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Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP, or former Great Plains Software Dynamics and eEnteprise have wide range of modification, software development, integration, EDI, reporting tools.  However, please take into consideration the fact, that GP is mid-market accounting, ERP and MRP platform, meaning that its business logics and processes might be too complex for newcomers with natural good intention to help her or his company to deliver and implement tailored business logic in a few days or weeks

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Microsoft Dynamics GP add-ons are often written in Great Plains Dexterity ? with new and sometimes alternative GP forms and windows where the buttons, have scripts and forms themselves have procedures and functions. 

These programming parts are written in Dex Sanscript programming language.  Sanscript is sort of proprietary scripting language, typically you can get Dex programmer from GP ISV and customization partners, you should check with your Great Plains VAR for details.  When newer Dynamics GP version is released, if you plan to update to it, you have to take into consideration Dex modification upgrade requirement.  In this small publication w would like to orient you what you could expect from technical side:

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If you are in process of identifying requirements for the next generation ERP, MRP or accounting system and you are thinking to check out and get presentation in Microsoft Dynamics GP, then you should select local, regional or nationwide GP reseller. 

GP software licenses are sold through VAR channel and following software installation, data conversion, user training, modifications, system setup, integration and reporting are normally done by the same GP implementation partner.  Let’s review GP implementation phases:

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Microsoft Great Plains or current name of this mid-market ERP is Dynamics GP has various development and programming options: Dexterity, eConnect, VBA/Modifier, SQL stored procedures openness, SDK for Microsoft Visual Studio developer to name few popular. 

The topic is very popular as more GP MRP and accounting systems are in process of being installed and implemented.  Special interest we expect from eCommerce developers, where such questions as automatic batch posting, Sales Order deposits application are very popular ones.

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Microsoft Dexterity or former name is Great Plains Dexterity is Integrated Development Environment and programming language (Sanscript).  Current version of Microsoft Dynamics GP is 10.0 and software programmers have broader number of customization tools: eConnect, SQL scripting, Visual Studio SDK, Modifier with VBA. 

However if you look at earlier versions: 5.0, 6.0, 7.5 then you will discover that large number of existing Great Plains ERP installations have modifications programmed in GP Dexterity.  Dex is still all-mighty and extremely powerful tool ? you will see Dexterity foundation in GP tables, forms, atomic stored procedures (deployed by Dex table indexes).  Let’s review the bullets of Dex customization maintenance:

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Microsoft Dynamics GP, or also commonly known as Great Plains is Microsoft SQL Server database application and at the same time it has its own IDE and programming language, known as Great Plains Dexterity. 

Dexterity in turn is written on C as a shell.  Recent versions, such as 10.0, 9.0 are tightly integrated with Microsoft Outlook, plus version 10.0 has integration with Sharepoint and SQL Server Reporting Services (or SRS).  Having said that, however we would like to inform you that installation itself is streamlined and not overly difficult.  Let’s review:

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