Versions
Dynamics GP 2010R2 is the latest version, and was released in April 2011. Dynamics GP 2010 was released in April 2010; Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 was released in June 2007.
Prior versions were named Microsoft Great Plains and Microsoft Dynamics. Previous versions were compatible with Microsoft SQL Server, Pervasive PSQL, Btrieve, and earlier versions also used C-tree, although after the buyout all new versions switched entirely to Microsoft SQL Server databases.
Previous versions of Microsoft Dynamics GP were available in two editions:
- Standard: Up to 10 simultaneous users, and 500 payroll employees for each defined company.
- Professional: Unlimited users, additional user-level security options, consolidation tools, automatic purchase order generation, and more reporting/analysis options. In addition, Professional Edition includes additional manufacturing and field service modules.
Microsoft announced a change to their licensing of Dynamics GP called Business Ready Licensing (BRL). This new licensing format applies only to new customers, existing customers can switch over to Business Ready Licensing, and is based as always on concurrent user licensing. The advantage to the new BRL is that customers now get every module included with the software, and only have to pay for each concurrent user in the system. To coincide with this licensing change, a fixed price offering has also been launched.
With Business Ready Licensing (BRL) Microsoft Dynamics GP is now available in two editions:
- Business Essentials
- Advanced Management
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