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Microsoft Dynamics GP is one of the ERP products in the Dynamics family. This is the original Great Plains product acquired by Microsoft in 2001, and has strong financial management and HR capabilities. Customers tend to be professional services, finance and public sector companies.https://dudodiprj2sv7.cloudfront.net/product-logos/mv/Dh/1TTNUV8GTFL7.pngDynamics GP for Lease AccountingDynamics GP is currently being used by a few people in our organization to track the accounting for our business. It does a great job of recording leasing, repossession, and sales, along with our payroll and organizational expenses. Through the use of third-party software, we are able to integrate it into our leasing software and it does most of the accounting work for us.,Integration with other products. Recording of leasing, repossession, and sales transactions.,I have not used a lot of accounting software in the past, just QuickBooks years ago, so as far as my knowledge goes is it easy enough to use and does the job it is intended to do.,8,Most of what goes into Dynamics at our organization is done automatically through other programs. It has been great for our general accounting needs, which can get complicated with the types of transactions we have. It has been very useful in reporting specific metrics used to show company value to prospective investors.,QuickBooks ProNew Hope GP ReviewA single group of 6 financial staff uses GP 2016 on a daily basis for GL data entry and processing. Paycor payroll data is integrated into GP every pay period through an import function. GP addresses the business challenges associated with organizing company specific financials and producing reports such as income statements along with quarter and year-end requirements.,Reporting Accounts Payable batch entry,Microsoft support Annual licensing retainer stipulations Extremely complex table structures Version upgrade complexity,3,Have had table issues that were very expensive for our Microsoft GP partner consultant to correct. Was late on a maintenance/retainer payment deadline resulting in a substantial increase in annual payment that became locked in indefinitely. In 2017 Microsoft raised their GP support incident rate from $169.00 to $499.00. Cloud or externally hosted GP is extremely expensive and not cost effective for many businesses.,Sage 50 AccountingGreat entry level ERP for your small/medium sized businessWe use Microsoft Dynamics GP for our complete logistics / supply and chain process for one of the group's companies. It is fully connected with the financial module and it automatically creates a journal entry for every transaction that affects the general ledger. With the help of the Management Reporting, you can also create your own reports in a very simple way.,All the modules are connected. A document you post on the sales or purchase modules gets an immediate journal entry on the finance module. The system is very adaptable, it can be integrated with other systems. The reporting is user friendly. With Management Reporting you can customize your own reports.,Some functionalities of the system could be improved on a better time frame. Getting support for the system can be expensive sometimes. The cost of each user license is not the cheapest on the market.,8,We have the system integrated with a 3rd party logistic system, and we can know when the items have been delivered so we can initiate our invoicing process. Microsoft Dynamics GP greatly reduces the time of communication between the departments in the company. The users can spend more time analizing important information, and less time on routine tasks.,SAP Business One and Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne,Microsoft Dynamics 365 (formerly Microsoft Dynamics CRM), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft 365 BusinessSturdy General LedgerMicrosoft Dynamics GP is used SOLELY by my company's accounting department. We primarily utilize the software's general ledger function/capabilities. Additionally, we utilize the purchasing/AP, fixed assets, bank reconciliation, and other modules. We leverage the solution in populating/maintaining our books (accounting) for our entire company. Similar to other general ledgers, MS Dynamics GP allows us to customize our chart of accounts to fit our business needs. Note, the software offers many modules that were are not currently using.,The solution we use is housed on our internal servers. As a result, we are capable of accessing the underlying tables via MS SQL Server. This allows us increased visibility to the data we have populated over the years. I doubt this sets MS Dynamics GP apart from competitors, but the ability to "batch" journal entries for approval is very easy and straight forward. Our independent consultants were able to build a "paste from MS Excel" integration, which we use to easily populate journal entries. If there are ever any network "hang ups" during the posting of batches/journal entries, the system has safeguards in place to ensure that your books aren't sacrificed. The Smartlist function is an easy way to build ad hoc reports.,The fact that the software is housed on internal servers could be seen as a "con". These days, moving to cloud-based solutions feels like the right move. The reporting feature could use some updating. Not sure if this is due to outside influences (our network), but the solution can run rather slow at times. It feels like it is slowed down the most when all users are currently active. Once again, this may be of no fault to MS Dynamics GP. The ability to troubleshoot issues usually requires help from COSTLY independent consultants.,7,MS Dynamics GP has serviced our company well as a very sturdy general ledger. We were not impressed with MS Dynamics GP's inventory/ordering capabilities. We were forced to shop for an outside solution, from which we batch/upload data into MS Dynamics GP. We were not impressed with MS Dynamics GP's business intelligence tool. We decided to purchase an alternative tool. Fortunately, we were able to EASILY integrate the outside tool with MS Dynamics GP via MS SQL Server.,Sage Intacct,Vena Solutions, Expensify, Pipedrive, ADP TotalSource, DocuSignMicrosoft Dynamics GP: Solid, respectable and cautious. Just like your accounting team!We use Dynamics GP across our organization for finance and payroll. We have multiple entities (separate tax IDs) and users throughout the U.S. and Canada. It handles multi-company transactions, payrolls, and multiple currencies with ease. It is very flexible and has a robust library of third-party add-ons that can extend functionality. It also integrates well with outside systems, such as CRM or HRIS.,Multiple currencies Flexible account structure Multiple users,This is an on-premise application that requires enterprise database (SQL Server). Client-server model can make it challenging to deploy across networks or geographies without additional technologies. User interface is very functional but can appear dated at times.,9,Positive - consolidated financials save thousands annually Negative - upgrades can be complicated and expensive. Plan for $20-$30k (or more) in time and materials from a reputable partner depending on the complexity of the upgrade and the size of your environment. Positive - robust user community provides answers to many common questions, for free.,QuickBooks Pro,Mimecast Secure Email Gateway, F-Secure Protection Service for Business
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February 11, 2019

