Microsoft has officially announced the end-of-life for Microsoft GP, signaling the sunset of this stalwart in the financial management software landscape.

At Syvantis Technologies, we understand how this impacts the many loyal and dedicated GP users who have counted on us for their support over the years. Your trust in and collaboration with us have been essential to building a strong GP community. We are dedicated to supporting you every step of the way through this critical transition.

The document attachment feature in Dynamics GP allows you to easily maintain copies of important documents relating to the different record types within GP. The documents stored on the records can be easily previewed directly within GP without needing the download the file every time. The feature helps to bring all document storage into one shared location within the Dynamics GP database, providing solutions for issues related to auditing file changes, collaborating with coworkers, and maintaining access to the documents when working without access to shared drives that may exist on-site.

An often-overlooked built-in feature in Dynamics GP is Refund Checks, and it promises to streamline the normally tedious (if not difficult) process of refund checks.

Make the most out of GP with the Professional Services Tool Library, a built-in catalogue of additional tools, capabilities, and shortcuts that allows you to more quickly view, combine, modify, and make system changes in all core modules of GP.

‘Tis the season…tax season. But just because this is a yearly event, that doesn’t mean it’s all committed to memory. But that’s why we’re here. We’ve included the resources you need to resolve your 1099s in Dynamics GP—including information about year-end, reversing year-end, printing your 1099s, and e-filing!

There are lots of reasons why you should start to think about modernizing your ERP, but here are five tried-and-true benefits once you migrate your Dynamics GP to Business Central, the most modern, full-featured, and competitively-priced ERP application on the market.

Stay tuned for part two of this blog series for more reasons you’ll love Business Central after migrating from Dynamics GP!

Winthrop Development Consultants offers a suite of tools that makes it easier to administer, develop, and work within Dynamics GP. GP Power Tools is an add-on product that allows system admins and developers alike to simplify a wide variety of processes and tasks. Let’s look at the three modules Winthrop provides.

As we all already know, our fiscal year-end doesn’t have to line up with our calendar year-end. In fact, many businesses have fiscal year-ends right around now—mid-year. If you’re thinking about closing procedures and don’t remember every step (we only do it once a year, after all), we’ve got you covered. Here’s your refresher for Dynamics GP fiscal year-end closing procedures. And stick around to the end of the blog for a few resources to jumpstart your close!

Sometimes, Dynamics GP needs to be taken offline to perform certain activities that are easiest with an empty system—such as regular maintenance, system updates, error fixes, and even year-end close. Luckily, version GP 2013 R2 and beyond have a feature that allows you to take the system offline, making these routine updates and fixes easier than ever.

Note that taking a company (or several companies—you can choose) offline only allows the offline administrator and other specified users to log into the company, but you can set a message to alert anyone who tries to access the system during that timeframe so they’re aware of the reason they aren’t able to login.

Recently, Microsoft became aware of an issue where workflow completion emails have been failing to send to the originator (or creator) of the workflow. Here’s our workaround:

2022 is coming to an end, and that means situating yourself to properly close your financials and prepare your ERP for next year so there’s no hiccup in your processes when the clock strikes midnight on December 31. Make sure all your ducks are in a row now to avoid any last-minute scrambling and problems around the holidays.

Business Central is a leading mid-market solution for businesses of all sizes that want their financial management software to do more for them – more automation, more collaboration between teams, more connected processes, and more insight into real-time data to make better decisions.

Simplifying financial routines is one of the biggest draws of an ERP, and Business Central comes fully featured with plenty of time-saving tools and modern additions that any team will appreciate.

Beginning October 1, 2022, Microsoft will disable basic authentication for Exchange Online, making modern authentication the only possible authentication method for email functionality in Dynamics GP. This means that some companies might experience disruptions to their email and workflow functionalities in GP if basic authentication is still being used, which is often the case for those using older versions of GP. Enabling modern authentication opens the door to using multifactor authentication (MFA), as well, which we highly recommend (but more on that later).

Not sure if this affects you or what actions to take next? Read on, and hopefully we will be able to answer those questions.

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So you’re thinking about migrating from Dynamics GP to Business Central, but have a few questions you’d like to answer first—like, are they really that different from one another? Well, the answer is yes and no. We’ve started this blog and video series to help break down some commonly asked questions and points of concern when considering a migration, and we’ll talk you through some differences and similarities to be aware of as you plan for the migration process.

For the next video in this series, we’ll zoom in for a closer look at some of the small details that differentiate GP and Business Central, like the terminology that each system uses for certain functions and features.

The story behind Business Central’s growth is steeped in Microsoft’s history, and it brings clarity to the movement that many Dynamics GP users may not be aware of: though Microsoft has several ERP’s—including Dynamics GP and Dynamics NAV—Business Central is now Microsoft’s premier midmarket ERP solution. Undoubtedly, if GP is near and dear to you, you will not be on board with a migration without first knowing the answer to this question: why should a business move from an ERP they are comfortable with (such as GP) and forge ahead with a new ERP?

We’ve compiled the most frequently asked questions, and our answers, on the subject.

Syvantis CEO, Janelle, hosts this video series covering just this question, the all-important, I’m already on GP. Should I migrate from GP to Business Central?

This episode is all about high-level differences, and in future videos, we’ll get to more granular details. We invite you to watch it, and we’ve compiled the major takeaways of the video below.

The Dynamics GP 2021 Year-End update is here, and can be installed to aid your end of year closing procedures.

Plus, join CPA and Syvantis CEO Janelle Riley for the 2021 GP Year-End webinar, where you’ll learn everything that you’ll need to know to easily and accurately close out your financial processes for all Dynamics GP modules. You won’t want to miss it.

Although writing physical checks is slowly becoming a thing of the past, check fraud prevention is more important than ever. In 2018, the American Bankers Associated estimated that attempted check fraud surpassed $15 billion. So, what can businesses of any size do to buckle down on their financial security?

Utilizing Safe Pay features in Dynamics GP is an added layer of verification for outbound checks and payments. Once Safe Pay is set up, it’s quite straightforward to use, not to mention an easy practice to incorporate into the check running process.

This year, Community Summit is October 12-15 in Houston, Texas. We’re revving up for our trip! Are you? We’ve already written a blog about how to get the most out Summit, and we hope you add our booth and sessions to your calendar when you sit down to strategize your time. We’ve compiled a complete list of where you can connect with us at Summit—including our booth and sessions—and we’ve also got a little surprise for you. (Yes, it’s a giveaway!)