The origins of Great Plains software can be traced back to a family of over-achievers in Fargo, North Dakota - the Burgum family. Specifically, Katherine Kilbourne Burgum has a long list of accomplishments, both personal and professional. Among her many activities, she and her family maintained several grain elevators where they stored grain for local area farmers. In the early 1980’s, Mrs. Burgum and family began developing a DOS-based accounting system to manage their own business dealings. Eventually, Mrs. Burgum’s youngest son, Douglas, took over the reins of the up and coming Great Plains Software and began to grow the company using a down-to-earth approach of building relationships and providing top customer service.
By 1986, the DOS version of Great Plains was gaining prominence, and resellers started to pop up around the country. As technology evolved, Great Plains began work on a Windows-based accounting system which was released in the early nineties as Great Plains Dynamics. Within two years, Great Plains released two versions of Dynamics – one to run on the lower end Pervasive and C-Tree databases, and a second version to run on the Microsoft SQL database. These two products were initially called Dynamics and Dynamics C/S+. These two products shared the same application code, but operated on different database environments. Later Great Plains made the strategic decision to take the underlying product code of these two products in different directions, and the company changed the name of the higher end Dynamics C/S+ to Great Plains eEnterprise.
All the while, Great Plains continued to build a stellar reputation for extensive product features, friendly and knowledgeable resellers, stable product code, and excellent product support. In the latter half of 1999, Great Plains announced that they would acquire rival Solomon Software for approximately $140 million, and this transaction was completed on May 8, 2000. Less than one year later, Microsoft acquired Great Plains for $1.1 billion. Since then Microsoft has renamed the eEnterprise product to “Great Plains” and has discontinued the Pervasive and C-Tree based versions of Great Plains. Today Great Plains is available in two versions, one for the Microsoft SQL Server database and an identical version for the MSDE database. Additionally, Microsoft’s Small Business Financials product is actually a hybrid version of Great Plains, limited in its modules and priced starting at just $995.
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Welcome to Microsoft Dynamics GP- Great Plain
Microsoft Dynamics GP- Great Plain
Microsoft Dynamics GP is a mid-market business accounting software package popular in North America that can run on a Microsoft SQL Server database.Microsoft Dynamics GP is a richly featured business management solution that allows you to use familiar, powerful software to operate and grow your business.
Microsoft Dynamics GP removes needless obstacles to the productivity and effectiveness of the people and processes in your business. Connecting all your business processes in one streamlined, flexible management infrastructure, Microsoft Dynamics GP allows your people to do their jobs in the way they like, at outstanding levels of productivity. The solution also provides you with ways to build stronger, more productive relationships with your key stakeholders—customers and trading partners. The extensive reporting and collaborative capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics GP give you the information you need to make informed business decisions. Microsoft Dynamics partners can also help you implement and fine-tune the solution to ensure that you reap the best possible results from it.
Empower people with familiar software
Microsoft Dynamics GP presents the feel and functionality of familiar software your people use every day—Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Office Word, and Microsoft Office Excel. If your employees are comfortable with the Microsoft Office system programs, they will find their way with Microsoft Dynamics GP rapidly—they can perform their jobs with greater productivity and satisfaction, and achieve the business results you need with optimal efficiency.
* Microsoft Dynamics GP not only presents the same user interface as Microsoft Office applications, but also lets you work with information from the business management solution directly within these Microsoft Office system programs.
* Microsoft Dynamics GP is designed to work the way people work, with personalized views to get the data they want when they need it.
* Time needed for training and familiarization is minimized—people can start working efficiently with Microsoft Dynamics GP quickly.
Generate optimal value from all of your systems
Working with and like the software systems you already own, Microsoft Dynamics GP can quickly become a core element of a seamless business management infrastructure. The latest version of Microsoft Dynamics GP works with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to facilitate collaboration and communication among your employees and with trading partners and customers. There are many aspects of what makes Microsoft Dynamics GP a great fit with your other technologies—and many ways to benefit from them.
Microsoft Dynamics GP gives you an excellent return on your technology investment by integrating with Microsoft Office system applications, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Retail Management Systems (RMS), Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Express Edition, Microsoft FRx, Windows Server, and Small Business Server.
Customization tools assist your information technology (IT) staff or Authorized Microsoft Dynamics GP partner in adapting the business management solution to your specific requirements.
Microsoft Dynamics GP is a mid-market business accounting software package popular in North America that can run on a Microsoft SQL Server database.Microsoft Dynamics GP is a richly featured business management solution that allows you to use familiar, powerful software to operate and grow your business.
Microsoft Dynamics GP removes needless obstacles to the productivity and effectiveness of the people and processes in your business. Connecting all your business processes in one streamlined, flexible management infrastructure, Microsoft Dynamics GP allows your people to do their jobs in the way they like, at outstanding levels of productivity. The solution also provides you with ways to build stronger, more productive relationships with your key stakeholders—customers and trading partners. The extensive reporting and collaborative capabilities in Microsoft Dynamics GP give you the information you need to make informed business decisions. Microsoft Dynamics partners can also help you implement and fine-tune the solution to ensure that you reap the best possible results from it.
Empower people with familiar software
Microsoft Dynamics GP presents the feel and functionality of familiar software your people use every day—Microsoft Office Outlook, Microsoft Office Word, and Microsoft Office Excel. If your employees are comfortable with the Microsoft Office system programs, they will find their way with Microsoft Dynamics GP rapidly—they can perform their jobs with greater productivity and satisfaction, and achieve the business results you need with optimal efficiency.
* Microsoft Dynamics GP not only presents the same user interface as Microsoft Office applications, but also lets you work with information from the business management solution directly within these Microsoft Office system programs.
* Microsoft Dynamics GP is designed to work the way people work, with personalized views to get the data they want when they need it.
* Time needed for training and familiarization is minimized—people can start working efficiently with Microsoft Dynamics GP quickly.
Generate optimal value from all of your systems
Working with and like the software systems you already own, Microsoft Dynamics GP can quickly become a core element of a seamless business management infrastructure. The latest version of Microsoft Dynamics GP works with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to facilitate collaboration and communication among your employees and with trading partners and customers. There are many aspects of what makes Microsoft Dynamics GP a great fit with your other technologies—and many ways to benefit from them.
Microsoft Dynamics GP gives you an excellent return on your technology investment by integrating with Microsoft Office system applications, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Microsoft Retail Management Systems (RMS), Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Express Edition, Microsoft FRx, Windows Server, and Small Business Server.
Customization tools assist your information technology (IT) staff or Authorized Microsoft Dynamics GP partner in adapting the business management solution to your specific requirements.
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