Andrew Karasev asked:


If your organization is on old version of Microsoft Great Plains: Great Plains eEnterprise 6.0 or 7.0, Great Plains Dynamics for MS SQL Server 6.0, 7.0, Great Plains Dynamics or Dynamics C/S+ 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0, Great Plains Dynamics on Pervasive SQL 2000 or Ctree, or even on Microsoft Dynamics GP 7.5, 8.0 or 9.0, we offer you 4 hours of free upgrade support. This offer is valid for all Chicago metropolitan area customers, and if you are outside of Chicago area, meaning USA and Canada nationwide – this offer is valid via remote support. You pay for required MBS reenrollment – to be placed back to Microsoft Business Solutions annual enhancement program to get new GP 10.0 software licenses and we do the job of updating your Great Plains to version 10.0. To make this deal more attractive we place our cards on the table and announce complete Great Plains Dexterity, VBA Modifier, Crystal Reports and FRx upgrade and support through our development facility. This offer should help you to cut upgrade cost and appeal to industry top ranking GP technical expertise:

1. What we need from you. Call our toll free phone number: 1-866-528-0577 or email us: help@albaspectrum.com . Have your Great Plains IT internal support people to be able to help us connect to your system via web session or remote desktop connection to identify your current version and existing modifications, custom logic and altered reporting

2. Hidden cost disclaimer. We are Microsoft Dynamics GP partner, consulting and software development company, so we are not absorbing Microsoft Dynamics GP software licenses and technical support cost (provided directly by Microsoft), however we offer 4 hours of free time of our technical and functional Great Plains consultants. If you manage to get your case being clarified in four hours of GP consulting, then you may consider us to become your GP VAR of record

3. Reasons to upgrade to GP 10.0. Technology typically advances from several directions: OS platform, here it is Microsoft Windows Server 2003 both 32 and 64 bit blends; Database platform: Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Microsoft Office and MS Sharepoint direction, plus added business logic in Microsoft Dynamics GP itself. Additional consideration should be given to existing and available at the time Microsoft Dynamics GP technical support
4. Customization upgrade. In the case of GP customizing was probably done in Great Plains Dexterity (DYNAMICS.DIC with sanscript source code), VBA with GP Modifier, SQL Server Stored Procedures, eConnect, C# or VB .Net base GP SDK programming, which is in fact resembling of Dexterity, Extender (including eOne Extender Professional)

5. Crystal Reports update. CR are typically based on Microsoft SQL Server Stored procedure or SQL View, and if this is the case CR are easily upgradeable

6. Complex cases. If you are on archaic version, such as Great Plains Accounting (GPA) 9.2 or 9.5 for DOS, Windows or MAC, please give us a call to discuss the upgrade and recovery details