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Dynamics GP for Lease Accounting"

Alan Tillman
Score 8 out of 10
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Dynamics GP is currently being used by a few people in our organization to track the accounting for our business. It does a great job of recording leasing, repossession, and sales, along with our payroll and organizational expenses. Through the use of third-party software, we are able to integrate it into our leasing software and it does most of the accounting work for us.
  • Integration with other products.
  • Recording of leasing, repossession, and sales transactions.
  • I have not used a lot of accounting software in the past, just QuickBooks years ago, so as far as my knowledge goes is it easy enough to use and does the job it is intended to do.
Dynamics GP works great for our type of business, which requires up to date information and recording of leasing, repossessions, and sales transactions. I don't know of any areas where the program falls short to pinpoint inappropriate uses.
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February 01, 2019

Microsoft Dynamics GP: "New Hope GP Review"

Mike Bisceglia
Score 3 out of 10
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A single group of 6 financial staff uses GP 2016 on a daily basis for GL data entry and processing. Paycor payroll data is integrated into GP every pay period through an import function. GP addresses the business challenges associated with organizing company specific financials and producing reports such as income statements along with quarter and year-end requirements.
  • Reporting
  • Accounts Payable batch entry
  • Microsoft support
  • Annual licensing retainer stipulations
  • Extremely complex table structures
  • Version upgrade complexity
Cannot find where it is well suited. Perhaps, for a very large company or organization with a large IT Microsoft SQL database support presence.
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December 17, 2018

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Great entry level ERP for your small/medium sized business"

Guillermo Villamizar
Score 8 out of 10
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We use Microsoft Dynamics GP for our complete logistics / supply and chain process for one of the group's companies. It is fully connected with the financial module and it automatically creates a journal entry for every transaction that affects the general ledger. With the help of the Management Reporting, you can also create your own reports in a very simple way.
  • All the modules are connected. A document you post on the sales or purchase modules gets an immediate journal entry on the finance module.
  • The system is very adaptable, it can be integrated with other systems.
  • The reporting is user friendly. With Management Reporting you can customize your own reports.
  • Some functionalities of the system could be improved on a better time frame.
  • Getting support for the system can be expensive sometimes.
  • The cost of each user license is not the cheapest on the market.
The license cost per user is not the cheapest on the market today. In your contract you'll know what percentage you will pay of the total cost of your licenses for the support from Microsoft annually, but you'll get good support. You get a great ERP for your company and the support is fairly good. The main benefit of the system is that you have all the departments in your company connected in real time.
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February 28, 2019

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Sturdy General Ledger"

