Back on the 23rd February I posted that I was in the process of Saving the Developing for Dynamics GP blog, my blog from my Microsoft days.
It has taken about four weeks of work, but I am very pleased to be able to announce that the work is complete and the relevant content from the Developing for Dynamics GP blog is now available from this blog.
Many of you have probably read an article or two from my previous blog on Microsoft’s MSDN, the Developing for Dynamics GP blog. This blog was created in July 2008 and had published 1,130 articles by the time I left Microsoft in October 2014.
Even though there has been no new content added to the blog since I left, the blog is still one of the most popular Microsoft Dynamics GP related blogs. In fact, the Worldmaps tracking shows that the site is ranked 4th in the leaderboard and gets over 20,000 hits a month.
Microsoft is planning to deprecate MSDN blogs by the end of March and I am working to ensure that this valuable resource is not lost to the community.
Recently my Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 installation started generating errors while navigating around the Homepage and Area Pages. I thought it was due to the recent Windows 10 1809 update, but have since learned that this was not the cause.
I temporarily fixed the issue by removing all objects from the Homepage and only using the application menus for navigation and not using the Area Pages at all.
The team at Feedspot have collated data from search engine rankings, social media sites and reviewed a number of Microsoft Dynamics GP blogs and compiled a list of the Top 15 Microsoft Dynamics GP Blogs, Websites & Newsletters To Follow in 2018.
It has been just over a year since the last time this old chestnut was raised by someone in the community.
This time the question of Microsoft Dynamics GP’s future has been raised by Mark Brummel, who was a Microsoft MVP (Business Solutions) for the Microsoft Dynamics NAV product, and is based in the Netherlands.
I love writing these sorts of articles. My good friend and fellow MVP, Mariano Gomez, has been using GP Power Tools to assist him in his role as Development Manager at Mekorma and has written blog articles about his experiences.
GP Power Tools removes much of the complexity and time needed for Cross Dictionary development in Dexterity.
Since forever, the pundits have been preaching the demise of Great Plains Dynamics / Microsoft Dynamics GP.
When I joined Microsoft in 2001, one of the things that influenced my decision was the thinking that Dexterity (the language behind Dynamics GP) was going to die and so I decided that I would be better off inside Microsoft than continue working as an ISV (Independent Software Vendor).
Now sixteen years later in 2017 and I am back working as an ISV, and Dexterity, along with Microsoft Dynamics GP, is still going strong… despite the launch of Dynamics 365.
At the end of last year, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 R2 was released.
If you have not already installed/updated to this build, Microsoft has released lots of information about the new features in blogs, documentation and video forms.
Back in February of this year I posted a simple maths puzzle that I had seen on a Facebook post; Trending: Only for genius ?? 3 – 3 x 6 + 2 = ?? to challenge my readers.
Little did I know that the follow up post; Answer: Only for genius ?? 3 – 3 x 6 + 2 = ?? would go viral and cause my blog to reach the number 1 ranking on Worldmaps.
Forums are fantastic. They provide a free community based support platform with contributions from a wide range of users and professionals.
Many Microsoft employees, Microsoft MVPs (Most Valuable Professionals), GPUG All Stars and experienced users donate their time to help the community. There only reward being thanked and having their responses marked as answers.
The launch of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 is getting closer.
A good sign that the release is approaching is the publishing of the schedule of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 upgrade blog articles.
Announcing the new GPUG Amplify conference just for Microsoft Dynamics GP users.
GPUG Amplify is a collaboration between Microsoft and GPUG (Dynamics GP User Group) and is happening on 23rd to 25th May 2016 at Anaheim, California, USA.
Recently, I read a couple of articles by my fellow bloggers in the Microsoft Dynamics GP community and wanted to highlight them as well as add some of my own thoughts.
The first article was from Tim Wappat at Dynamic Code Blocks. It was a summary of the sneak peak at Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016 and its HTML 5 web client at a meeting in London, UK.
Happy Easter to you.
There has been lots happening over the last few days and I wanted to highlight a some of the news.
So please keep reading for a summary of the week’s news.
For those of you with Windows Phone 8.1 devices, you should now be comfortable working with Cortana, the personal digital assistant with attitude.
Well, Cortana is coming to Windows 10. In fact, if you have the latest Technical Preview of Windows 10 downloaded (as part of the Windows Insider program) you can already start playing with Cortana. Just make sure all the language and regional settings are set to US.
Overnight, Microsoft released the first build of Windows 10 Technical Preview for Phones to members of the Windows Insider Program.
Using the Windows Insider App on Windows Phone 8.1 you can register for the over the air updates. However, the update is not available to everyone yet as it has only been released for a subset of Lumia phones.
At the start of December 2014, Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 was released to manufacturing and shortly after it was posted online:
Since its release, the Support and Services team have been putting together blog articles and videos providing details about the new features.
Last month, the Microsoft Dynamics GP development team started a new blog on the Microsoft Dynamics GP Community website. This will now be the primary location for the Dynamics GP development and engineer team to communicate with the customer and partner community.
The new site can be found at the link below:
If you have been watching the Microsoft Dynamics GP blogosphere for the last couple of days you will have seen the news that Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 has been released.
This release comes almost two years since the release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 and six months after the release of Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2.
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 includes over 120 new features as well as some underlying technology improvements such as the Service Based Architecture (SBA) including the .Net interop. See the links below for more information and the download pages.
Winthrop Development Consultants Blog 