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Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) Migration and Enhancement Consulting
Microsoft Dynamics GP, originally called Great Plains, has a longer heritage than almost any other enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution made for Windows. Microsoft Dynamics GP is a proven, feature-rich product and is one of the most popular ERP systems for small and mid-size businesses, with around 50,000 active customers globally. A number of businesses who have depended on Dynamics GP for years have managed to postpone upgrades and maintenance to the point that they are now using legacy software and outmoded IT infrastructure. This can be dangerous. Meanwhile, a common complaint we hear from prospective customers is that they have a hard time locating experienced Microsoft Dynamics GP consultants to partner with for in-depth knowledge about how to update their Dynamics GP environment efficiently and extract the most benefit from the software.
The longer a business tries 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 may be no suitable hardware available to replace them. When releases of Microsoft Windows Server that run Dynamics GP arrive at end-of-support status, critical security updates stop being developed. The latest editions of SQL Server might not be compatible with your important GP customizations. Next-generation tools like Power BI may not be an option. Organizations investigating an upgrade of their Microsoft Dynamics GP deployment can be intimidated by the number of components involved in the puzzle. And the price tag quoted for a migration may be through the roof.
Dynamics GP Migration and Customization Services Available from Progent
Progent has supported Microsoft Dynamics GP and Great Plains for over 20 years, and Progent's tested professionals have provided advanced and economical remote consulting for Windows-powered environments to businesses in every state throughout the U.S. By combining deep familiarity with all releases of Dynamics GP along with top-tier network integration talent, Progent is ideally qualified to help your Colorado Springs, Colorado business optimize the benefit of GP/Great Plains.
We partner with our clients and start by understanding their requirements. Once we have an understanding of the situation and the areas for improvement we provide our suggestions. Recommendations can involve a migration to a newer and fully supported release of Dynamics GP, basic user education, complete system and specific module implementation including 3rd-party products offered by a broad range of suppliers that have written add-ons to Dynamics GP, integration with other key business applications used by organization, custom report creation, and solution analysis to assess whether GP is being used to its fullest. Our goal with each Dynamics GP engagement of whatever size is to optimize strategic value and control expense.
Progent can assist your Colorado Springs, Colorado company in each facet of your Dynamics GP upgrade or customization process including:
- System Review
Review at what features of Microsoft Dynamics GP you are currently using and propose other features of the product that might be suitable for your organization. - Migration Design and Timing
Create a complete migration plan and schedule that avoids business disruption. Plan for pilot testing, production upgrade, and education. Identify customizations and add-on products. Predict and manage compatibility issues. - Testing
Plan and implement a pilot environment for proving the migration project. - Environment Upgrades
Back up databases and dictionaries, eConnect automation, and GP Integration Manager database. eMigrate Dynamics GP to the latest release to ensure ongoing support from Microsoft and to have all the latest features accessible to your business. Upgrade SQL Server and compatibility levels for all associated databases. Implement services from the Professional Services Tools Library. Condition data and run scripts to resolve known issues. - Management Reporting
Develop reports and or dashboards for private and external consumption. Configure SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and combine Dynamics GP with Power BI for self-service reporting and for combining information from diverse on-premises and remote sources. - Training
Deliver one-on-one or group training for current and first-time users of Microsoft Dynamics GP. - Support
Provide a single contact for support to deliver effective and affordable handling of issues made possible by close understanding of your specific environment.
Progent offers the help of seasoned experts who have been developing working Microsoft Dynamics GP and Great Plains solutions since version 1. Progent can do the jobs you need directly instead of managing less knowledgeable consultants or in-house staff. Key areas where Progent's consultants can provide Dynamics GP expertise include:
- Guidance
Recommend the use of modules included with the core GP system but are not currently being utilized. Also, recommend third-party add-ons designed exclusively for Dynamics GP to provide features that GP doesn't offer. - Integrations
Create custom connections between Dynamics GP and other business applications to avoid redundant entry and improve consistency. - Customizations
Build major and simple customizations that work with Dynamics GP to perform specific business functions that are not addressed by out-of-the-box GP modules or external add-ons.
