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Dynamics GP (Great Plains) Migration and Enhancement Consulting Services
Microsoft Dynamics GP, originally called Great Plains, sports a lengthier history than virtually any other enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform written for the Windows OS. Dynamics GP is a proven, feature-rich product and is one of the most popular ERP platforms for small and mid-size businesses, with about 50,000 active installations worldwide. Many organizations who have relied on Dynamics GP for years have been able to defer upgrades to the point that they are now running legacy software and outmoded IT infrastructure. This can be risky. At the same time, a common complaint we hear from new customers is that they have a hard time locating experienced Dynamics GP experts who can provide in-depth knowledge about how to update their Dynamics GP environment efficiently and get the most business value out of the application.
The more an organization attempts to limp along with outdated versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP, the more complex the upgrade procedure tends to be. If physical host servers or disk systems break down, there may be no suitable hardware available to replace them. When editions of Windows Server used to host Dynamics GP reach end-of-support (EOS) status, vital security updates are no longer distributed. The latest editions of SQL Server may not be compatible with your important GP customizations. Innovative products such as Microsoft's Power BI may not run. Organizations considering an upgrade of their Microsoft Dynamics GP deployment are often intimidated by the volume of pieces there are to the project. And the price tag suggested for a migration may seem through the roof.
Dynamics GP Upgrade and Customization Services Available from Progent
Progent has supported Microsoft Dynamics GP and Great Plains for over two decades, and Progent's tested professionals have delivered advanced and affordable remote integration consulting for Windows-powered networks to businesses in every state across the U.S. By offering deep familiarity with all editions of Dynamics GP as well as top-tier system integration talent, Progent is ideally suited to help your Bakersfield, California business get the most out of GP.
We partner with our customers and start by listening to their requirements. Once we have familiarity with the situation and the areas needing improvement we provide our suggestions. Recommendations can involve an upgrade to a newer and supported release of Dynamics GP, basic user education, complete system and specific module implementation including 3rd-party modules offered by a broad range of suppliers that have written add-ons to Microsoft Dynamics GP, integration with other critical business applications used by organization, custom report creation, and system analysis to determine whether GP is being utilized to its fullest. Our goal with every Microsoft Dynamics GP engagement of whatever size is to maximize business value and minimize expense.
Progent can assist your Bakersfield, California company in each facet of your Dynamics GP upgrade or enhancement process including:
- System Review
Take a look at what modules and features of Dynamics GP you are now running and propose additional features of GP that might be helpful to your business. - Upgrade Planning and Scheduling
Develop a complete migration plan and schedule that minimizes business interruption. Schedule pilot testing, production upgrade, and education. Identify custom development and add-on modules. Anticipate and resolve compatibility problems. - Pilot Testing
Plan and implement a pilot environment for validating the upgrade project. - System Updates
Back up databases and dictionaries, eConnect automation, and GP Integration Manager data. eMigrate Microsoft Dynamics GP to the latest version to ensure continuing support from Microsoft and to make all current features accessible to your organization. Update SQL Server and compatibility levels for all associated databases. Implement services from the GP Professional Services Tools Library (pstl). Condition data and run scripts to resolve documented issues. - Custom Reporting
Create reports and or custom dashboards for private as well as external use. Deploy SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and integrate Dynamics GP with Microsoft Power BI for self-service reporting and for aggregating information from multiple local and external repositories. - Training
Provide individual or group training for existing and first-time users of Microsoft Dynamics GP. - Support Services
Act as a single point of contact for support to deliver consistent and cost-effective handling of problems thanks to familiarity with your specific situation.
Progent can provide the help of seasoned consultants who have been creating working Microsoft Dynamics GP and Great Plains environments since relerase 1. Progent has the skills to do the jobs you need directly rather than managing less knowledgeable consultants or internal staff. Important areas where Progent can provide Dynamics GP support services include:
- Guidance
Recommend the use of software modules that come with the basic GP system but are not currently being used. In addition, suggest third-party add-ons designed exclusively for Microsoft Dynamics GP to provide features that GP doesn't offer. - Integrations
Create custom integrations between Microsoft Dynamics GP and other business platforms to reduce duplicate data entry and increase accuracy. - Customizations
Create big and small customizations that run with Microsoft Dynamics GP to perform various functions not handled by standard GP modules or external modules.
