Aurora Microsoft Premier Consulting Partner
Dynamics GP (Great Plains) Upgrade and Customization Consultants
Dynamics GP, previously branded Great Plains, has a lengthier track record than almost any other enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution made for Windows. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a proven, full-featured product and is one of the most popular ERP systems for SMBs, with about 50,000 active installations worldwide. Many organizations who have depended on Dynamics GP for years have been able to postpone upgrades and maintenance long enough that they now find themselves using seriously out-of-date software and rickety network infrastructure. This is dangerous. At the same time, a common theme we hear from new customers is that they have a hard time finding veteran Microsoft Dynamics GP experts who can provide in-depth knowledge about how to upgrade their Dynamics GP ecosystem efficiently and get the most business value out of the application.
The more a business attempts to make do with legacy releases of Microsoft Dynamics GP, the more complex the upgrade process tends to be. When physical host servers or disk systems fail, there could be no suitable devices on the market to replace them. When releases of Windows Server that run Dynamics GP reach end-of-support status, critical security patches are no longer distributed. The latest releases of SQL Server might not be compatible with your important GP customizations. Next-generation tools like Microsoft's Power BI may not be an option. Businesses considering an upgrade of their Dynamics GP environment can be intimidated by the volume of pieces involved in the puzzle. And the cost quoted for a migration may seem astronomical.
Microsoft Dynamics GP Migration and Enhancement Expertise Offered by Progent
Progent has offered support for Microsoft Dynamics GP and Great Plains for over 20 years, and Progent's seasoned professionals have provided high-level and economical online integration consulting for Windows-based networks to organizations in every state in the U.S. By combining deep experience with all editions of Dynamics GP along with top-tier network integration talent, Progent is ideally suited to help your Aurora, Colorado business get the most out of GP.
We partner with our clients and start by understanding their needs. After gaining familiarity with the IT situation and the areas for improvement we make our suggestions. Proposed services can include an upgrade to a newer and fully supported release of Microsoft Dynamics GP, basic user education, full system and specific module implementation including 3rd-party modules offered by a wide array of suppliers that have published add-ons to Dynamics GP, custom integrations with other critical business applications used by organization, custom report writing, and solution evaluations to determine whether GP is being used optimally. Our goal with each Dynamics GP engagement of whatever size is to optimize strategic value and minimize expense.
Progent can help your Aurora, Colorado company in each phase of your Dynamics GP migration or customization process including:
- Deployment Review
Review at what modules and features of Microsoft Dynamics GP you are now using and discuss additional features of the product that might be suitable for your business. - Migration Planning and Scheduling
Develop a complete migration plan and timetable that minimizes business interruption. Schedule solution validation, production upgrade, and education. Specify custom development and add-on modules. Anticipate and resolve compatibility problems. - Pilot Testing
Plan and configure a pilot environment for validating the upgrade process. - Environment Upgrades
Back up databases and dictionaries, eConnect automation, and GP Integration Manager database. eMigrate Microsoft Dynamics GP to the latest release to ensure continuing support from Microsoft and to make all the latest features available to your organization. Upgrade SQL Server and compatibility levels for all associated databases. Implement services from the Professional Services Tools Library. Prep data and run scripts to resolve documented issues. - Management Reporting
Create reports and or custom dashboards for internal as well as external use. Deploy SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and combine Microsoft Dynamics GP with Microsoft Power BI for self-service reporting and for combining data from diverse local and remote repositories. - Education
Provide individual or classroom style training for existing and first-time users of Microsoft Dynamics GP. - Support Services
Act as a single point of contact for support to ensure dependable and affordable resolution of issues thanks to close understanding of your particular situation.
Progent offers the help of top-tier experts who have been developing working Dynamics GP and Great Plains solutions since version 1. Progent can do the jobs you need directly instead of managing less experienced consultants or in-house IT personnel. Key areas where Progent can provide Dynamics GP support services include:
- Guidance
Suggest the deployment of modules that come with the basic GP system but are not now being utilized. Also, recommend third-party products written exclusively for Dynamics GP to deliver features that GP doesn't offer. - Integrations
Build special integrations between Microsoft Dynamics GP and other strategic platforms to avoid duplicate entry and increase consistency. - Customizations
Build major and small customizations that run with Microsoft Dynamics GP to handle specific business functions that are not addressed by standard GP modules or external modules.
Progent can help your business to upgrade your network infrastructure to support Dynamics GP for any deployment model including on-premises, private or public cloud, or a hybrid network model. Infrastructure services provided by Progent's consultants include:
- Needs analysis and site inventory
- Network architecture design and implementation (local, cloud-based, or hybrid)
- Setting up firewalls and VPN connections and creating security policies
- Integrating Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows smartphones and tablets
- Developing high-availability environments
- Integration with public cloud services including Microsoft 365
- business continuity preparedness
- Performance optimization
A modern Dynamics GP environment incorporates diverse software platforms, local network infrastructure technologies, and public cloud products integrated into a seamless ERP solution. For over two decades, Progent's consultants have provided online and on-premises help from Microsoft-certified professionals including Dynamics GP/Great Plains consultants, Windows Server consultants, SQL Server developers, Microsoft Exchange configuration consultants, Microsoft Office experts, and SharePoint Server development consultants. Progent has supported these products from their first versions to their latest versions, and Progent can help with cloud SaaS options by offering Office and Microsoft 365 integration services, Exchange Online support, and SharePoint Online migration and application development expertise.