Progent can assist you to upgrade your infrastructure to support Microsoft Dynamics GP for any architecture including local, private or public cloud, or a hybrid network model. Infrastructure services provided by Progent's consultants include:
- Needs analysis and IT asset inventory
- Network architecture planning and deployment (local, private or public cloud, or hybrid)
- Setting up security gateways and remote connections and defining security policies
- Integrating Apple iOS, Google Android, and Windows smartphones and tablets
- Creating high-availability architectures
- Integration with PaaS and IaaS services such as Office 365
- Disaster recovery planning
- Performance optimization
A modern Microsoft Dynamics GP ecosystem incorporates multiple application platforms, local network infrastructure technologies, and public cloud products combined into a cohesive enterprise resource planning solution. For more than two decades, Progent's consultants have provided remote and on-premises support from Microsoft-certified experts including Dynamics GP/Great Plains integrators, Windows Server consultants, SQL Server developers, Microsoft Exchange integration experts, Microsoft Office experts, and SharePoint development consultants. Progent's consultants have worked with these products from their initial releases to their current versions, and Progent can help with cloud options by providing Office 365 consulting, Exchange Online integration services, and SharePoint Online migration and development services.
Progent also has a long history of providing help from top-tier Cisco CCIE-certified network infrastructure consultants, Windows Hyper-V integration consultants, and VMware virtualization consultants. This experience with strategic technologies saves time and costs when guiding organizations through each aspect of upgrading their legacy Dynamics GP deployment. Progent also can provide the skills of senior cybersecurity and information assurance experts, business continuity preparedness consultants, application programmers, hybrid cloud integration experts, and SQL Server DBAs who can help you to plan, implement, and manage a modern Microsoft Dynamics GP ecosystem.
Progent's Consulting Services for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains ERP Deployments
To learn more about Progent's remote and onsite support expertise in Colorado Springs, Colorado for Microsoft Dynamics GP/Great Plains Enterprise Resource Planning software, visit:
- MS Dynamics GP Support Expertise
- Dynamics GP 2015 Consulting Services
- MS Dynamics GP/Great Plains Program Features
- Dynamics GP/Great Plains Benefits
- Expertise with Dynamics GP Reporting
- Microsoft Dynamics GP Custom Development
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Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Remote Support Services
SharePoint 2007 Technical Support
Progent’s Microsoft-certified consultants can provide small and medium sized companies computer consulting, support, and repair services for Microsoft SPS 2003. Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server is an advanced portal platform for efficiently connecting people, teams and data. SharePoint Portal Server provides a common location for your employees or customers to connect to, manage, distribute and interact with relevant data, files, and software and to communicate with other people. It enables faster and better decisions, more efficient sharing across teams and more economical business practices. The main objective of SharePoint Server is to bring together, in a relevant way, all of the many sources of information accessible within and outside an organization. Windows SharePoint Services connect employees, clients, workgroups and projects with the information they’ve created in a way that makes data easy to locate, retrieve and apply.
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Progent's Test and Training Lab at the QTS (formerly Herakles) Colocation Center can be used for testing line-of-business applications, developing efficient system upgrade methodologies, assessing and optimizing performance, designing or validating disaster recovery solutions, mitigating compatibility issues, and establishing training systems for new technologies. For Progent customers who lack sufficient in-house resources to assemble proper test systems, Progent's Test and Training Lab cuts capital outlay and technical risk and helps keep critical network initiatives on schedule.