Progent can assist your business to enhance your network infrastructure to support Microsoft Dynamics GP for any deployment model including local, private or public cloud, or a hybrid network model. Network infrastructure services provided by Progent include:
- Needs analysis and site inventory
- Network architecture planning and deployment (local, private or public cloud, or hybrid)
- Setting up security gateways and VPN connections and creating security policies
- Managing iOS, Android, and Windows mobile devices
- Creating high-availability (HA) environments
- Integration with PaaS and IaaS services such as Office 365
- Disaster recovery planning
- Performance optimization
A modern Dynamics GP environment includes multiple software platforms, on-premises network infrastructure technologies, and public cloud products combined into a seamless ERP solution. For more than two decades, Progent's consultants have delivered remote and onsite help from Microsoft-certified experts including Dynamics GP/Great Plains integrators, Windows Server specialists, SQL Server consultants, Microsoft Exchange integration experts, Microsoft Office experts, and SharePoint integration experts. Progent has worked with these products from their first versions to their current versions, and Progent can help with cloud-based options by offering Office 365 consulting, Exchange Online expertise, and SharePoint Online deployment and development expertise.
Progent also has a long history of providing support from top-tier Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants, Hyper-V planning and integration consultants, and VMware virtual machine specialists. This background with core IT platforms cuts time and costs when guiding organizations through each phase of updating their older Microsoft Dynamics GP environment. Progent also can provide the skills of senior security and compliance engineers, disaster recovery preparedness consultants, application programmers, hybrid cloud integration experts, and SQL Server DBAs who can assist you to plan, deploy, and manage a productive Microsoft Dynamics GP solution.
Progent's Consulting Expertise for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP Solutions
For more about Progent's online and on-premises support expertise in Bakersfield, California for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains Enterprise Resource Planning product family, visit:
- Dynamics GP Expertise
- Dynamics GP 2015 Expertise
- MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains Program Features
- MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP Features and Benefits
- Expertise with Dynamics GP Reporting
- MS Dynamics GP Custom Software Programming
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24-Hour Microsoft Certified Windows Server 2012 R2 upgrade Consultancy
Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Virtual Switch Troubleshooting
Progent's Microsoft-certified professionals can assist you to assess the benefits of Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 for your company, create test environments and rollout plans, tune your infrastructure for local, multi-site, private or public cloud-based, and hybrid datacenters, educate your IT support staff, create an enterprise-wide security plan, automate IT management, assist with creating applications, and generate and test a disaster recovery/business continuity plan.
ProSight Endpoint Protection Support Outsourcing
Modern Network Security Integration Services
ProSight Active Security Monitoring is an endpoint protection service that incorporates next generation behavior analysis technology to guard endpoint devices and servers and VMs against modern malware assaults such as ransomware and email phishing, which routinely get by traditional signature-based anti-virus tools. ProSight ASM safeguards on-premises and cloud resources and provides a single platform to automate the complete threat progression including blocking, detection, containment, remediation, and post-attack forensics. Key features include single-click rollback using Windows Volume Shadow Copy Service and automatic system-wide immunization against newly discovered attacks.
Computer Support Help Desk Online Help
Online HelpDesk Call Center Computer Consulting
The Help Desk service model adopted by Progent's Technical Response Center gives small organizations an dependable alternative to reliance on freelance consultants by offering extensive expertise shared by multiple engineering groups, optional round-the-clock availability of urgent assistance, fast escalation to world-class engineers for handling even the most complex problems, service consistency and reliability, prompt follow through enforced by veteran support managers, a choice of easy-to-use ways for initiating service jobs, plus excellent process transparency enabled by trouble ticket updates and available through a web-based portal.
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SCCM 2012 Policy Settings Support and Setup
Progent can assist your business to plan for, deploy, and operate Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager (SCCM 2012). Progent can assist you to migrate smoothly to Configuration Manager 2012 from an older device and application management platform or assist you to enhance your existing SCCM 2012 ecosystem to accommodate your changing IT needs. In addition, Progent can assist you to build a software foundation that extracts the most value from SCCM 2012 by providing advanced consulting support for related Microsoft platforms including Active Directory Domain Services, SQL Server and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and IIS.
