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Dynamics GP – What’s Next? The “Why” and “How” of your Dynamics GP Upgrade & What You Need to Know about GP and the Cloud

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Dynamics GP –What’s Next?The “Why” and “How” of your Dynamics GP Upgrade&What You Need to Know about GP and the Cloud

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Why Upgrade your Car?

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Agenda

Welcome

Why Should We Upgrade Dynamics GP?

How Does the Upgrade Process Work?

The Cloud and GP – What you Needto Know

Q & A

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Why should we Upgrade Dynamics GP?

New Features

New Servers

Stay in Support

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Why should we Upgrade Dynamics GP –New Features11

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Improved Web Client: Support for HTML5, Mekorma MICR, Single‐ClickSmartList Access

Updated User Experience: Additional AP/AR Sort Options, Password Protectionfor SmartLists, Only Enter System Password Once Per Session

Comprehensive Document Attachment: Documents stored as database objects, attach images, PDFs, etc., attachments can flow from customer and item cards

Expanded Workflow Capability: Reminder emails, copy workflow steps

Intelligent Edge: Replicate your Dynamics GP data to D365 Business Central and receive analysis and content on your GP home page

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Why should we Upgrade Dynamics GP –New Server Benefits

Consider adding functionality on your new servers – Business Intelligence, Web Client, Document Management, other ISV products

Get Current on today’s Microsoft Offerings for Server, Desktop, and Office

Enable Remote Access for your GP System through Remote Desktop, Citrix, etc.

Consider a Move to the Cloud

Improve Efficiency for Your Users

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Why should we Upgrade Dynamics GP –New Server Benefits

Windows Server

Windows Server 2012 and 2016

Windows Desktop

Windows 7, 8, 10

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office 2013, 2016

SQL Server

SQL Server 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 (Expected Fall 

2019)

What do we need in order to run Dynamics GP 2018? 

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Why should we Upgrade Dynamics GP – Stay in Support Supportability – Microsoft Mainstream Support: 

– Ended for Dynamics GP 2010 on 10/13/2015– Ended for Dynamics GP 2013 on 4/10/2018– Ends for Dynamics GP 2015 on 4/14/2020 (This time NEXT 

YEAR!)– Ends for Dynamics GP 2016 on 7/13/2021– Ends for Dynamics GP 2018 on 1/10/2023

New licensing model if upgrading from GP 2010 or Prior– Unlimited MR licenses

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How does the Upgrade Process Work?

The Upgrade Timeline

Benefits of a Test Upgrade

What Can Velosio do During our Upgrade?

Keeping Momentum

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The Dynamics GP Upgrade Process

Where are you now? User Testing and Training Ongoing Support and Enhancements

Talk to your CSM, fill outthe upgrade questionnaire

Get comfortable with your usual processes, learn about What’s New

We’re here for you after theupgrade and What’s Next

Test Upgrade

Benchmark the upgrade process, identify and resolve issues early

Go Live

Make the move to the latest and greatest Dynamics GP

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What’s the Benefit of a Test Upgrade?

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Upgrade a copy of your Dynamics GP data either on your new GP servers,or in the Stratos Cloud

Both your current GP environment and your new environment are availableduring the testing period – NO DOWNTIME

You have a relevant training environment, it’s your data and your modules

Identify and Resolve issues before they impact production

Your Velosio Upgrade team can benchmark how long your upgrade process takes, minimizing downtime and increasing efficiency during the cutover process

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What can Velosio do During your Upgrade?

Data Transfer

Take backups of your GP data and move to 

new servers, on premise or in the 

Cloud

Software Installation

Install and upgrade the latest version of Dynamics GP and your ISV products. Dozens of ISVs can be upgraded directly 

by our team

Custom DevelopmentUpgrade custom code with ourin‐house GP 

development team

Integrations

Update your integrations, we 

support Scribe, eOneSmartConnect, and Integration Manager

User Training

Train users on What’s New inGP and much,much more

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How to Keep Momentum after your UpgradeSystem AssessmentVelosio can perform on‐site or remote assessments of your business to suggest improvements

Leverage the relationship developed with your Upgrade team for support and ideas for future projects

Keep in Touch

Now that you are on the latest version of GP, you can implement 

new modules and the latest version of ISV products

Implement New Solutions

Train Your UsersVelosio offers interactive 

and comprehensive training for GP and Beyond

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The Cloud and GP – What you Need to Know?

New Servers Increase Your Efficiency

All Dynamics Support Under one Roof

Your Cloud Grows Along with your Business

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New Servers Increase your Efficiency

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Stratos Cloud runs on Microsoft Azure – 54 Global Hosting Regions, 95% ofFortune 500 companies run Azure

Latest processor and storage technology decrease delays

Free up your internal server resources for your own applications by offloading Dynamics to the Stratos Cloud

You can perform your Dynamics GP upgrade and Stratos migration in one project

Access your Dynamics GP Environment ANYWHERE through Remote Desktop

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All Dynamics Support Under one Roof

Faster Response TimeWith Velosio as your Cloud Partner, we can quickly access your system for support incidents or system enhancements.

The same Cloud experts who create your system are also the ones who support it. They’ll support your servers, Microsoft Office, and user security

Specialized Expertise

Server backups and antivirus are included with your system. Our Cloud team will schedule server updates around a time 

that works for your organization.

Proactive Monitoring of your System

Free up your IT TeamBy hosting your Dynamics 

environment with Velosio, your IT team is unburdened from directly 

supporting Dynamics and the servers it runs on.

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Your Cloud Grows Along with your Business

Adapt Servers to your Growth

Server memory and storage can be quickly adjusted to fit your needs

Velosio offers and supports your Office 365 in the Stratos Cloud

Office 365

Self‐Serve Licensing

Submit requests for new user licensing through the Portal 

and we’ll take care of it

Turn servers from a large capital expense to a 

manageable OPEX with monthly payments

Affordable Monthly Payments