record than almost any other ERP solution written for Windows. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a mature, full-featured product and is one of the most popular ERP platforms for small and mid-size businesses, with about 50,000 active customers globally. A number of businesses who have depended on Dynamics GP for years or decades have been able to defer upgrades and maintenance to the point that they are now using seriously out-of-date software and outmoded IT infrastructure. This is risky. Meanwhile, a recurring complaint we hear from new clients is that they have trouble locating veteran Dynamics GP consultants who can provide guidance on how to upgrade their Dynamics GP system efficiently and get the most business value out of the software.
The longer an organization attempts to make do with outdated versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP, the more complex the upgrade process becomes. If server hardware or disk systems break down, there may be no suitable devices on the market to use as substitutes. When releases of Microsoft Windows Server that run Dynamics GP arrive at end-of-support status, vital security patches are no longer distributed. The latest editions of SQL Server might not be compatible with your important GP customizations. Next-generation products such as Power BI may not be an option. Businesses investigating an update of their Microsoft Dynamics GP deployment are often intimidated by the number of components involved in the project. And the cost quoted for an upgrade may be through the roof.
Dynamics GP Upgrade and Enhancement Services Offered by Progent
Progent has offered support for Dynamics GP and Great Plains for over 20 years, and Progent's tested professionals have provided high-level and economical online integration consulting for Windows-powered networks to businesses in every state in the U.S. By combining deep familiarity with all editions of Dynamics GP along with world-class network integration talent, Progent is uniquely qualified to make sure your Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia business optimize the benefit of GP/Great Plains.
We become partners with our customers and start by understanding their needs. After gaining an understanding of the IT situation and the areas needing improvement we provide our recommendations. Recommendations can involve an upgrade to a more current and supported release of Dynamics GP, simple user education, complete system and individual module configuration including 3rd-party products offered by a wide array of suppliers that have written add-ons to Dynamics GP, custom integrations with other key business applications used by organization, custom report creation, and solution analysis to assess whether GP is being used optimally. Our objective with every Microsoft Dynamics GP engagement of whatever size is to optimize strategic value and minimize cost.
Progent's consultants can help your Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia company in every facet of your Dynamics GP upgrade or customization process including:
- Deployment Review
Review at what modules and features of Dynamics GP you are now running and propose additional features available on the product that might be helpful to your organization. - Migration Design and Scheduling
Create a complete migration plan and timetable that avoids business interruption. Schedule pilot testing, live deployment, and training. Specify custom development and add-on modules. Anticipate and resolve compatibility problems. - Pilot Testing
Design and implement a pilot environment for validating the upgrade project. - Environment Upgrades
Create backup copies of databases and dictionaries, eConnect, and GP Integration Manager database. eMigrate Dynamics GP to the current release to assure ongoing support from Microsoft and to make all current features accessible to your organization. Update SQL Server and compatibility levels for all databases. Activate services from the Professional Services Tools Library (pstl). Condition data and execute scripts to resolve known issues. - Management Reporting
Create reports and or custom dashboards for internal and public consumption. Configure SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and combine Dynamics GP with Power BI for on-demand reporting and for aggregating information from multiple on-premises and remote sources. - Education
Provide individual or classroom style training for existing and first-time users of Dynamics GP. - Support Services
Act as a single contact for support to ensure effective and affordable handling of problems made possible by familiarity with your particular situation.
Progent offers the support of seasoned consultants who have been developing working Microsoft Dynamics GP and Great Plains environments since version 1. Progent can do the jobs you require directly instead of managing less experienced consultants or internal staff. Key areas where Progent's consultants can provide Microsoft Dynamics GP support services include:
- Recommendations
Suggest the use of software modules that come with the core GP system but are not currently being utilized. Also, recommend third-party products written exclusively for Microsoft Dynamics GP to provide features that GP skips. - Integrations
Build custom connections between Microsoft Dynamics GP and other business applications to reduce redundant entry and increase consistency. - Customizations
Build big and small customizations that run with Dynamics GP to handle various business functions not addressed by standard GP modules or external modules.