Windows 2019 Remote Troubleshooting
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Remote Consulting
Progent's certified Windows Server 2019 experts can help your company to design and implement a cost-effective migration to Windows Server 2019 using your current deployment architecture or a cloud-based or hybrid model. Windows Server 2019 delivers significant enhancements in capacity, speed, ease of management, Hyper-V virtualization, security and compliance, hybrid local/cloud deployments, resilience, and Linux support.
Expert Microsoft Certified UNIX, Windows Consulting
Windows, UNIX, Solaris Consultants
If your company computer system combines UNIX, Linux or Solaris technology with MS Windows, Progent can assist you to integrate your computers into a unified network that permits all your OS platforms to run side by side for simple administration, transparent dataflow, high availability, enhanced throughput, and strong security. Progent's UNIX and MS Windows integration support offerings include network architecture configuration and support, support for Microsoft Windows services for UNIX (SFU), online server monitoring and management, online network support and troubleshooting, on-site technical support, and Help Desk Call Center outsourcing.
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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 delivers indispensable, standardized tools to computer professionals as well as to network users, lessening the complexity of creating, deploying, managing, and using company information and database applications in environments ranging from mobile devices to enterprise information systems. The complexity and integration demands of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 call for an IT consultant with real-world expertise and wide knowledge in planning and deploying data-driven, comprehensive business technology solutions. The expertise of Progent's Microsoft-certified engineering staff, with an average of more than 10 years of background supporting Microsoft integration, ensures you success in designing, deploying and managing Microsoft SQL Server 2005 solutions that are well integrated with the Microsoft .NET platform.
Engineer SQL 2008 Analysis Services
Microsoft SQL 2008 Server Technical Support Services
SQL Server 2008 delivers indispensable, standardized tools to computer professionals and information workers, lessening the complexity of designing, integrating, managing, and accessing enterprise data and analytical programs in environments ranging from handheld devices to corporate data networks. The complexity and interconnectivity demands of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 require a network consulting firm with hands-on expertise and wide knowledge in planning and deploying information-based, end-to-end business technology applications. The expertise of Progent's Microsoft-certified engineering staff, with an average of over 10 years of professional work involving Microsoft technology, assures you success in designing, deploying and managing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 applications that are well integrated with the Microsoft .NET environment.
Recovery Services Microsoft Office 2000
Networking Services Microsoft Office XP
To provide cost-effective IT support for small businesses, Progent offers full-service IT outsourcing packages that offer small offices fast access to network help without forcing you to hire, educate, and manage a large in-house computer support team. Progent’s IT outsourcing services give you an affordable way for creating a secure and reliable environment for your favorite Windows office productivity suites such as Microsoft Office XP and Microsoft Office 2003.
24-Hour Exchange 2013 Upgrade Specialist
24-7 Exchange 2013 Security Support Services
Exchange 2013 includes major enhancements to the capabilities of Microsoft Exchange 2010 and introduces important new features plus a revamped architecture. These enhancements favorably impact key IT areas like manageability, high availability (HA), security, cost of ownership, teamwork, extensibility, throughput, compatibility, and the user experience. Progent's certified Exchange 2013 consulting experts can help you understand the potential advantages of upgrading to Exchange Server 2013, create an efficient validation and rollout plan, and train your IT team to maintain your Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 solution. Progent can also provide ongoing remote consulting and management for Microsoft Exchange 2013.
Juniper SSL Router Security Services
Juniper SSL VPN Router Security Companies
SSL VPN makes it possible to establish a secure Internet connection between an enterprise network and virtually any remote computer without the need for pre-installed client software. Progent's Juniper-certified consultants can help you design, manage, and troubleshoot SSL VPN solutions based on Juniper's AS Series of remote access appliances.