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Score 7 out of 10
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Microsoft Dynamics GP is used SOLELY by my company's accounting department. We primarily utilize the software's general ledger function/capabilities. Additionally, we utilize the purchasing/AP, fixed assets, bank reconciliation, and other modules. We leverage the solution in populating/maintaining our books (accounting) for our entire company. Similar to other general ledgers, MS Dynamics GP allows us to customize our chart of accounts to fit our business needs. Note, the software offers many modules that were are not currently using.
  • The solution we use is housed on our internal servers. As a result, we are capable of accessing the underlying tables via MS SQL Server. This allows us increased visibility to the data we have populated over the years.
  • I doubt this sets MS Dynamics GP apart from competitors, but the ability to "batch" journal entries for approval is very easy and straight forward.
  • Our independent consultants were able to build a "paste from MS Excel" integration, which we use to easily populate journal entries.
  • If there are ever any network "hang ups" during the posting of batches/journal entries, the system has safeguards in place to ensure that your books aren't sacrificed.
  • The Smartlist function is an easy way to build ad hoc reports.
  • The fact that the software is housed on internal servers could be seen as a "con". These days, moving to cloud-based solutions feels like the right move.
  • The reporting feature could use some updating.
  • Not sure if this is due to outside influences (our network), but the solution can run rather slow at times. It feels like it is slowed down the most when all users are currently active. Once again, this may be of no fault to MS Dynamics GP.
  • The ability to troubleshoot issues usually requires help from COSTLY independent consultants.
The solution is probably not the best choice for smaller companies. I would imagine that smaller companies would be better suited with a less robust tool like QuickBooks. The costs associated with licensing for both MS Dynamics GP AND MS SQL Server may "weed out" most smaller companies before they make the mistake of engaging with a tool that is over-kill. As previously noted, this tool is not the best for any entity that is searching for a cloud-based solution. Finally, a company will want to make sure that most users are familiar with basic accounting functions. The tool offers no "hand holding" if you don't understand a process (hand holding: think of the way TurboTax walks users through their processes).

MS Dynamics GP is a solid tool for any company (equipped with experienced accountants) looking for an on-premise solution.
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December 12, 2018

Review: "Microsoft Dynamics GP: Solid, respectable and cautious. Just like your accounting team!"

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Score 9 out of 10
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We use Dynamics GP across our organization for finance and payroll. We have multiple entities (separate tax IDs) and users throughout the U.S. and Canada. It handles multi-company transactions, payrolls, and multiple currencies with ease. It is very flexible and has a robust library of third-party add-ons that can extend functionality. It also integrates well with outside systems, such as CRM or HRIS.
  • Multiple currencies
  • Flexible account structure
  • Multiple users
  • This is an on-premise application that requires enterprise database (SQL Server).
  • Client-server model can make it challenging to deploy across networks or geographies without additional technologies.
  • User interface is very functional but can appear dated at times.
Dynamics GP is well suited to medium sized companies where a flexible accounting solution is required, with lots of flexibility and customization. However it can be used very effectively out of the box with no customization. There is a very robust user community and very capable support vendors. It would be less suited to very small organizations without a dedicated IT infrastructure team who can maintain servers and related infrastructure. It also would probably not work well for very large enterprises who need an enterprise-level ERP.
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April 12, 2018

Review: "Microsoft Dynamics GP is not my first choice"

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Score 5 out of 10
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Microsoft Dynamics GP (MDGP) is being directly used by our accounting department for all our financial reporting. MDGP is being indirectly used by our Parts Department, Sales Department, and HR Department by having the information flow through exports into GP for all costing and customer billing purposes. I use it to input journal entries for payroll and journal entries for project costing twice weekly.
  • It doesn't allow for easy access as it has restrictions placed on users. This allows for inputted information to retain it's integrity.
  • It can be scheduled to import or export information from other systems cutting down on time spent configuring data.
  • It is not very user-friendly.
  • Very costly especially for customer support.
  • Processes are complex with too many steps for completion.
MDGP is well suited for accounting purposes. It is not suitable for payroll.
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February 19, 2018

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "GP is Generally Passable ;)"

Travis Campbell, CPA, CA
Score 7 out of 10
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We use GP to manage our GL, AR and AP. We don't use it to its full potential as we use a home-brewed system to do our invoicing, which integrates to GP. We are currently looking to use it more fully to solve some problems (spreadsheets!) that we are facing.
  • Generally things flow pretty logically - if you don't have previous experience with GP you can figure it out.
  • Rock solid - we rarely have errors or unexplained weirdness pop up.
  • Handles our multicurrency environment just fine.
  • Might be a limitation of our older version, but it only allows us to run and have open one report at a time. Seems like a pointless limitation.
  • The documentation in some areas is less than clear. Thankfully, answers can usually be found with enough Googling.
The product has enough modules and third-party add-ons that you can pretty much fit it to fit any use case. However, having used cloud-based Xero accounting for another task, I have come to appreciate the functionality and convenience of a well-executed cloud solution. My understanding is that GP's cloud solution is to have your instance hosted by someone else, which strikes me as a bit pointless.
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December 12, 2017