Progent can assist you to upgrade your infrastructure to support Dynamics GP for any architecture including on-premises, private or public cloud, or a hybrid environment. Infrastructure expertise offered by Progent's consultants include:
- Requirements analysis and IT asset inventory
- Network topology planning and implementation (on-premises, private or public cloud, or hybrid)
- Configuring firewalls and remote connections and defining security policies
- Integrating iOS, Android, and Windows smartphones and tablets
- Developing high-availability (HA) architectures
- Integration with PaaS and IaaS services such as Microsoft 365
- business continuity preparedness
- Performance tuning
An optimized Microsoft Dynamics GP environment includes diverse application platforms, local network infrastructure technologies, and cloud services integrated into a cohesive enterprise resource planning solution. For more than two decades, Progent has provided online and onsite help from Microsoft-certified experts including Dynamics GP/Great Plains consultants, Windows Server specialists, SQL Server developers, Microsoft Exchange integration consultants, Microsoft Office consultants, and SharePoint integration consultants. Progent's consultants have worked with these products from their initial versions to their current versions, and Progent can help with cloud-based options by offering Office and Microsoft 365 consulting, Exchange Online integration services, and SharePoint Online migration and development services.
Progent also has extensive experience providing help from top-tier Cisco CCIE-certified network infrastructure consultants, Windows Hyper-V planning and integration consultants, and VMware virtualization consultants. This background with strategic IT platforms cuts time and costs when helping businesses through each aspect of updating their older Dynamics GP deployment. Progent also offers the skills of senior security and information assurance experts, disaster recovery and business continuity planning consultants, application developers, hybrid cloud planning and configuration consultants, and SQL Server DBAs who can assist you to design, deploy, and manage a well-tuned Dynamics GP ecosystem.
Progent's Consulting Expertise for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains Enterprise Resource Planning Deployments
To find out more about Progent's remote and on-premises consulting expertise in Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP software, see:
- Dynamics GP Support Services
- Dynamics GP 2015 Support Services
- MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains Program Features
- Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP Features and Benefits
- Expert Help with Microsoft Dynamics GP Reporting
- MS Dynamics GP Custom Software Programming
To download a datasheet describing the consulting expertise available from Progent for MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP software, select
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Exchange 2019 Upgrade Computer Consulting
24-Hour Exchange 2019 Consultant
Progent can help your organization in any phase of your upgrade to Exchange 2019 including deploying Windows Server 2019 as a host for Exchange; designing high availability (HA) system topology for a local, cloud-based or hybrid deployment; moving mailboxes; designing and configuring Windows Hyper-V; setting up HLB; building DAG groups with MCDB caching; integrating with Skype for Business 2019 for voicemail services; integration with SharePoint Server or SharePoint Online; preparing firewalls; integration with Microsoft 365 and setting up Outlook clients.
Application Monitoring Online Support
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager Integration
Remote 24x7 monitoring, proactive alarms, and actionable analytical reporting are vital to preserving the health of your IT system and avoiding unnecessary and expensive downtime. Remote Monitoring and Management solutions have progressed to the point that companies of any size can afford a degree of protection that was once reserved for enterprises. Progent can provide several RMM solutions delivered as low-cost services created to help you to detect and resolve a an array of network issues before they can impact productivity.
Cisco Network Management Solutions Engineers
Computer Expert Cisco Hybrid Network Management Solutions
Progent's Cisco-Certified network consultants can assist you to use Cisco's network management utilities along with a selection of powerful third-party applications to create a complete network management strategy to keep your network operating smoothly, fully utilize limited resources, guard your data, revive rapidly from device failure or malicious attacks, and enable you to expand or reassign network resources intelligently and affordably as your company evolves.
