Microsoft Great Plains Version Update FAQ – Alba Spectrum
Andrew Karasev
Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP version upgrade should be planned, it is not recommended to do it impulsively
Microsoft Dynamics GP ERP version upgrade should be planned, it is not recommended to do it impulsively. In order to facilitate your homework we would like to give you highlights in technical and functional compatibility areas
1. Microsoft Dexterity core. Great Plains is Dexterity application, which has new technologies, incorporated in Dexterity and serving as additions (and in some cases as replacements) to Dex: eConnect, Sharepoint (with approval cycles), Microsoft Office stack integration, plus integrations with Microsoft CRM, RMS and other MS business applications. The message here is to check if you have custom Dexterity logic – this is first step to analyze and address in version upgrade
2. Great Plains Dex modifications upgrade scenarios. Dexterity was designed as GP Dynamics IDE and programming language, and one of its fundamental features is upgradeability. However this should be given to the hands of professional Dexterity programmers. In the best case scenario, you should have DYNAMICS.DIC dictionary with your customization source code (in the case of Dex it is sanscript codes). Dexterity modification upgrade has further specifics, required to be taken to consideration in upgrade, this is outside of the scope here.
3. Third Party modules. Great Plains is the platform, open to Microsoft Business Solutions ISV, who extends GP business logic. Typically these extensions are written in Dexterity and distributed as Dexterity chink. The examples of popular ISV names for Great Plains: Mekorma, Avalara, Intellisol (late 1990th), Albaspectrum, and others. If you deploy third party GP extension module, you should check if third party tool is available for the new version, where you plan to upgrade
Andrew Karasev, Alba Spectrum Group: http://www.albaspectrum.com help@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains customers in USA/Canada nationwide. Local service is available in Houston, TX: Richmond, Sugar Land, Katy, Rosenberg, Missouri City, Pearland, Friendswood, Meadows, Mission Bend, Jersey Village; Chicago, IL: Naperville, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Romeoville, Joliet, Wheaton, Lisle, Downers Grove, Schaumburg, Elk Grove, Lombard, Woodridge, Darien, Westmont, Batavia, St. Charles, Elgin, Crystal Lake. Service is also available in Houston and Dallas metros, plus internationally in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Oceania and UK. USA nationwide we serve all the states via remote support: CA, NY, WA, PA, FL, IN, MI, MA, MN, GA, AZ, WI, AL, HA, CO, NV, NM, NC, SC, LA
For more information:
Alba Spectrum Group: http://www.albaspectrum.comhelp@albaspectrum.com 1-866-528-0577, 1-630-961-5918, serving Microsoft Dynamics GP Great Plains customers in USA/Canada nationwide
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Why buy-to-let is a long-term business
Why buy-to-let is a long-term business
By Jim watson
Buy-to-let has come in for some stick recently, with many gloomy predictions that the industry faces downfall because of the slowdown in the general UK property market.
For_Immediate_Release:
United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland (Press Release) September 29, 2007 -- Buy-to-let has come in for some stick recently, with many gloomy predictions that the industry faces downfall because of the slowdown in the general UK property market .
Despite the fact that rents are going up because more would-be buyers are opting to put off attempts to get on the housing ladder, a point demonstrated by the frequent 20 per cent plus rise in rents in mortgage renewals revealed by research from Hamptons International this week, many have still talked of a possible crash.
But this is not likely at all, least of all for large, professional investors, Ray Boulger of mortgage advisors John Charcol has stated.
He said: "From the point of view of buy-to-let investors, I would not recommend anyone enter that market with a short-term view." The problem, Mr Boulger explained, is that some smaller investors have done just that in the mistaken belief that a pot of gold awaited at the foot of every rainbow.
"Professional investors are aware that property prices don't just go up forever, but some of the amateurs have been sucked in on the basis that we've had 12 years of property prices rising and they perhaps haven't factored in that that's not going to happen forever," he said, adding that "as long as you expect the return to be good over the long-term, then you accept that".