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Microsoft GP for your financial needs"

Catherine Miller
Score 8 out of 10
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We use Microsoft Dynamics GP to manage all finances, payables and receivables, for every department and company. It helps us maintain a clear and concise location for all accounting information, as well as enables us to research financial items and examine our spending trends and anomalies.
  • A really nice user interface that allows individuals who may not be familiar with financial platforms to easily learn processes.
  • Catches mistakes made in payables and receivables uploads so you can correct them before they become a problem.
  • Quick access to uploaded journal entries so you can look into problems quickly.
  • At times, GP slows down because of a large upload that is occurring. It would be nice if there could be a way to fix this.
  • A way to void payments and transaction entries at the same time so there are less steps.
  • A clear way to see who entered what in transaction entries and JE's so we don't have to run an IDS every time.
In a company with a large AP and AR need, it's very helpful to streamline the processes and have the flexibility to meet the needs of each.
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January 29, 2018

User Review: "Microsoft Dynamics GP"

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Score 10 out of 10
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We primarily use the Financial, Sales, Purchasing modules. We easily integrated Microsoft Dynamics GP with our in-house equipment rental and event reservation system to speed up sales invoicing and PO processing to ensure accuracy. We rely on GP for all of our financial reporting, fixed asset management, and project job costing. We've been using GP since 2014.
  • Integration with Microsoft Excel for reporting and analysis
  • Easy to navigate
  • Great tools to pull and review financial information
  • I love that they're starting to listen to the users more and incorporate changes based on what we ask for.
  • There are a few quirky things but nothing that stands in the way of getting the job done.
  • I would love to be able to control the size of the text within the entry windows.
It is the right accounting system for our small to mid-sized company and can handle all of the functions and integrations with other systems that I require to do my job efficiently. There is a large GP User Group for support, ideas, training, etc. that help users get the most out of the product.
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January 22, 2018

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Dynamics GP for Manufacturing"

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Score 6 out of 10
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We use Dynamics GP mostly as an accounting software to count for our raw materials and finished good products that are made and sold. We capture the cost of goods, customers, goods sold, etc. We utilize the system for manufacturing orders as a way to capture the cost of goods. Our customer service team places orders in GP through customer accounts. We also use a lot of custom reports to get additional information about goods and materials we have on hand and for planning for manufacturing and material ordering.
  • Supply chain management - keeps track of materials and goods on hand and the demand planner is simple and easy to use.
  • Manufacturing - material requirements planning is always keeping tabs on the inventory and what may be needed; bill of materials is easy to use; manufacturing order processing gives us an easy way to track materials consumed.
  • Certain areas can only be accessed by one individual at a time (Material Requirements Planning) which can cause some issues when an individual leaves the screen open and then another person is unable to work on something if needed.
  • Reporting is not intuitive. It can be difficult to find what you are looking for in a report.
  • When updating items (ex: if you discontinue an item) you have to go through several different screens to actually have the item discontinued and removed from planning.
As an accounting software, GP does a decent job. I personally do not use the accounting functions (strictly working with the manufacturing and supply chain side of things). I think there are other programs where ERP is better suited than GP. If you know the ins and outs of how to use GP, you can get a lot accomplished, however there is a very large learning curve and it is not an intuitive system at all.
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November 08, 2017

Review: "Microsoft Dynamics GP - Great for Small Businesses!"

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Score 7 out of 10
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It is used across the entire organization. One of the problems that I have experienced is that it does not allow for users to delete previous entries into cards in direct deposit, and other areas like deductions. The accounts or information just shows as "inactive".

Also, it does not allow users to delete previous supervisor names and we are left with a list of names of managers that have been promoted, moved to a different department or are no longer with the company.