ProSight DPS Cloud Backup Services Remote Troubleshooting
IT Services BDR and Business Continuity Solutions
ProSight Data Protection Services from Progent offer small and mid-sized organizations a low cost end-to-end service for secure backup/disaster recovery (BDR). Available at a fixed monthly price, ProSight DPS automates and monitors your backup activities and allows rapid recovery of vital data, applications and virtual machines that have become lost or corrupted due to hardware failures, software bugs, disasters, human mistakes, or malicious attacks like ransomware. ProSight Data Protection Services can help you protect, recover and restore files, folders, apps, system images, as well as Hyper-V and VMware virtual machine images. Critical data can be protected on the cloud, to an on-promises storage device, or mirrored to both. Progent's disaster recovery specialists can provide advanced expertise to configure ProSight DPS to be compliant with regulatory requirements such as HIPPA, FINRA, and PCI and, whenever necessary, can help you to restore your critical data.
Professional Blackberry
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Progent can provide the support of RIM BlackBerry-premier experts who can assist small companies to plan, administer, and repair BlackBerry solutions economically and effectively, doing away with the requirement for an in-house BlackBerry expert and reducing the expense and distraction of supporting a mobile workgroup. Progent's BlackBerry specialists have extensive experience cooperating with Progent's Microsoft-premier consultants, Cisco CCIE engineers, and CISSP and CISM-certified security engineers. This wide range of knowledge, combined with Progent's efficient online service delivery model, offers small companies a cost-effective solution for integrating BlackBerry technology seamlessly into their IT network.
Setup and Support SCCM Troubleshooting
SCCM Cloud Integration Online Support Services
Configuration Manager automates software deployment across multiple sites, simplifies compliance settings control, keeps track of network resources, guards against company data leakage, provides network health monitoring, allows secure self service, and delivers a common control mechanism for administering multi-operating system networks running on-premises, cloud-centric, or hybrid deployment architectures. Progent's Microsoft-certified Configuration Manager consulting team and Azure cloud integration specialists can help your organization with any facet of planning, installing, operating and repairing a SCCM solution for on-premises, cloud-based, or hybrid networks.
Anti-Spam Support
Technology Consulting Services Postini
Email Guard by Postini offers constantly updated spam and virus filtering, content filtering, and security from email-based directory harvesting and DSA attacks. Progent is a Postini aggregator and support specialist. If your company is too small to qualify for a standard Postini license, you can still get access to Postini’s Perimeter Management services through Progent’s E-Mail Guard anti-spam and antivirus service program. Progent’s expert e-mail protection professionals can show you how to develop an email protection plan that features spam filtering and virus defense technologies and policies.
BlackBerry Redirector Specialist
BlackBerry Smartphone Online Help
Progent can provide the support of BlackBerry-certified engineers who can assist small organizations to design, manage, and troubleshoot BlackBerry technology economically and successfully, eliminating the requirement for an internal BlackBerry specialist and reducing the expense and distraction of supporting a mobile workforce. Progent's BlackBerry engineers offer in-depth experience cooperating with Progent's Microsoft-premier consultants, Cisco CCIE-certified engineers, and CISA and CISM-certified security professionals. This breadth of knowledge, in conjunction with Progent's efficient remote service delivery model, provides small businesses an efficient option for incorporating BlackBerry technology seamlessly into their information system.
Les Kent has a 35-year track record of effective network integration, business management, sales, and operations. He has shown a talent for creating sophisticated IT solutions during his time as as a system designer, software developer, project manager, deployment expert, and troubleshooter for small businesses, new ventures, and major corporations.
Top Rated Microsoft Windows Consultancy Firms
Emergency Computer Service Microsoft Windows
Progent’s IT outsourcing services offer economical computer consulting for small businesses. Whether it includes planning system architecture, setting up an internal Help Desk or outsourcing a one, deploying a new email system, monitoring your network, or building a web-based business application, outsourcing your network technical services can contain costs and eliminate risks, permitting IT service expenses to grow in a more linear and controlled fashion than is feasible by assembling a large, all-purpose internal IT staff. Progent’s Outsourcing White Paper and flyers tell you how Progent can help you create a secure and highly available network foundation for your vital applications based on Windows such as Microsoft Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2000.