Aironet Outdoor Wi-Fi Access Point On-site Support
CCDP Expert Certified Aironet Outdoor APs Professional
Progent's Cisco CCIE wireless network infrastructure experts can provide online or onsite integration and debugging support to help you to plan, implement, update, tune, manage and debug Aironet wireless AP environments of any scale or architecture. Progent's Cisco Wi-Fi controller consultants can also help you to integrate your wireless environment with your wired network infrastructure and cloud-based resources to build a seamless enterprise connectivity solution that is easy to administer and scale. Progent also offers affordable wireless site surveys to assist you to determine the most appropriate selection, placement and configuration of Aironet Wi-Fi APs to accommodate your unique office design, building structure, and anticipated network traffic.
Emergency Expert Microsoft Certified Exchange 2013 Support Services
Microsoft Exchange 2013 Technical Support
Exchange Server 2013 incorporates major enhancements to the functionality of its predecessor Exchange 2010 and introduces important new features plus a revamped structure. These improvements favorably impact vital IT areas like manageability, availability, security and compliance, cost of ownership, collaboration, extensibility, performance, compatibility, and the user experience. Progent's Microsoft-certified Exchange Server 2013 consultants can assist your organization to evaluate the possible advantages of migrating to Exchange 2013, create a cost-effective validation and deployment strategy, and educate your IT staff to manage your Microsoft Exchange 2013 environment. Progent can also provide ongoing online support and management for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.
Microsoft Exchange 2003 Support and Help
Consultants Microsoft Exchange 2003 Upgrade
Progent's expert consultants can show you how to define and deploy a smooth in-place Microsoft Exchange 2003 upgrade strategy that minimizes network downtime, reduces long-term service demands, and makes your Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 easy to manage. For complicated multiple server or multi-location migrations, Progent has the knowledge and experience to finish your move quickly and economically. Progent's Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 help, repair, and design services include assistance with the integration of outside vendor enhancements of Exchange 2003 Server that are in keeping with your business goals.
Cloud Backup Security Remote Consulting
Offsite Managed Backup and Recovery Services Consultant
ProSight Data Protection Services ECHO offer small and medium-sized organizations a low cost and fully managed service for reliable backup/disaster recovery. Available at a fixed monthly price, ProSight Data Protection Services automates and monitors your backup activities and enables rapid recovery of critical files, applications and virtual machines that have become lost or damaged due to hardware failures, software bugs, natural disasters, human error, or malware attacks such as ransomware. ProSight DPS can help you protect, retrieve and restore files, folders, applications, system images, plus Hyper-V and VMware images/. Critical data can be backed up on the cloud, to a local storage device, or to both. Progent's BDR specialists can provide advanced expertise to configure ProSight DPS to to comply with regulatory requirements like HIPAA, FINRA, and PCI and, when necessary, can assist you to recover your critical information.
CCIE Certified Firepower Firewalls Network Engineer
Firepower Firewalls Support Outsourcing
The latest generation of ASA 5500-X Family of firewalls with Firepower Services provide significantly more value than Cisco's previous PIX and ASA 5500 firewalls and have replaced the ASA 5500 and PIX 500 security appliances for all new installations. Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network experts can assist your company to manage your existing PIX or Cisco ASA 5500 security appliances or migrate efficiently to ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services. Progent can also assist your company to plan, integrate, tune, administer and troubleshoot firewall solutions based on Cisco ASA 5500-X firewalls with Firepower Services.
Microsoft Certified Partner Technical Support Services Exchange 2013 Upgrade
Exchange 2013 Unified communications Online Support Services
Exchange 2013 incorporates major improvements to the functionality of its predecessor Microsoft Exchange 2010 and introduces powerful innovations plus a redesigned structure. These enhancements affect vital areas like manageability, availability, security and compliance, cost of ownership, collaboration, expandability, performance, compatibility, and productivity. Progent's certified Exchange Server 2013 consulting experts can help you understand the possible advantages of upgrading to Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, design an efficient test and deployment plan, and educate your IT staff to manage your Microsoft Exchange 2013 solution. Progent can also provide ongoing online consulting and management for Exchange Server 2013.
