Visual Studio Service Pack 2
EEnterprise: Old Great Plains scenarios Upgrade Version
The successor eEnterprise is Great Plains Dynamics GP Professional, the current version is 10.0 as of November 2007. If you use eEnterprise, you should consider to update your version, 6.0 more likely to GP 10.0. In this small article we would like give technical note on the process of upgrading and decision making. Great Plains Software eEnterprise in turn is the successor of the dynamics of C + / S, versions 3.2, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5
1. eEnterprise brief review. GPS eEnterprise made, which was high-end Dynamics GP version, available on MS SQL Server DB platform only, eEnterprise targeting mid-size and large companies. Later, Microsoft capped number of users in Great Plains Standard 10 This means that if you need more – you have to switch to GP Professional and Standard GP has a limit of 500 active employees and payroll modules HR in all businesses GP installation. EEnterprise and also for GP Pro, you may be able to add modules developed which are not available for Dynamics GP, current or former Standard or Business Ready
2. eEnterprise upgrade. You must comply with development corporation Provide ERP upgrade versions 2 or 3 years at present. In the case of eEnterprise, version 6.0 belongs to the 20th century. Therefore making level involves several steps: eEnterprise 6.0 to Great Plains Professional 7.5, then 9.0 to Dynamics GP Pro, then you apply 9.0 Service Pack 2 and go to the version 10.0
3. New license version. Microsoft Business Solutions requires customers to be up to date GP program development annually, usually of 16-25% of the list price of software. If you're not in this program, you should expect re-registration fees, please contact your physician or our office VAR
4. eEnterprise customizations upgrade. eEnterprise has the same platform as the dynamics – Great Plains Dexterity. To update and review GP Dex customization, you should have the source code Dex: Dynamics.Dic or Extract.dic sanscript dexterity with the codes in it. Recent Trend in GP modification technology change procedures and SQL stored, thereby optimizing the performance of customization – which is why we recommend revise the custom code with the new version upgrade. Another popular trend is to switching portions of the customizations Dexterity eConnect, which is faster than Dex and allows you to control a custom logic using Microsoft Visual Studio (C # or VB programming ADO.Net)
5. excursie dexterity. Great Plains Software Dexterity was designed as a shell, written in C programming language to provide computer OS (MS Windows or Mac) and independence platform graphical GUI new GPS MRP – Great Plains Dynamics. Dexterity was developed when the battle between Tycoon software such as Microsoft, Sun, Apple, Oracle, Sybase, penetration, IBM was under way. As a developer of software programming, you can find traces in DEX_ROW_ID Dex, Dex.Ini, Dynamics.Exe file architecture
6. eConnect tour. eConnect was specially designed for developers Great Plains eCommerce to enable e-commerce integration Web application for GP back office ERP. If you are a programmer Visual Studio you should start investing your time in developing the next GP eConnect. eConnect replicates Dex logic in SQL stored procedures
About the Author
Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group: http://www.albaspectrum.com help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains customers in USA/Canada nationwide. Local service is available in Houston, TX: Richmond, Sugar Land, Katy, Rosenberg, Missouri City, Pearland, Friendswood, Meadows, Mission Bend, Jersey Village; Chicago, IL: Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Joliet, Wheaton, Lisle, Downers Grove, Schaumburg, Elk Grove, Lombard, Woodridge, Darien, Westmont, Batavia, St. Charles, Elgin, Crystal Lake. Service is also available in Houston and Dallas metros, plus internationally in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Oceania and UK