Email White Lists Specialists
ProSight Email Content Filtering Service Consulting Services
Progent's ProSight Email Guard uses the services and infrastructure of top data security companies to provide web-based control and world-class security for all your email traffic. The powerful structure of Email Guard integrates cloud-based filtering with an on-premises security gateway appliance to offer complete defense against spam, viruses, Denial of Service Attacks, Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs), and other email-based threats. ProSight Email Guard's Cloud Protection Layer serves as a preliminary barricade and keeps most threats from reaching your security perimeter. This decreases your exposure to inbound attacks and conserves system bandwidth and storage space. ProSight Email Guard's onsite security gateway appliance provides a deeper level of inspection for incoming email. For outbound email, the onsite security gateway offers AV and anti-spam protection, policy-based Data Loss Prevention, and encryption. The onsite security gateway can also help Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email that stays within your corporate firewall.
ProSight Email Guard Spam and Virus Filtering Service Consult
Email Polymorphic Virus Protection Specialist
Progent's ProSight Email Guard uses the technology of top information security vendors to provide web-based management and comprehensive security for your inbound and outbound email. The powerful structure of Progent's Email Guard combines cloud-based filtering with a local gateway appliance to provide complete protection against spam, viruses, Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks, DHAs, and other email-borne malware. The cloud filter serves as a first line of defense and blocks most threats from reaching your security perimeter. This reduces your exposure to external threats and conserves system bandwidth and storage space. ProSight Email Guard's on-premises gateway device adds a further layer of analysis for inbound email. For outbound email, the onsite security gateway provides AV and anti-spam protection, DLP, and email encryption. The onsite gateway can also help Microsoft Exchange Server to track and safeguard internal email traffic that originates and ends within your security perimeter.
IT Consulting Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP
Great Plains Migration Specialists
Progent can help you prepare and implement a smooth move to Microsoft Dynamics GP so that you preserve your information, improve your protection, enhance your analytics, take complete advantage of Microsoft Office support, and reduce business interruption by designing and executing a sensible migration strategy. Progent can also help educate new Microsoft Dynamics GP users so you don't waste productivity. Progent can improve your financial reports and management analytics by offering Crystal Reports consulting, FRx assistance, and Excel support. Progent's experience with Microsoft .NET development, Microsoft SQL Server solutions, and designing with VBasic, XML and other platforms make it possible to create custom line-of-business software and eCommerce programs that work transparently with Dynamics GP.
Citrix Receiver Information Technology Consulting
Citrix XenDesktop Specialists
For desktop and application virtualization, Progent offers the support of a Citrix-certified XenDesktop expert who can assist your company to design a XenDesktop environment that maximizes the strategic value of your information network; integrate XenDesktop technology with your servers, user computers, and peripherals; upgrade your older desktop virtualization software to current versions of XenDesktop; and provide comprehensive online technical support. Progent can also train your network managers to adhere to best practices to manage your XenDesktop solution effectively.
Skype for Business certificate management Consulting Services
Skype for Business and Cisco UC Engineers
Progent's consultants can provide online and onsite expertise for organizations of all sizes to evaluate the benefits of upgrading to Microsoft Skype for Business or Skype for Business Online from any version of Lync Server or Office Communications Server. Progent can assist you to plan a local, cloud or hybrid topology; integrate Skype for Business with Microsoft SQL Server,Exchange, SharePoint Server and Office or Office 365; set up high-availability solutions; interface Skype for Business with your PBX system and PSTN gateway; and integrate other communication platforms such as Cisco Video Interop Server. Progent's certified information security consultants can assist you create and verify a security strategy for your Skype for Business deployment that is compliant with government and industry standards.