Windows Server 2016 upgrade Technical Consultant
Windows Server 2016 Fault Domains Technology Consulting
Progent's Windows Server 2016 disaster recovery experts can assist you to design a DR solution based on Microsoft's most advanced Failover Clustering tools including Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade for non-disruptive migration to Windows Server 2016, Storage Replica for zero-data-loss recovery, Storage Spaces Direct for enterprise-class storage clusters using low-cost hardware, Virtual Machine Load Balancing for improving the speed and resilience of Failover Clusters while minimizing TCO and operational expenses, and Cloud Witness for easy, affordable deployment of a failover cluster quorum arbitration point.
24 Hour Microsoft Certified Expert Monitoring and Reporting Consultant
System Center MOM Specialist
Medium-size businesses can enjoy all the benefits of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 and have fast availability of Progent's Microsoft and Cisco Premier IT consulting experts. With Progent's economically priced IT service packages, medium-size organizations can choose a basic co-sourcing service program built around Operations Manager with server monitoring, proactive alerts, comprehensive system analysis, Help Desk support, and remote troubleshooting. For companies with mission-critical environments who need non-stop networking, Progent can provide a comprehensive 24x7 outsourcing solution. Progent offers expertise in Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 to offer mid-size business information systems world-class reliability, protection and productivity.
SPS Help and Support
Urgent SPS 2019 Remote Support Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can provide organizations of all sizes consulting, technical support, and development expertise for Microsoft SharePoint and SharePoint Online. Microsoft SharePoint is an advanced solution that uses web technology for efficiently coordinating people, teams and information. SharePoint offers a central spot for your workers or customers to connect to, manage, share and interact with relevant information, files, and software and to communicate with one another. Microsoft SharePoint enables faster and better decisions, more efficient access across teams and more streamlined business practices. Windows SharePoint Services connect workers, customers, workgroups and major tasks with the knowledge they've developed in a manner that makes data convenient to locate, retrieve and re-use. Progent's SharePoint experts can help your organization to support your existing SharePoint solution or upgrade to the latest version of SharePoint Server or to SharePoint Online.
24-7 Private Clouds for Small Businesses Engineers
Services ProSight Private Cloud Services
Progent's ProSight Virtual hosting services provide small and midsize businesses a range of advantages such as lower capital expenditures, savings on operational costs, better management focus, world-class security, enhanced fault tolerance, and regulatory compliance.
Outsourcing Exchange 2000 Server
Microsoft Exchange 2000 Computer Consultants
Progent is among the most expert network support firms for integrating e-mail systems based on Exchange 2000 Server. Progent specializes in helping small businesses get the full advantages of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 under typical situations including updating from Exchange 5.5 Server, moving from an ISP-managed or POP3 e-mail system, and using managed services for your Exchange 2000 support.
Private Cloud Solutions Consult
24-7 Consultants Private Cloud Integration
Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service combines proven virtualization architecture, a world-class data center, and the technical services of Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting group to provide small businesses with a complete IT outsourcing alternative that enhances network dependability and security, eliminates management distraction, and cuts costs. With Progent's Private Cloud Hosting, a smaller business can have each of its operating system platforms and key application servers hosted in a secure and fault tolerant data center on a high-performance, non-stop virtual server set up and supported by Progent's network support professionals.
Integration Support Hornetsecurity Altaro VM Backup
Altaro VM Backup Verification Online Technical Support
Altaro VM Backup software from Hornetsecurity offers small and mid-size organizations a dependable and budget-friendly solution for backing up and restoring Hyper-V and VMware-powered virtual machines. Altaro VM Backup can be used for on-premises, offsite, multi-site, and cloud-hosted architectures and also enables low-cost backup to Azure storage. Altaro VM Backup protects against ransomware via Immutable Cloud Storage. This creates tamper-proof data that cannot be erased or modified by any user including root users. Progent is a certified Hornetsecurity/Altaro partner and can provide a wide array of remote or onsite services to help you to design, install, optimize and troubleshoot a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solution powered by Altaro VM Backup. With ProSight DPS Altaro VM Backup, Progent delivers a managed backup/recovery service powered by on Altaro VM Backup.
