5 (More) Reasons to Upgrade to GP 2010

Monday, April 12, 2010 by Julie Stankey

In our previous post, we discussed how Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 (formerly GP 11.0) can make it easier to do business by:

• Delivering faster access to personalized insight
• Providing richer integration with Excel
• Giving people new options for analyzing information
• Taking customer- and vendor-related activities to new levels of professionalism and efficiency
• Ensuring that “driving personal productivity” is a personalized experience

If you still aren’t convinced that upgrading to Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 is the right step for your organization.  Here are five more reasons:

1. Create “mini-applications” that simplify tracking and tasks for line-of-business information. Stop the frustrating need to hunt down customer and vendor data stored in multiple sources, such as Microsoft Office Access® and Excel. Without writing new code, administrators or power users can create a light business application in Microsoft Dynamics GP. All that disparate information gets consolidated in easy views, simplifying tracking and helping ensure that people work with centralized, comprehensive information, whether they are performing a specific task or collaborating across teams and departments.
2. Make Unified Communications part of your new way to do business.Many of our enhancements work to strengthen business relationships, and here’s an important example: While working in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, employees can work effectively with customers and vendors through instant messaging. They can have ad-hoc conversations, hold a Microsoft Office Live Meeting, share views of customer and vendor information, and even create and deliver sales quotes, sales orders, and purchase orders— all within Microsoft Office Communicator.
3. Connect applications and systems efficiently and cost-effectively. Developers can choose from more than 350 Web services and use a simplified architecture to integrate with a world of applications and data sources. Web services connections no longer require separate servers, which helps reduce costs and simplify IT management. You can also deploy a robust business and customer relationship management solution with a built-in integration adaptor for Microsoft Dynamics CRM—or create independent adaptors for integrating with virtually any application, including other Microsoft Dynamics ERP solutions.
4. Get the most from other Microsoft technology innovations.We’ve enhanced Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 to run on 64-bit operating systems and work with 64-bit application environments. Out of the box, you can implement team workflows with Microsoft SharePoint® Foundation. And without calling on IT, people can use SharePoint to update Microsoft Dynamics information that displays on external lists—with updates automatically appearing in the system!
5. It’s Easier Than Ever!  Work with a skilled network of certified Microsoft Dynamics GP partners who can help you get up and running quickly. Working with a range of tools that support your upgrade—from auto-deployments to rapid migrations from legacy solutions—we can help minimize down time and expense and give you maximum value from your solution in a matter of days, not months.

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