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Discontinued Builds for Winthrop Products

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis article should help clarify which old builds are discontinued, what this means, and why the builds are discontinued anyway.

With the release of the latest builds for GP Power Tools, Batch Posting Service Toolkit and Visual Studio Integration Toolkit, we have also announced that builds containing the known security vulnerability will be discontinued at the end of 2023.

This is not discontinuing products, we are fully committed to Microsoft Dynamics GP and continuing our products and product development on the platform.

A discontinued build will continue to work until it requires registration again (usually when the subscription expires) at which time it must be updated to a supported build (preferably the latest build) before it can be registered again.

Updating the Winthrop Development Consultants product is very simple and can be automated and does not require Microsoft Dynamics GP itself to be updated. However, staying on a supported Microsoft Dynamics GP version is highly recommended.

There are a number of reasons why old builds of our products are discontinued and they are ALL so that the customers can have the best experience using our products.

  • Security: An installer Security Vulnerability was discovered and immediately fixed in August 2022. Installing a fixed build updates the installer components and resolves the issue. Discontinuing support for builds with this issue will protect customers’ systems.
  • Fixes: Staying on the latest build ensures that all the known issues have been fixed.
  • Features: We are continuously developing new features and enhancing existing features, customers can only get the benefits of this development work if they install latest builds.
  • Support (current build): We can only provide fixes to the latest builds of our products.
  • Extended Support (old builds): Many issues found in old builds have already been fixed in the newer builds.
  • Subscription: Your subscription entitles you to always been on the latest builds.

Note: The final released build for each product for each version of Microsoft Dynamics GP will not be discontinued and will continue to be able to be registered.

GP Power Tools

Below is a summary of discontinued builds for GP Power Tools:

  • Builds 27.X or earlier were discontinued in August 2022,
    except Build 27.5 for GP 2010 (v11.0).
  • Build 28.X was discontinued at the end of December 2023,
    except Build 28.9 for GP 2013 (v12.0).
  • Build 29.4 or earlier was discontinued at the end of December 2023,
    for GP 2015 (v14.0) and GP 2016 (v16.0), please use Build 29.5.
  • Build 29.1 or later resolves the installer Security Vulnerability for GP 2018 (v18.0) or later.

Batch Posting Service Toolkit

Below is a summary of discontinued builds for Batch Posting Service Toolkit:

  • Builds 10.X or earlier were discontinued in August 2022,
    except Build 10.6 for GP 2010 (v11.0).
  • Build 11.X was discontinued at the end of December 2023,
    except Build 11.2 for GP 2013 (v12.0).
  • Build 12.2 or earlier was discontinued at the end of December 2023,
    for GP 2015 (v14.0) and GP 2016 (v16.0), please use Build 12.3.
  • Build 12.1 or later resolves the installer Security Vulnerability for GP 2018 (v18.0) or later.

Visual Studio Integration Toolkit

Below is a summary of discontinued builds for Visual Studio Integration Toolkit:

  • Builds 15.X or earlier were discontinued in August 2022,
    except Build 15.7 for GP 2010 (v11.0).
  • Build 16.X was discontinued at the end of December 2023,
    except Build 16.2 for GP 2013 (v12.0).
  • Build 17.2 or earlier was discontinued at the end of December 2023,
    for GP 2015 (v14.0) and GP 2016 (v16.0), please use Build 17.3.
  • Build 17.1 or later resolves the installer Security Vulnerability for GP 2018 (v18.0) or later.

More Information

For more information on the current builds and articles in installing/updating, see the product portal pages:

Hope this explains everything.

David

02-Jan-2024: Updated now that old builds have been discontinued.
12-Jan-2024: Updated to explain that only the final builds for GP 2015 (v14.0) and GP 2016 (v16.0) are supported.

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