On this basis, one may conclude that those cases reported in the press of buy-to-let investors who have seen their property market ventures end in tears have fallen into the former category. Those taking a longer-term view, however, with finances geared up to rise out occasional storms, can enjoy the benefits in the long-run.
Mr Boulger stated that house prices are likely to "flatline for a year or so", although in the light of the credit crunch and the wait-and-see approach to interest rates of the Bank of England monetary policy committee (MPC), which has spoken of uncertainty about how the economy will turn and expressed unanimity in holding rates for two successive months, this prediction may not be certain. However, one can hypothesise a situation where, as long as consumer prices index inflation remains below the government's two per cent target, interest rates will fall and the housing market pick up again as a result.
The possibility of such a cut taking place has now been hinted at by MPC member Andrew Sentance, who told the Guardian today that factors such as the credit market situation could exert "downward pressure on inflation", which the MPC would "take into account" when setting rates. Already, the paper notes, analysts are tipping a November rate cut, so such a move will not be a surprise.
Yet whatever happens to interest rates, the economy at large and the housing market in the coming months, the message about the long-term stability of the buy-to-let market is clear: those who are geared up for such an approach, Mr Boulger has stated, will sail into calmer waters in due course, while only those who have chased the quick buck have lost out.
For more information:
Address:Assetz House, Newby Road, Stockport,Cheshire,SK7 5DA fax:0845 400 6010
email:linkexchangeseo@gmail.com
By Jim watson
Buy-to-let has come in for some stick recently, with many gloomy predictions that the industry faces downfall because of the slowdown in the general UK property market.
For_Immediate_Release:
United Kingdom of Great Britain & N. Ireland (Press Release) September 29, 2007 -- Buy-to-let has come in for some stick recently, with many gloomy predictions that the industry faces downfall because of the slowdown in the general UK property market .
Despite the fact that rents are going up because more would-be buyers are opting to put off attempts to get on the housing ladder, a point demonstrated by the frequent 20 per cent plus rise in rents in mortgage renewals revealed by research from Hamptons International this week, many have still talked of a possible crash.
But this is not likely at all, least of all for large, professional investors, Ray Boulger of mortgage advisors John Charcol has stated.
He said: "From the point of view of buy-to-let investors, I would not recommend anyone enter that market with a short-term view." The problem, Mr Boulger explained, is that some smaller investors have done just that in the mistaken belief that a pot of gold awaited at the foot of every rainbow.
"Professional investors are aware that property prices don't just go up forever, but some of the amateurs have been sucked in on the basis that we've had 12 years of property prices rising and they perhaps haven't factored in that that's not going to happen forever," he said, adding that "as long as you expect the return to be good over the long-term, then you accept that".
On this basis, one may conclude that those cases reported in the press of buy-to-let investors who have seen their property market ventures end in tears have fallen into the former category. Those taking a longer-term view, however, with finances geared up to rise out occasional storms, can enjoy the benefits in the long-run.
Mr Boulger stated that house prices are likely to "flatline for a year or so", although in the light of the credit crunch and the wait-and-see approach to interest rates of the Bank of England monetary policy committee (MPC), which has spoken of uncertainty about how the economy will turn and expressed unanimity in holding rates for two successive months, this prediction may not be certain. However, one can hypothesise a situation where, as long as consumer prices index inflation remains below the government's two per cent target, interest rates will fall and the housing market pick up again as a result.
The possibility of such a cut taking place has now been hinted at by MPC member Andrew Sentance, who told the Guardian today that factors such as the credit market situation could exert "downward pressure on inflation", which the MPC would "take into account" when setting rates. Already, the paper notes, analysts are tipping a November rate cut, so such a move will not be a surprise.
Yet whatever happens to interest rates, the economy at large and the housing market in the coming months, the message about the long-term stability of the buy-to-let market is clear: those who are geared up for such an approach, Mr Boulger has stated, will sail into calmer waters in due course, while only those who have chased the quick buck have lost out.
For more information:
Address:Assetz House, Newby Road, Stockport,Cheshire,SK7 5DA fax:0845 400 6010
email:linkexchangeseo@gmail.com
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