  • I like that I can switch between employees when there are different windows open.
  • I like that I can run various reports and save them for future viewing.
  • I like the customization of GP and how it fits our organizations needs.
  • The tax data entry is unnecessarily difficult.
  • Having to click save and enter hire date and reason for change after each entry is very time consuming.
If you are looking for an easy to use, and very user-friendly program, Microsoft Dynamics GP would be a good fit. Data fields can be customized to fit your needs and it can easily be utilized throughout your organization. It's not glitchy, and very rarely has any crash issues.
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March 21, 2017

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "GP - Solid, Scalable, Secuirty"

Jay Moore
Score 8 out of 10
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Microsoft Dynamics GP is our accounting platform. It is responsible for all accounting functions within our organization. GP is used solely by our finance department. GP is responsible for all accounting/inventory/sales order processing functions within our company.
  • GAAP Accounting system
  • Process large amounts of transactions
  • User security
  • Reporting
  • Account history views - difficult to see complete customer account history
  • User interface
Microsoft Dynamics GP is well suited for an enterprise environment. Depending on the business case, [it's] probably not the best solution for small businesses. GP integrates well with other Dynamics products. It is recommended to have a good VAR to support your GP instance.
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August 24, 2017

Review: "Microsoft Dynamics GP - Improved information"

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Score 10 out of 10
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MS Dynamics is primarily used by the accounting department. It is a huge upgrade from our previous Green Screen DOS based software. Smartlist and the Excel button are some of our favorite features.
  • Get information out though Smart List -- super easy.
  • Import large data such as purchase card detail.
  • Copy and paste short journal entries.
  • Sometimes system gets hung up and takes a while to troubleshoot.
Microsoft Dynamics GP is well suited for a medium sized company. It can handle multiple companies and large amounts of journal entries and reporting. It is easy to export information and send to a requestor.
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March 07, 2017

Microsoft Dynamics GP: "Microsoft GP Review"

Dixon Pettengill
Score 8 out of 10
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Rainbow uses GP to house our general ledger, track orders, and sales, and to generate smart lists for expenses/revenues across all business units. It is a key product in our day-to-day business operations, with great customization abilities.
  • Generate smart lists for tracking expenses & sales
  • User controlled accounting transactions - it does what you tell it to do
  • It would be great if it was easier to apply accrual percentages to existing JEs
  • Easier exports to Excel/other reporting tools
  • Easier integration with payroll software
Great for businesses with 50+ employees working with multiple revenue streams.
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June 08, 2016

Review: "Decade long user of Microsoft Dynamics GP"

Tricia Wolfe Jarvis
Score 10 out of 10
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Microsoft Dynamics GP is used by all employees in our organization for time and expense entry. It is also used by our Finance and HR teams for most accounting functions - billing, general ledger, payables, bank rec, safe pay and EFT for payables, financial reporting and management of paid time off.
  • User friendly interface
  • Able to be extended into multiple areas of your business
  • One feature we have been using for a few years is EFT for payables - it has significantly reduced the time spent paying vendors and reduced our check printing and mailing costs. It is very easy to setup and use.
  • search functionality could be improved within native GP functionality - we use Rockton Smartfill to improve search capabilities.
GP is very flexible and can be used in a wide variety of industries.
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November 11, 2015

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Chief Financial Officer"

Candi Southall
Score 10 out of 10
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We used Microsoft Dynamic GP to process our payables, track our expenses by entity, and run monthly and annual financial reports. We have eight different Tax IDs and eight different bank accounts which require us to have separate, distinct sets of books. GP is a great, easy-to-use tool that helps us keep track of each of our entities and run complete sets of financials for each one. We also have some very complicated allocations we have to do for our leasing company. This requires us to set up allocation accounts so each expense only has to be entered once, and the system will do the allocations behind the scenes. I've worked with several other GL packages, including QuickBooks, and none of them had the ability to perform complicated allocations.
  • FRx is a very simple third party report writer that makes report running so easy and straight forward. But it can also use more advanced features such as reporting trees so multiple sets of financials can be chained together.
  • The allocation accounts are a great feature of GP. It makes the process of allocating salaries and other expenses when necessary a breeze. If your organization does any type of expense sharing across entities, departments, etc, consider using GP to do that.
  • Overall ease of use. I absolutely love GP. I am a Microsoft Certified Professional in Version 9. It is very intuitive, extremely easy to navigate, simple to set up, and easy to maintain. It has great reporting features, has a simple budget import/export feature, and is truly the best GL package on the market.
  • With respect to the allocations, once the expense is entered into the allocation account, you lose the ability to run any detail on just the total of the expense. It would be nice if you could run a trial balance on the allocation accounts the same way you can with regular accounts.
  • I've always thought security set up could be a bit simpler. It actually has gotten better through the years. Specifically, with eight separate entities, it would be nice to have a "master" setup where you could call up one group entity, assign the users rights, and then be finished. Currently, whenever I have a new user, I have to call up each individual entity and select all of the features I want the user to have. That means I have to do eight steps for each user.
I love GP. I have for years. I've been a GP consultant, and have been a user for eight years. Before making the decision to select an accounting package, ask such questions as: What types of financial statements do I want? How detailed do I want them? Do I want to create separate entities or will departments work? GP has a very simplistic, onboard report writer. But if you need the ability to customize your reports, you should consider FRx. I believe FRx may be called something different now. It has a very advanced set of allocation accounts that I highly recommend to anyone that has to allocate expenses.
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November 11, 2015

