That’s a treasure article which is referred by Mark in his write up, Where Were You 10 Years Ago Today? – “Microsoft to Acquire Great Plains Software Inc.”.
The original news article at the time of Great Plains acquisition is here: Microsoft to Acquire Great Plains Software Inc.
I am so delighted to read it to say the least. I am proud to be known as a GP Consultant and to know more and more about it’s history is like awesome.
VAIDY
David warns us about potential Internet Phone Scams.
To reaffirm what he has mentioned in his post, none from Microsoft would call you and *inform* you about a potential issue with your system. Instead, Microsoft releases security patches and Malicious Software Removal Tool almost on a Monthly basis. This along with a legitimate and effective Internet Security Suite (Norton, McAfee, Kaspersky, Microsoft Security Essentials, etc.) is more than enough to keep your system safe.
As a final note, buy genuine softwares and say NO TO PIRACY. A pirated Operating System is the starting point to all troubles. You pay less/nothing for a Pirated OS, but you don’t know about it’s potential consequences till you face it.
VAIDY
I just read this article on Navigate Into Success by Vjekoslav Babic, about his views on a post that’s published in Software Advise.
The article, Microsoft’s Cloud strategy in perspective of Microsoft Dynamics, goes on to agree / disagree certain points.
Very good post up there and I am sure this would bring some thought process inside us.
VAIDY
It was rightly put by Belinda about a Non-Responsive GP & Ending Task and I would like to re-blog the same point.
Often, people don’t understand that they are dealing with a Background Process in GP which is performing either a Posting or Transactional Activity and they straightaway do an “End Task”. This may result in following:
1. User Activity Lock
2. User Transactional Activity Lock – This is a bit critical, as it would not allow that user to even open any Transaction Entry window (which was open when they did the “End Task”)
3. Posting Process Interruption – This is hell critical, as it would keep the transaction in the middle; between Transaction Open and Transaction Posted. This is wreak havoc at times.
Like Belinda said, JUST WAIT. We all know that you are so busy with your Day-To-Day activities and do not have time to stare at GP for more than a minute, but sometimes you do have to understand that it’s a software and it just takes its time to complete a process depending on several factors.
VAIDY
It’s been a painful month long gap since I had posted anything on my blog. In the past month, I was involved in two different tasks:
1. Data Corrections, due to some critical blunders that we found from some wrongly written customizations.
2. GP10 to GP2010 Upgrade – in just 7 active days and 15 days overall.
I was talking to David for an issue that I was facing a week ago and I would like to start from there to seal this vast gap.
And then on, I would like to share the critical points that drove me for the past 1.5 months.
VAIDY
I am damn so impressed. And I am sure, I am not the only one to say so.
Go ahead and download the IE9 Beta. Check it out for yourself. It’s indeed impressive.
Download it here: IE9 Beta Download
UPDATE – 09/17/2010: For all GP Users/Consultants – Per David’s comment on this post, IE9 Beta does not work with GP. Please make sure that your R&D is restricted to your Internet Browsing alone. We must wait till IE9 Major Release. Thanks David.
VAIDY
This article, that I read in Njevity’s Blog, is pretty simple and complete.
It explains when a Customer must seek a Consultant’s assistance, baring those who have an in-house ERP Consultant.
Read it here: Things are not as they seem … When to get a Consultant involved!
And if you have more reasons, add it either here in my post as comments or directly on the source site.
VAIDY
David superbly summerizes the most useful resources available for us to look into.
Start from here to enter a world of GP Resources: Getting the most out of your Microsoft Dynamics GP Community.
VAIDY
GPWindow.com after it’s officially launched, has added one more useful feature: Where’s that GP Window?
It’s good, considering the fact that we cannot remember all GP Windows and it’s paths. Those who want an easy way to know where a GP Window is, go to this link in GPWindow.com and you will find it.
Add it to your GP Shortcuts / Quicklinks, not at all a bad idea. This will give your users, an easy access to the site which is full of information about GP.
VAIDY
This article is an excellent one from Craig Buckler. Happened to read this and being a developer myself basically, I could not help but admitting to all his points.
Read the article here: 10 Reasons Why Project Estimates Fail.
If you have more reasons to add? Please add those reasons as Comments to this post or Comments to the original post directly. Either way, I am too curious to know your views on this article.
VAIDY
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