Great Plains Software
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | enterprise resource planning |
| Website | www |
Microsoft Dynamics GP is a mid-market business accounting software or ERP Software package marketed in North and South America, UK and Ireland, the Middle East, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. It is used in many additional countries with partner supported localizations. It uses either Microsoft SQL Server 2005, 2008, or 2012 to store data. It is one of four accounting packages acquired by Microsoft that now share the Microsoft Dynamics Business Solutions brand. Dynamics GP is written in a language called Dexterity.
The Dynamics GP product was originally developed by Great Plains Software, an independent company located in Fargo, North Dakota, which was run by Doug Burgum. Dynamics Release 1.0 was released in February 1993. It was one of the first accounting packages in the USA that was designed and written to be multi-user and to run under Windows as 32 bit software. In late 2000, Microsoft announced the purchase of Great Plains Software. This acquisition was completed in April 2001.
Dynamics GP 2016 R2 was released by Microsoft on December 1, 2016.
Dynamics GP 2016 was released by Microsoft on May 1, 2016.
Dynamics GP 2015 R2 was released by Microsoft on May 29, 2015.
Dynamics GP 2015 (Version 14) was released by Microsoft on Dec. 1, 2014.
Dynamics GP 2013 (Version 12) was released by Microsoft on Dec. 19, 2012. For the first time the software had evolved from a pure client-server application to a web-enabled application. The full client will continue to provide a 'rich' content, since it's the only way to cover all the modules and third-party products properly in the application. The web-enabled client only covered the basic modules (Financial & Distribution in Phase 1, HR & Payroll added in Phase 2, Project Accounting in Phase 3, Customer support (Sales ?) in Phase 4 and finally Manufacturing in Phase 5). The various modules were added over the course of the development between the initial release date and the release date of Dynamics GP 2015 in December 2014.
Dynamics GP 2010R2 was released in April 2011. Dynamics GP 2010 was released in April 2010; Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 was released in June 2007.
Prior versions were named Microsoft Great Plains and Microsoft Dynamics. Previous versions were compatible with Microsoft SQL Server, Pervasive PSQL, Btrieve, and earlier versions also used C-tree, although after the buyout all new versions switched entirely to Microsoft SQL Server databases.
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