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "GP isn't perfect, but it is a very good product for its space!"

Constance Quigley
Score 8 out of 10
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I use Dynamics GP internally for the accounting of my consulting business. I am also a Microsoft reseller dealing exclusively in Dynamics GP and affiliated 3rd party products. The product is in use as a core accounting product as well as a full ERP system for several customers. Modules include general ledger, payables management, receivables management, inventory, sales order processing, purchase order processing, project accounting, manufacturing, and a broad variety of tools for reporting and data extraction.
  • Core accounting functionality is exceptional - for processing A/P, A/R, and G/L transactions, this product is the best mid-market solution available.
  • Reporting has improved significantly over the years. The product has many tools developed by Microsoft and in conjunction with accounting specific needs, such as SQL reporting services, smartlist builder, and Excel reporting.
  • The user-interface is user-friendly and easy to learn - very similar to other Microsoft products.
  • Supply chain management is adequate but not exceptional, and there are challenges tying the product to a website front end. These features are present and work fine in many environments but are often lacking for customers who need more robust systems.
  • Reporting tools often require consulting expertise or an internal business analyst to develop. Many smaller companies don't have this skill set, so it can be costly to upgrade to GP from a smaller packages like QuickBooks.
  • Some features that are available in competing products are still not present in GP, such as full copy-paste functionality and more intelligent workflow/batch processing functions.
I would say Microsoft Dynamics GP is in the beginning stages of functionality for a hosted solution. The web client is complicated and not fully functional compared to the desktop client. For companies that have complex supply chain requirements, the product requires additional third party solutions or custom development, which can be costly.
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March 31, 2015

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Great Plains Can Do Amazing Things"

Eric Mereen
Score 10 out of 10
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We use Microsoft Dynamics GP for Accounting, A/R, A/P, Payroll, and HR functions. The whole organization uses it except for any operational departments that don't deal with money or accounting. One issue using Great Plains has solved is having all the departments using one system instead of many.
  • It's ease of use is a plus for many people in my organization, the layout of the software is well received.
  • The software is very flexible. We have a few 3rd party add-ons we have purchased and Microsoft is very supportive of having these add-ons to meet our needs.
  • Great Plains offers a software developer kit (SDK) called eConnect that allows extensive importing through .Net programming into Great Plains. This flexibility has been great when the need to import large files on a regular basis.
  • The support tools from an Admin stand point is great. Check links and reconcile are very good at fixing issue when they come up.
  • Microsoft support is great. They fix the issue quickly and describe why it happened.
  • A lot of document amounts can't be changed or updated, you have to delete them and recreate them if the total is wrong. This can cause a lot of extra hand keying of transactions if they mistyped them.
  • Integration Manager is limited and would benefit in have more options available to the end user.
  • Having a client application that ties into the server would be good. Currently we either remote into the server to access GP or use Citrix. It would be nice to have a way for users to access GP without Citrix or Remote Desktop.
It does accounting really well, it does payroll not so well. I say this because when you get into states that have complicated payroll laws like California, overtime calculations are hard to setup and get right. Same goes for other states when they do out of the normal pay structure like piece rate pay. It does HR, A/P and A/R really well and we have had no issues on that side; just payroll when it comes to certain states and how we do anything that is not salary or hourly.
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May 18, 2015

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Considering Microsoft Dynamics for your distribution business?"