On-site Technical Support Consulting for Service Providers
Consultant Consulting for Service Providers
Progent's Support Program for IT Service Firms lets you use Progent's consulting engineers while retaining your own brand as a transparent arm of your IT services staff.
24x7x365 Microsoft Windows 7 Evaluation Technology Consulting Services
Windows 7 Training Support Services
Progent's Microsoft certified consultants can provide remote and on-premises consulting expertise to assist you to administer, support, and repair PCs based on Microsoft Windows 7 and also offers help with migrating to Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 from Windows 7. Progent can provide expertise with management automation, network security, backup and restore, remote connectivity, mobile device integration, wireless network design, and remote system monitoring.
24 Hour Computer Consulting Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
Urgent Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Network Consulting
Progent has been delivering SharePoint support since the first SharePoint product was published more than two decades ago, and Progent has the breadth and depth of technical know-how to help businesses of all sizes to design and implement a SharePoint Server 2013 installation and develop SharePoint 2013 applications that bring significant business benefit to your IT investment. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist you to evaluate the business advantages of migrating to SharePoint 2013 or SharePoint Online from legacy releases of SharePoint or from a different collaboration solution; decide if an in-house, online or hybrid deployment is best suited for your organization; and select the most appropriate edition of SharePoint 2013 for your applications. Progent offers comprehensive project management support or can help in specific jobs associated with your SharePoint 2013 migration.
Forefront Network Inspection System Engineer
24-7 Forefront TMG Firewall Specialists
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway is based on the proven security technologies of Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 and provides a easily managed web gateway that acts as a one-server solution for a variety of security features such as an multi-layer firewall, URL monitoring and filtering, malware inspection, intrusion protection, application proxy, VPN management, and HTTP and HTTPS inspection. Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 includes advanced web security reporting capabilities, allows customized reporting powered by SQL Server, integrates with Active Directory to streamline policy enforcement, and can be deployed as a virtual server to lower costs and improve availability. Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can help your company to design and carry out test and production deployments; integrate Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 with Windows 2008 R2, Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, and Microsoft SharePoint; set up Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 to operate on a virtual server with Microsoft Windows Hyper-V; and deliver ongoing consulting and repair services. Progent's consultants can also help your organization to migrate smoothly to Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 from Microsoft ISA Server 2006 or 2004.
Debian Linux Technology Consulting Services
24x7 PCLinuxOS Linux Services
If your company is producing Linux-based applications in an environment that includes Microsoft Windows-based processors, PCs, and office applications, Progent offers full-service information technology outsourcing that frees you to focus on your field of high-value expertise without the continual hassle of maintaining your business network. Through the use of automated network monitoring and by providing online and in-person assistance when your company needs it, Progent offers an economical solution for managing an information system that features high availability, security, and efficiency. Progent's Linux developer assistance services include full-service network support outsourcing, virtual server infrastructure, remote and on-premises service and repair, network monitoring services, and Contact Center support.
Immediate Microsoft Office XP Server Installation
Microsoft Windows Outsourced IT Management Services
Progent's IT outsourcing services provide budget-friendly computer support for small businesses. Whether it involves designing system architecture, creating an internal Help Desk or outsourcing a one, rolling out an updated email platform, monitoring your system, or developing a web-based business solution, outsourcing your network engineering services can contain costs and minimize risks, permitting network service expenses to increase in a more linear and manageable fashion than is feasible by building up a bulky, knowledgeable in-house network support staff. Progent's Outsourcing White Paper and datasheets explain how Progent can help you create a secure and highly available network foundation for your critical business software powered by Microsoft Windows.