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Top Cisco SIP Integration Network Consulting
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified SIP infrastructure consultants can help you to design, integrate, manage, debug and upgrade Cisco's SIP connectivity technology and Cisco's CUBE (Cisco Unified Border Element)-based SIP trunks and offer cost-effective online or on-premises expertise to help companies to migrate efficiently to a productive unified communications network that offers fast return on investment. Progent's certified Microsoft collaboration experts can assist you to establish connections between Cisco's CUBE Session Border Controller and Microsoft's rich media platforms like Skype for Business and Lync for connectivity to a SIP PSTN trunk.
Cisco Experts Microsoft Windows 8.1 Evaluation Support and Setup
Windows 8 Specialist
Microsoft Windows 8.1 is engineered to run on computers from smart phones and tablets to engineering workstations. An abundance of new and improved features, such as touch screen support and signature live tiles user interface, provide a broad selection of advantages for organizations who know how to put them to work. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help get your organization up the learning curve with Microsoft Windows 8.1 and show you how to derive maximum competitive advantage from the operating system's many technical enhancements.
Catalyst 3650 Switch Technical Support
Catalyst Switch Professionals
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE networking experts can assist you to set up, manage, upgrade, optimize and debug Cisco Catalyst switches. Progent can also help your business to enhance the security of Catalyst switches and migrate efficiently from legacy appliances to current models.
Microsoft Exchange Upgrade Consultant
Microsoft Expert Migration Consulting Exchange 2003 Server
Progent's Microsoft certified consultants can show you how to design and deploy an efficient in-place Exchange Server 2003 migration plan that avoids productivity downtime, reduces ongoing support demands, and makes your Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server easy to administer. For complex multi-server or multi-location upgrades, Progent has the background to complete your move rapidly and affordably. Progent's Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 support, repair, and design offerings include assistance with the configuration of outside vendor add-ons to Microsoft Exchange 2003 Server that are best aligned to your business needs.
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Support and Help Nexus 6000 Switch
Nexus switches are engineered to provide the performance, expandability, resilience, cloud readiness, density, data protection and ease of management needed to act as the foundation of a world-class data center. Progent's Cisco-certified Nexus switch consultants can provide remote and on-premises consulting and troubleshooting services to assist your business to design an optimal switch topology, build pilot systems to validate your network design, install and configure Nexus switches, define and implement appropriate policies, perform security and compliance tests, configure advanced monitoring, fully utilize network resources by means of virtualization technologies, analyze and repair switching and routing problems, optimize performance, perform capacity planning, and set up the powerful high-availability (HA) capabilities incorporated into Cisco's Nexus switches. Progent can also help your business to upgrade non-disruptively from outdated Nexus models or Cisco Catalyst switches to up-to-date Nexus platforms.
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Progent’s Technical Response Center (TRC) offers national extended hours remote assistance for networks powered by Windows and Cisco products and technologies. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-Premier support professionals offer after-hours phone help and remote direct computer access to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems rapidly and affordably. The scope of technical expertise available from Progent's staff of nationwide support engineers makes it possible to escalate even the toughest network issues to appropriate specialists as required. For urgent problems, the TRC endeavors to respond to your call for service in less than one hour.
Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Network Engineer
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SQL Server 2017 Python Consultants
SQL Server 2017 Python Online Support Services
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Cisco Certified CCIE Design Consultant
24-7 Small Office Computer Consultant Cisco
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64-bit Processing Specialists
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Progent’s Microsoft-premier engineers can assist you to enhance your application servers and/or workstations from 32 bits to 64 bits. Progent can assist you to understand the risks and benefits of upgrading to 64-bit computing, plan an efficient upgrade strategy that minimizes business disruptions, and offer economical, professional online support to aid your company to configure 64-bit software and application programs on your current computers.
Co-Location Online Troubleshooting
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SMS Server 2003 Upgrade Integration Support
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Progent’s Microsoft certified experts provide small and mid-size companies enterprise-level consulting services for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. Systems Management Server is Microsoft's standard tool for change and configuration management. SMS 2003, included in Microsoft System Center 200, enables you to deliver critical applications quickly and reliably to specified workers, reduce product costs and adhere to licensing agreements by determining usage profiles, enhance Windows protection by increasing your knowledge of vulnerability and by installing targeted updates, manage your external workforce through accepted standards independent of connection or location, and lower operational costs by fully utilizing the management capabilities incorporated into Windows. Progent’s SMS engineers can help you use SMS economically for automated software and application deployment, security patch administration, and asset tracking management including program and hardware inventory.