Brad Price
Score 7 out of 10
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It is used for GL and AR & AP. A third party module is used for advanced planning and inventory management.
  • Simplicity of exporting smartlists directly to Excel in order to quickly analyze data
  • Ability to quickly import large journal entries as well as other data using integration manager
  • Printable manuals make it easy when you want to look for how to do something specific
  • Reporting and the ability to export reports to Excel; like a historical AP or AR aging; inventory reports
  • Regarding inventory management GP is only adequate to support a distribution type of business or the most basic high level manufacturing
  • It cannot be used in an advanced manufacturing environment; our company currently uses a third party inventory and planning module and will be searching for a replacement; as controller of the company I cannot defend the opinions from our Operations group that GP cannot handle our business without requiring a third party interface
Microsoft Dynamics GP is very well suited for distribution but it cannot be a solution for complex manufacturing.
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May 05, 2015

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "Great valueand functionality"

Kent Johnson
Score 8 out of 10
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We use the software in the Finance/Accounting department. We use the GL and AP modules extensively. We use the AR module for a small area of our company.

It is a very solid, flexible product that can be adapted to any company or industry.


  • We send some vendor payments by ach. We used another add on product to send an email remittance so they would know what was being paid. The software now has a built in area for this which makes set up and execution easy.
  • We have a few subsidiaries that are involved in different kinds of businesses. We can tailor the software to fit each business but still consolidate the results.
  • Distributing information to other departments is very easy, even though they don't have direct access to the software. We have created many reports and download them in various formats.
  • We like the functions that we use.
The software is robust enough to handle most situations but not so expensive as some of the solutions used by big companies.
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May 05, 2015

Review: "Microsoft Dynamics GP With Office 365 AND CRM"

BYRON RAMBO
Score 8 out of 10
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Microsoft Dynamics GP is being used for internal accounting and for client accounting. We act as the outsourced CFO for them. The client module integrates with every accounting CS module seamlessly and allows us minute-by-minute total knowledge of the financial affairs and conditions of the client.
  • Real time accounting between us and the client
  • Saves all work papers emailed, faxed, or scanned to the client folders for financial statements and taxes on our schedule
  • No client calls about "the computer made a mistake?'
  • Easier training on installation and integration
  • Cost to install - varies widely between the Microsoft Partners

Microsoft Dynamics GP must be set up by a trained accountant the first time it is implemented. The old Great Plains was not an easy program for new users and it does have a longer learning curve than other packages.

For medium to larger clients, its great and can be great for newer, fast growing companies.

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May 05, 2015

"Microsoft Dynamics GP Review"

Charles T Toomey
Score 6 out of 10
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Microsoft Dynamics GP is being used by the accounting department as the books of records for all financial reporting. Its our accounting system of record.
  • Ability to integrate files
  • Smart Lists reporting
  • Cannot run a combined trial balance for 2 companies
  • FX functionality is lumpy
Need to ask how Microsoft Dynamics GP can handle foreign subsidiaries and how you will want the reporting established.
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April 08, 2015

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "GP good for the user and the systems Integrator"

Jimmy Garces
Score 9 out of 10
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Dynamics GP is currently being used by our comapny as the the Accounting, Finance and Logistics teams. It provides a common tool that can be used across multiple departments. Its easy to use and provides many ways to integrate with the company's ERP system. We also use the Analytic Cubes, Management Reporter along with the out of the box SSRS reports for reporting.
  • The Inventory module integrates smoothly with the Accounting module. Along with the our third party Logistics addin, we can use handheld scanners to maintain our inventory.
  • Writing reports for use within GP is easy. I have written reports and published to GP within 30 minutes
  • The econnect API is easy and straight forward. We use it for many custom integrations such as automatic Invoice and Payables document generation.
  • More out of box reports that can be exported to excel in tabular form. There are to many text based reports that even though they can be exported to excel, are still not in a form that allows easy used.
  • Easier setup of the Web Services,
  • More workflow capabilities
Out of the box, GP offers a solution that can be used by many of the internal functionality groups. This includes logistics, Payables, Collections, Receivables and Purchasing. When you add the ability to drop third party tools into GP, you now have a flexible application that can be extended well beyond its original boundaries.
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May 14, 2015

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review: "GP Dynamics for the Restaurant Industry"

Gio Lima
Score 8 out of 10
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Used by the entire organization as the principal accounting and reporting system.
  • SQL database back-end
  • It is stable
  • There is a wide range of small to medium sized business users and support network
  • It is more user friendly than some top tier ERP systems
  • Cost center tracking
  • Financial reporting system
  • Cloud functionality
Microsoft Dynamics GP is suited for small and select medium sized businesses with cost sensitivities. It is not ideal for industries that require cost center tracking.
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December 18, 2014