24x7 Duo Zero Trust Security Computer Engineer
Duo Zero Trust Cybersecurity Specialists
Progent's Duo services utilize Cisco's Duo cloud technology to defend against password theft by using two-factor authentication (2FA). Duo enables one-tap identity confirmation with iOS, Google Android, and other out-of-band devices.
Windows 2000 Server IT Consulting
Online Support Microsoft Windows 2000
Progent's certified Windows Server 2000 consultants can provide network support and IT consulting services for the entire line of Microsoft .NET Enterprise Servers, Windows Server 2000, and Microsoft Windows 2003 Server. Progent's Windows Server 2000 configuration, update, and support offerings include system design, deployment, project management, on-site and off-site technical support, Call Center outsourcing, expert security consulting, turn-key outsourcing, and economical co-sourcing.
Les Kent has a 35-year history of successful technology integration, business administration, sales, and operations. He has demonstrated a talent for developing elegant information technology solutions in his roles as as a network designer, programmer, project manager, deployment expert, and problem solver for small companies, new ventures, and global enterprises.
Colbolt Linux Help and Support
Debian Linux Support and Setup
If your company is producing Linux-based software in an environment that includes MS Windows-based servers, desktops, and office productivity products, Progent offers comprehensive information technology outsourcing that frees you to focus on your field of strategic expertise while avoiding the continual distraction of maintaining your company information system. Through the use of smart network monitoring and by delivering online and on-site assistance when your business needs it, Progent represents an affordable way for managing an IT network that provides excellent reliability, protection, and efficiency. Progent's UNIX/Linux developer support services feature full-service information technology outsourcing, virtual server infrastructure, remote and on-premises support and troubleshooting, network monitoring, and Help Desk Call Center support.
Desktop Server Migration Specialists
Open Now Microsoft and Apple Mac Desktop Network Support
Progent can deliver a wide array of affordable services to help your business to deploy, integrate, repair, and administer desktop PCs and laptops based on Windows, macOS and OS X, or popular versions of Linux. Progent can provide on-premises or remote assistance for single computers or notebooks or help you to plan and carry out a large-scale migration to new or revised operating system platforms and applications. Progent can also provide consultants and technical workers to assist you to plan for and implement a site move or consolidation organized to cause minimal interruption to your business.
Security Auditing GIAC Certified
GIAC Security Audit Consulting
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification) was founded in 1999 to validate the skill of information technology security experts. GIAC certifications are recognized by companies and government organizations around the world including and the United States NSA. Progent's GIAC-certified information assurance consultants can provide expertise with any of the security disciplines addressed under GIAC certification including auditing infrastructure vulnerability, security incident handling, intrusion detection, web-based application security and security information and event management (SIEM) solutions.
Immediate Juniper SSG Series Router Consultants
Juniper SSG Series Router Compliance Auditor
Progent's Juniper-certified consultants can help your business plan the deployment of Juniper SSG integrated firewall/VPN products, configure security policies to match your operational requirements, set up network OS software to streamline management processes, migrate from legacy Juniper products, and troubleshoot infrastructure issues.
Biggest Windows Server 2022 Storage bus cache Consulting
Windows Server 2022 Kubernetes Containers Remote Consulting
Progent's certified Windows Server 2022 experts can help your organization to design and implement a cost-effective migration to Windows Server 2022 that features high availability and that is based on a self-hosted network architecture or a hybrid model that combines cloud-based Windows Server on Azure with a self-hosted installation of Windows Server 2022.
Server Monitoring Professional
Endpoint Monitoring and Reporting Consultant Services
ProSight LAN Watch is Progent's server and endpoint monitoring service that incorporates advanced remote monitoring and management (RMM) technology to keep your network running at peak levels by checking the state of critical devices that drive your IT network. When ProSight LAN Watch uncovers an issue, an alert is sent automatically to your specified IT management personnel and your assigned Progent consultant so that all looming issues can be resolved before they have a chance to impact productivity.
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