What’s your plan for GP?
Staying, moving, or waiting to see. Microsoft picked an end date — that does not mean you have to pick a whole new system.
GP does not stop working on any of these days
It stops being supported and updated. Those are different things, and the difference is the whole reason this is a planning decision rather than an emergency.
New subscription licensing ended
Microsoft stopped selling new subscription licences for Dynamics GP. Existing customers were not switched off.
Support and updates end
Microsoft support and product updates for GP end. Your installation keeps running; it stops receiving new versions and assistance.
Security updates end
The last of the security updates. For most distributors this is the date that actually shapes the plan, and it is far enough out to make the decision properly.
Most GP shops get shown two choices
Stay where you are, or move the whole business onto something new. Both are real. Neither is the only one, and the one you have not been shown is usually the one worth pricing.
Stay on GP
It works, and it will keep working. What changes is that after 2029 nobody is updating it, and after 2031 nobody is patching it. Worth deciding deliberately rather than by default.
Replace everything
A full move to a new platform. A real option, and the one most distributors mean when they say “I can’t envision it, it’s too big.”
Modernize the operation first
Put orders, inventory, pricing, purchasing and sales onto software built for distribution, and make the decision about the financial platform underneath it separately, on your own timetable.
The screens are not all rewritten yet. So: not yet.
Asked whether Centerprism is a full GP replacement, the accurate answer today is no. Orders, inventory, pricing and purchasing run in Centerprism. Existing GP customers still use GP for portions of the financial and posting workflow while those screens are being rewritten.
We would rather you heard that from us on a web page than found it out at contract stage. Ask for the current module map and we will send it in writing.
- Runs in Centerprism today — order entry, inventory, pricing, purchasing, sales
- Still posts through GP today — portions of the financial and posting workflow
- Ask and receive in writing — the current module map, and what is base versus separately licensed
What will changing systems actually require from us?
That is the question underneath the first one, and it is usually the one that decides it. Learning curve, procedural change, data migration, support, and whether your people can be spared. Here is what we can tell you about our side of it.
- The screen should fit the job. Tell us the fields a role actually uses and the rest comes off
- Fixed-fee implementation — one number, not an hourly meter
- A person in the U.S. answers when you call. Not a queue as the whole offer
- Familiar territory for a GP shop — the workflow is not a blank slate for your team
- It runs where you want it — your server, a data center, Azure or AWS
If you cannot picture the project at all, ask us to walk you through what the first month looks like. The fear is usually of an unknown shape, and describing the shape is most of the answer.
You already own the database. The question is what runs on top of it.
Bring one thing that takes too long today — a customer’s order status, what a vendor has been charging you, what is sitting on the shelf — and we will show you that question being answered on screen.
Frequently asked questions
GP, Answered StraightStaying, moving, or waiting to see?
Whichever it is, it is worth being a decision. Twenty minutes on your operation, and we will tell you plainly whether we are a fit.