Review: "Midwest Partner uses and sells Microsoft Dynamics GP"

Joel Rodencal
Score 9 out of 10
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The company I work for (Summit Group Software) is actually a reseller of the Microsoft Dynamics GP product, along with Microsoft Dynamics CRM. Having worked with GP for 15 years and seeing it grow from version 5.0 to the currently release of 2013, I can say that I am pleased with the progression that GP has made with Microsoft and I always look forward to future releases to see what they have added. The next release is due out in December (GP 2015) and really looking forward to what I have heard will be great enhancements.
  • GP is a great application to integrate other financial data to. The robustness of SQL helps GP adapt well to being able to integrate information.
  • GP with SQL is great to be able to provide Business Intelligence and get that information out to the related parties instead of relying on your accounting team to get you that information.
  • GP is always getting more functionality and moving with the times. Example in GP 2013 they released a web version so that you can access GP from any where, even a coffee shop!!
  • The internal reporting to GP is very old school and would like to see a tighter integration to SSRS or other reporting tools. (There are add-ons that do this well, but having it built into GP would be great)
  • Sometimes software packages put together by "developers" miss some of the simple things that "accountants" think of, and there are just some of those simple things that one has to just work around.
Microsoft Dynamics GP usually is a pretty good fit for most businesses. It has a great flexibility with all of the ISV add-ons out there as well as its own customization tools. To keep costs down one of the main questions is: "Who really needs to be in the actual GP application"? Can one get their job done by getting "real-time" reporting provided to them without having to take up a user and being in the application?
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Microsoft Dynamics GP Scorecard Summary

Likelihood to Recommend (145)
7.2
Likelihood to Renew (7)
9.9
Usability (4)
6.9
Availability (2)
10.0
Performance (1)
7.0
Support (3)
8.9
Implementation (3)
8.2
CPA Rating (1)
9.0
Product Scalability (1)
9.1

Feature Scorecard Summary

Pay calculation (10)
8.9
Benefit plan administration (8)
6.6
Direct deposit files (11)
8.3
Salary revision and increment management (10)
8.4
Reimbursement management (8)
8.5
API for custom integration (17)
8.1
Plug-ins (12)
8.8
Single sign-on capability (21)
8.9
Role-based user permissions (26)
8.9
Dashboards (16)
6.9
Standard reports (24)
7.7
Custom reports (23)
7.9
Accounts payable (30)
8.2
Accounts receivable (22)
8.3
Cash management (23)
7.9
Bank reconciliation (26)
8.2
Expense management (17)
8.2
Time tracking (7)
6.0
Fixed asset management (18)
8.4
Multi-currency support (10)
7.9
Multi-division support (16)
7.5
Regulations compliance (4)
7.9
Electronic tax filing (5)
7.8
Self-service portal (5)
8.0
Global Financial Support (3)
7.7
Primary and Secondary Ledgers (9)
8.3
Intercompany Accounting (6)
7.9
Localizations (4)
7.7
Journals and Reconciliations (9)
8.4
Enterprise Accounting (6)
9.0
Configurable Accounting (7)
8.6
Centralized Rules Framework (6)
8.3
Standardized Processes (7)
9.1
Inventory tracking (15)
7.8
Automatic reordering (5)
7.2
Location management (11)
7.4
Manufacturing module (8)
6.5
Pricing (9)
7.6
Order entry (12)
8.1
Credit card processing (7)
7.5
Cost of goods sold (14)
8.1
Order Orchestration (2)
7.5
End-to-end order visibility (2)
8.0
Order exception Resolution (1)
8
Branded client dashboards (3)
8.0
Client data roll-up capabilities (3)
7.0
Client data consolidation for benchmarking (3)
8.0
Configurable alerts (2)
8.0
Billing bypass (1)
8
Client template cloning (3)
8.0
Single sign-on (4)
8.0
Configurable client onboarding questions (3)
7.0
Cross-client workflow management (3)
8.0
Industry-specific versioning (2)
8.0
Legacy system data migration (4)
7.2

About Microsoft Dynamics GP

Microsoft Dynamics GP is one of the ERP products in the Dynamics family.

This is the original Great Plains product acquired by Microsoft in 2001, and has strong financial management and HR capabilities.

Customers tend to be professional services, finance and public sector companies.

Categories:  Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP),  Accounting & Budgeting

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