What is the best time for Dynamics GP to Business Central Migration?
Microsoft Dynamics GP emerged as an accounting packaging from Great Plains Software was acquired by Microsoft in 2000. Since the acquisition, Microsoft has added several new features and services and has made Microsoft Dynamics GP a web application. It is now a lot more than just an accounting tool, as Microsoft has made this into a complete ERP solution.
Microsoft Dynamics GP is a Microsoft ERP system that is being used across many companies in the world. However, as businesses become more complex and structured, many organizations are now planning to migrate to newer Microsoft ERP system such as Business Central.
If you are currently considering Dynamics GP to Business Central migration, then here are some of the Business Central benefits when compared to Microsoft Dynamics GP.
What is Microsoft Dynamics GP?
Microsoft Dynamics GP is an enterprise business solution from Microsoft that offers tools to handle the business in an efficient manner. Dynamics GP is mostly used by organizations that might require a full-fledged ERP solution to manage the business operations like financial management, supply chain management, and business intelligence capabilities. It offers a wide range of functionalities, including general ledger, accounts payable and receivable, inventory management, sales order processing, and human resources management.
Salient features of Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Product customization as per the requirement
- Easy-to-understand tools, similar to other Microsoft products
- Access information and processes from anywhere with apps like business intelligence and time management.
- Tracking of tasks and sharing data with a select number of users
- Supports native attachment and viewing of documents
- Supports customizable workflow creation
- Easy to share data across various modules to eliminate errors and offer a great user experience
Dynamics GP vs Business Central
Microsoft Business Central is the successor to Microsoft Dynamics GP. Unlike Dynamics GP, which works great with local servers, D365 Business Central is designed to be a cloud product, which has many advantages and a few disadvantages.
- Superior Security – One of the prominent features of Business Central when compared to Microsoft Dynamics GP is security. As Microsoft Business Central is based on the cloud, it is much safer and less prone to hacks.
- Almost no limitations – Business Central being a cloud-based service, there is no upfront cost to set up. On top of that, it is also very easy to scale and add newer tools in no time as your business expands.
- Cheap and cost effective – As everything is stored on the cloud, it eliminates the maintenance cost. On top of that, it also saves the time that Microsoft Dynamics GP requires to service and upgrade the solution.
- Software updates – Microsoft tends to offer faster software updates to Business Central to make the solution more intuitive and seamless. This means you will have access to the best tools at all the time to run your business seamlessly.
- Pre-built CRM – To use CRM functions on Dynamics GP, one has to integrate Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales. However, the feature is built-in on the Business Central.
- Improved 3rd-party integration – Business Central Microsoft does allows third-party service integration like CRM and BI to improve add advanced level functions like artificial intelligence and machine learning.
These points make it pretty evident that Business Central Migration has several benefits. However one could still continue to use Microsoft Dynamics GP, as Microsoft will continue to support Dynamics GP even though it has shifted its main focus to develop Dynamics 365.
Nevas Technologies is a trusted Microsoft Dynamics Partner that has helped many companies with Dynamics GP to Business Central migration. If you want to understand what it might mean for your organization for Dynamics GP to Microsoft Business Central migration, please register for free Microsoft Business Central Demo.