Progent also has a long history of delivering help from seasoned Cisco CCIE-certified network infrastructure experts, Hyper-V integration consultants, and VMware virtual machine consultants. This experience with strategic IT platforms cuts time and costs when guiding businesses through each aspect of upgrading their older Dynamics GP deployment. Progent also can provide the skills of advanced security and information assurance experts, disaster recovery preparedness experts, application developers, hybrid cloud integration consultants, and SQL Server DBAs who can help you to plan, implement, and manage a modern Dynamics GP ecosystem.
Progent's Consulting Expertise for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP Solutions
For more information about Progent's remote and onsite consulting services in Aurora, Colorado for Dynamics GP/Great Plains Enterprise Resource Planning product family, refer to:
- Microsoft Dynamics GP Support Expertise
- Dynamics GP 2015 Support Services
- MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains Program Features
- Dynamics GP/Great Plains Features
- Expert Help with MS Dynamics GP Reporting
- Microsoft Dynamics GP Custom Development
To download a datasheet about the consulting support available from Progent for Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP software, select
Contact Progent for MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains Migration Services
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Progent's certified failover clustering consultants can assist companies of all sizes to evaluate the advantages of deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2012 failover clustering to create a powerful fault-tolerant/disaster recovery solution, help your organization to design and deploy a Windows Server 2012 environment, provide online and on-premises consulting services and technical support for clusters composed of physical servers or virtual machines, and help you to streamline the management of failover clusters.
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Progent's Intune consultants can help your organization to understand the strategic case for adopting Microsoft Intune for managing your web-facing mobile computers including notebooks, smartphones, and tablets based on Windows, iOS, and Android. Progent can assist your company to define security and compliance policies, set up pilot environments to confirm the appropriateness of Microsoft Intune for your network, deploy Intune throughout your IT ecosystem, combine Intune with SCCM for unified change management, and maintain your Microsoft Intune solution.
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Immediate ProSight Small Business Private Clouds Technology Professional
Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting service offers comprehensive hosting of a small company's production servers in an environment that gives the maximum degree of availability and scalability and is in addition easy to move to any data center. ProSight Virtual Hosting services are built upon mature virtualization platforms that allow small companies with mixed- platform IT systems to economize dramatically on the costs of capital investments, system support, and IT management while benefiting from world-class reliability and an unmatched degree of vendor independence.
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Remote ASA 5500-X Firewall with Firepower Consultant
Progent's Cisco-Certified technology experts offer professional PIX Firewall consulting services encompassing architecture, integration and support of Cisco firewall and Cisco security products. The Cisco PIX 500 Security Appliance Series of Cisco firewalls offers strong user and application policy enforcement, mutlivector attack protection, and safe connectivity services. Extending from compact, easy-to-install desktop devices for small offices and home offices to scalable gigabit appliances, Cisco PIX firewalls offer a healthy combination of protection, speed and availability for information environments of all sizes. PIX firewalls are build around a hardened, specially designed platform, PIX OS, avoiding potential OS-specific security vulnerabilities. The Cisco PIX Firewall has received ICSA Firewall and IPsec certification as well as Common Criteria EAL4 evaluation status. PIX firewalls provide an array of integrated protection and connectivity services, including advanced application-aware firewall services, Voice over IP and multimedia security, multi-site and remote-access IPsec VPN connectivity, intelligent access services, and extensive administrative tools. Progent's network experts can help you choose and deploy any Cisco PIX 500 Series firewalls including the Cisco PIX 501 Firewall, the Cisco PIX 506 Firewall, the Cisco PIX 506E, PIX 515 Firewalls, the PIX 515E Firewall, the Cisco PIX 520 Firewall, Cisco PIX 525 Firewalls and the Cisco PIX 535.
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Consult Microsoft Entra
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Cisco's wireless VoIP phones are industrial-grade wireless handsets intended for workers who are mobile within office, warehouse, retail or other environments where IT management requires user endpoints that provide more control, data security and ruggedness than is achievable with the BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device) mode of mobile communications. Integration of Cisco's wireless VoIP phones typically demands that you configure and optimize many key pieces of your wireless environment such as access points, routers and switches, Cisco wireless LAN controllers, and network management software. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants can provide remote and on-premises support to help your organization create and administer a Cisco wireless IP phone deployment by delivering integration services that range from troubleshooting the configuration of a wireless IP phone or access point to offering project management outsourcing or co-sourcing services for modernizing the wireless infrastructure of an entire campus.
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