Month: November 2021

This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

One of the small surprises of the Fall 2021 version of Microsoft Dynamics GP is that the Intelligent section has been removed from the Dynamics GP homepage; previously there would have been a link in the top left:

It was added to help drive people to Business Central, but I don’t know a single person who actually liked the page or wanted it in Dynamics GP. I have repurposed the section for a few clients, replacing the normal content with the clients Intranet site. Even for these clients, I don’t think any of them will miss the section.

This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

With the sample company deployed and a company created, we can check that the client is working correctly by running it for the first time. Log in using the sa account and wait while the SQL Messages are added:

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This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

When doing demos, I always have more than one company available so I can show intercompany postings or other items which may need two databases. You can create a new company in GP Utilities; log in using the sa account:

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This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

With the system database deployed we can now either add the sample company data or create a company. I’ll create a company in a later post, but first I’m going to add the sample company data; this is the Fabrikam, Inc. which can be used for demonstrations or testing.

To add the sample company, launch GP Utilities and log in using the sa account:

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This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

With the first Microsoft Dynamics GP client installed, we can now progres onto deploying the system database. To do this, launch GP Utilities and log in using the sa account:

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This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

Microsoft Dynamics GP hasn’t had server components for quite a few years now, so the first part of installing a new version of Dynamics GP, is to install the standard client. I always recommend to clients that the SQL Server just be a SQL server, but sometimes when a system database is being created or upgraded I do, on a temporary basis, sometimes install the first client on the SQL Server.

In this set of posts, I am creating a new test environment so everything is going to be installed on the SQL Server; this is NOT a recommended approach for a production system.

I only mention it now, as the first window you will see on a PC on which you first install a component of Dynamics GP is the Bootstrapper Setup and which I will only be seeing once during the set of blog posts; click Install to install the prerequisites:

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This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

Before installing any of the Microsoft Dynamics GP components, you need to make sure the system requirements are met. On top of this there is also some prerequisites which need to be installed before the Microsoft Dynamics GP client or other components can be installed.

Most of these prerequisites can be handled by the Dynamics GP installer, but there is one which cannot be installed this way; this is the .NET Framework 3.5 feature which has to be installed using the Add Roles and Features Wizard available via Server Manager on Windows Server or using Turn Windows features on or off accessible via Program and Features on Windows.

If the PC or server you’re planning to install Microsoft Dynamics GP onto has an Internet connection, then the .NET can be installed by using the wizard. However, if you don’t have an Internet connection available, the install process isn’t quite that smooth.

For both server and PC you can do an offline install, which several years ago I blogged about how to do this:

Offline install on Windows.

Offline install on Windows Server.

The above articles are for older versions of Windows Server and Windows, but the process is exactly the same on current versions.

This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

Before starting to implement, or upgrade to, Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release you should review the System Requirements which detail the compatibility between Dynamics GP and SQL Server, Windows Server and Windows amongst other software.

I have a simplified overview available for SQL Server, Windows Server and Windows available on the GP Compatibility page.

If your system meets the system requirements then you will be okay to follow the subsequent posts in this series.

This post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

The Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release is available to download from Microsoft by people with a PartnerSource/CustomerSource login:

• Full download
• Hotifx download for updating from GP Fall 2020 Release (18.3)

The full download contains all of the prerequisites and additional products such as Integration Manager, Web Services and Web Client.

This post is the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series index for the series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP October 2021 Release and associated products.

The series index, below, will automatically update here on azurecurve|Ramblings of a Dynamics GP Consultant as posts are published; if you’re reading elsewhere, check back to this series index post:

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