Tag: Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM has now been released. In this series of posts, I will be stepping through the installation of Microsoft Dynamics GP and additional products and then will move on to taking a look at the new functionality which has been introduced.

The series index for this series of posts is here and will automatically update as posts go live.

Now that there are companies available, we can log into the client and test that it is working correctly.

Launch Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM using the GP shortcut and log in using the DYNSA user:

Continue reading “Hands On With MDGP 2018 RTM: Desktop Client First Run”

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM has now been released. In this series of posts, I will be stepping through the installation of Microsoft Dynamics GP and additional products and then will move on to taking a look at the new functionality which has been introduced.

The series index for this series of posts is here and will automatically update as posts go live.

As well as deploying the sample company, I always deploy a second company into which I will restore a copy of Fabrikam; this allows Intercompany to be configured and demonstrated when necessary.

To create a new company, launch GP Utilities and log in using the sa account:

Continue reading “Hands On With MDGP 2018 RTM: Create A Company”

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM has now been released. In this series of posts, I will be stepping through the installation of Microsoft Dynamics GP and additional products and then will move on to taking a look at the new functionality which has been introduced.

The series index for this series of posts is here and will automatically update as posts go live.

With the system database deployed, the next step is to deploy the Fabrikam, Inc. sample company.

To do this, launch GP Utilities and log in using the sa account:

Continue reading “Hands On With MDGP 2018 RTM: Deploy Sample Company”

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM has now been released. In this series of posts, I will be stepping through the installation of Microsoft Dynamics GP and additional products and then will move on to taking a look at the new functionality which has been introduced.

The series index for this series of posts is here and will automatically update as posts go live.

With the client now installed, I am able to progress to using GP Utilities to deploy the system database, the name of which was defined on the SQL Server step of the client install.

To deploy the system database launch GP Utilities and log in using the SQL Server system administrator (sa) account:

Continue reading “Hands On With MDGP 2018 RTM: Deploy System Database”

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM has now been released. In this series of posts, I will be stepping through the installation of Microsoft Dynamics GP and additional products and then will move on to taking a look at the new functionality which has been introduced.

The series index for this series of posts is here and will automatically update as posts go live.

With the .NET Framework 3.5 prerequisite installed, it is time to install the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM client software; depending on the software you’ve used before, it might seem counter-intuitive to start with client software, but Microsoft Dynamics GP hasn’t had dedicated server components for some time now. The server components are installed using GP Utilities which is installed alongside the client version of the software.

I am doing this installation on a brand new test system which has multiple single use servers; the two servers involved in the client installation is the SQL Server, called 2018SQL1, which hosts a named instance of SQL Server 2017 (which is supported despite the current system requirements documentation) and a terminal server called 2018TS1 running Windows Server 2016.

Unzip the downloaded installation media and run the Setup.exe.

Depending on server settings, you might receive multiple security warnings during the installation; click Run on each one as it appears:

Open File – Security Warning

The Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 Bootstrapper Setup will start; click Install to install the prerequisites:

Once the prerequisites have been installed, the installer screen will display. In the Install section at the top, click on Microsoft Dynamics GP and then click Install on the popup menu:

Continue reading “Hands On With MDGP 2018 RTM: Install Dynamics GP Client”

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM has now been released. In this series of posts, I will be stepping through the installation of Microsoft Dynamics GP and additional products and then will move on to taking a look at the new functionality which has been introduced.

The series index for this series of posts is here and will automatically update as posts go live.

The installation media is now available for download from Microsoft PartnerSource and CustomerSource (relevant login required).

The download process is now cross browser compatible with the retirement, a while ago now, of the ActiveX control which used to be required. The download is now just performed using standard browser protocols.

The file is approximately 1.6 GB in size.

The Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP blog has started a series Feature of the Day posts for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2018 RTM; as the most recent versions have been, these posts are in the form of PowerPoint slides; I am reposting them here so they can be read more easily as well as adding my won commentary.

The series index for this series of posts is here.

The nineteenth Feature of the Day is a set of enhancements to the HR and Payroll modules. I did think about splitting this post apart as I did for the Purchase Order Processing Feature of the day Posts, but these modules are not targetted at the US and Canada, so I have nothing to add to them.

Therefore they’re all in this one post.

There are six new features across HR and Payroll:

Turn off Garnishments Reports in Posting Setup

The Garnishment reports (Garnishment Detail Report and Garnishment Detail Report now default to Ask Each Time, but can be controlled via the usual options:

Change department code in all files

Allow the user to select an existing department code and modify it to a new department code (all files including history tables are updated):