Dynamics GP/Great Plains Features Technology Consulting Services
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Progent can help you plan and implement an efficient move to Microsoft Dynamics GP so that you retain your data, improve your security, modernize your analytics, take full advantage of Microsoft Office integration, and minimize productivity disruption by designing and following a smart migration plan. Progent can also help train new Dynamics GP users so you don't waste productivity. Progent can improve your financial reports and business analytics by providing Crystal Reports help, FRx programming, and Microsoft Excel expertise. Progent's background with Microsoft .NET development, Microsoft SQL Server solutions, and programming with VBasic, XML and other platforms make it possible to produce custom business software and eCommerce programs that work transparently with Microsoft Dynamics GP.
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Progent's Citrix consultants can assist you to assess the potential strategic benefits of the various editions of Essentials for Hyper-V, help you to integrate Citrix management tools with your Hyper-V environment, and show you how to use Citrix Essentials to enhance the performance, availability, consistency, and recoverability of your virtualized environment while lowering the cost of equipment and support and simplifying administrative processes.
Award Winning Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Consulting Services
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Progent’s Microsoft certified consultants can provide small and mid-sized businesses advanced Microsoft SQL Server help. Microsoft SQL Server is a complete, Web-enabled database and data analysis platform that opens the door to the speedy development of advanced business programs that offer your company a competitive edge. SQL Server provides built-in support for XML and the ability to query across the Internet and outside the firewall. In addition to offering consulting, maintenance and problem solving services, Progent’s SQL consultants can help you use Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence to enhance the profitability of your IT system. Progent can also help you migrate from older versions of SQL Server to Microsoft SQL Server 2005.
Exchange Server 2013 Technology Consulting Services
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Exchange 2013 includes major enhancements to the capabilities of Exchange 2010 and delivers powerful new features as well as a revamped architecture. These improvements favorably impact key facets of IT such as ease of administration, high availability (HA), security and compliance, operational costs, collaboration, scalability, performance, cross-version interoperability, and productivity. Progent's certified Exchange Server 2013 consultants can assist your organization to understand the possible advantages of migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2013, create an efficient test and rollout plan, and train your IT staff to manage your Microsoft Exchange 2013 solution. Progent also offers ongoing online consulting and management for Microsoft Exchange 2013.
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Progent's certified consultants can assist you you to calculate the benefits of Windows Server 2008 for your company, create test programs and rollout plans, install Windows Server 2008 with your network environment and applications, educate your IT staff how to run new management tools, and deliver ongoing consulting and troubleshooting via budget-friendly alternatives including Helpdesk service and remote technical support.
Specialists SharePoint 2016 Information Rights Management
Open Now SharePoint 2016 Power BI Support and Help
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants offer economical remote and on-premises expertise, software development, and troubleshooting support for businesses of all sizes who want to migrate to SharePoint Server 2016 or SharePoint Online from prior releases of SharePoint.
Private Cloud Virtual Datacenter Hosting Specialists
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Progent's ProSight Virtual Hosting and Management outsourcing offers complete hosting of a small or mid-size organization's servers in a solution that delivers the highest degree of dependability and expandability and is also easy to move to another host. ProSight Virtual Hosting and management options are based on mature virtualization techniques that enable small businesses with multi- platform IT systems to save dramatically on the costs of capital equipment, infrastructure maintenance, and network management while benefiting from world-class fault tolerance and an unmatched level of vendor flexibility.
Microsoft Certified Expert Call Desk Sharing Integration
Virtual Service Desk Remote Troubleshooting
Progent’s Help Desk Co-management service makes it possible for your IT organization to share responsibilities for Help Desk services seamlessly between your in-house IT staff and Progent's nationwide pool of seasoned desktop support technicians and matter experts (SMEs). Progent’s Help Desk Co-management service is an advanced service desk solution based on the leading shared PSA tool for handling end-user service requests, ticket lifecycle, responsibility, status tracking, and metrics.
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