Solaris Support Services
24-Hour Solaris Consultant Services
Progent's Sun Solaris platform consulting services offer small companies and developers assistance with administering and maintaining Sun Solaris systems that operate with Microsoft-powered technology. Progent offers your business contact with Sun Solaris consultants, consulting professionals certified by Microsoft and Cisco, and security experts with CISA credentials. This wide array of experience provides you with a convenient single consulting firm to show you how to build and manage a protected and robust cross-platform network and communications solution that supports Sun Solaris and Microsoft interoperability by combining Windows with major versions of UNIX such as Apple Mac OS X, Solaris, IBM AIX, Hewlett Packard HP-UX, BSD, SCO UNIX, and Silicon Graphics IRIX or major Linux platforms such as RedHat, SUSE Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, PCLinuxOS, fedora Linux, Gentoo Linux, Mandrake, Debian-GNU, and Slackware Linux.
Information Technology Consulting Network Architect
Network Consulting Services Enterprise
For large organizations, Progent can supplement internal IT staffs by providing extensive background in supporting critical Microsoft and Cisco products. Progent's certified professionals offer Enterprise Active Directory consulting, Exchange Server 2010 integration, SharePoint experience, and Microsoft SQL Server help. For the national or global businesses with branches, Progent can act as a transparent local supplement of enterprise network management. Progent’s enterprise consulting services include corporate-wide security, online branch office support, system architecture, Sarbox compliance, project planning, and world-class service for multiple location network environments powered by Enterprise Windows 2000. Progent can offer field consultants and specialists to assist with a campus relocation or office move, or a system designer to assist with setting up or using an Internet Data Center or Hosting Facility.
Windows Server 2000 Upgrade Consulting
Microsoft Windows 2000 IT Consultants
Progent's certified Windows 2000 Server consultants can provide network help and IT consulting services for the complete family of Microsoft .NET Servers, Windows Server 2000, and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Progent's Windows Server 2000 integration, update, and support services include system design, installation, project management, on-site and remote support, Call Center outsourcing, expert security consulting, full service outsourcing, and economical co-sourcing.
Microsoft Server Consolidation Specialist
Consultant Services MS Virtual Server Administration Website
Microsoft Virtual Server, run on the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system and based on software first produced by Connectix, delivers the performance necessary to carry out server consolidation, software migration, and server isolation projects through virtualization techniques in an enterprise-class computing network with advanced scalability, manageability, and reliability. Microsoft has aimed Virtual Server at businesses wishing to improve ROI in software programming and piloting, upgrading from outdated line-of-business software, and hardware consolidation. Progent's certified Virtual Server consultants can assist your company to assess and integrate Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.
MCSE Expert Certified SCCM 2012 Windows 2010 Provisioning Online Support
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Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist your business to plan for, implement, and administer Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager. Progent can help you to upgrade smoothly to SCCM 2012 from an older device management platform or help you to modify your existing SCCM 2012 environment to support your evolving IT requirements. Also, Progent can assist you to create an infrastructure that takes full advantage of SCCM 2012 by providing advanced consulting support for related Microsoft technologies including ADDS, SQL Server and SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), and Internet Information Services.
Top Rated Integration SCCM Application Management
SCCM and SQL Server Support and Help
Configuration Manager automates application and device provisioning and updating, centralizes compliance settings control, keeps track of network assets, guards against company data leakage, performs health reporting, allows safe end-user self service, and delivers a single point of control for administering multi-OS ecosystems based on on-prem, cloud, or hybrid deployment models. Progent's Microsoft-certified SCCM consulting team and Azure cloud integration experts can help you with any aspect of designing, implementing, using and repairing a System Center Configuration Manager solution for on-premises, cloud, or hybrid environments.
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Progent's ProSight portfolio of managed services are designed to offer businesses who maintain minimal internal network support staffs with low-cost access to world-class management platforms and consulting expertise. Advantages of the ProSight line of managed IT services include flat-rate network management expenses, automation of common management processes, ongoing absorption of the latest information technology, graceful migration from legacy systems to current solutions, close fit between information technology with business goals, access to veteran IT consultants, and freeing up management to focus on business rather than ever-changing information technology.
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