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[Jo deRuiter]

More on User Security Workflows!  Go check it out on the official blog!

https://community.dynamics.com/gp/b/gpteamblog/posts/tag-dynamicsgpoctober2019—user-security-workflow

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[Mariano Gomez Bent]

Just so we are clear, there is no year number associated to the next build of Dynamics GP. It’s simply called Microsoft Dynamics GP which will be released in October 2019.

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Mariano Gomez, MVP, Dynamics Credentialed Professional
Director of Technology
Mekorma
ROSWELL GA
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[Theresa Nistler]

Hi Jo,

Great to see you are excited about the Dynamics GP features.  As Mariano mentioned, there is no year or number associated with this release for Dynamics GP.  Here is a link to a blog post by Terry Heley explaining the changes.
https://community.dynamics.com/gp/b/dynamicsgp/posts/microsoft-dynamics-gp-2018-r3-new-feature-blog-series-schedule

Thanks,

Theresa Nistler
Microsoft

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Theresa Nistler
Senior Program Manager
Microsoft
Fargo ND
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[Steve Erbach]

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Theresa and Mariano, it seems odd — actually, a bit more than odd — to remove the year designator from the product name. That’s a screwy marketing decision, in my opinion.

I see that Theresa herself has attached two different hashtags to her posts on the GPTeamBlog site: ???#DynamicsGPOctober2019 and #DynamicsGPOctober2019FeatureoftheDay. I’d say that, de facto, we’ll all be referring to GP with a year designator.

In future, when someone posts a question on the GPUG Forum, and a responder asks what version of GP the poster is talking about, what will that person say? What’s the Microsoft approved way to refer to GP versions? I’m not talking about 2010, 2013, 2015, etc…. I’m talking about going out a few years. Microsoft Dynamics GP… what? Is it to be version-less going forward?

I rather doubt that this marketing decision will stick.

With respect,

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“Sparkly” Steve Erbach – Green Bay, WI
Co-Chair, GPUG WI (Green Bay) Chapter
Blog: https://www.gpug.com/blogs/steve-erbach
Twitter: twitter.com/serbach


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[Theresa Nistler]

Hi Steve,

Yes, this will take some getting used to, but we are excited because the change also means Dynamics GP is being handled in the same way as the other Microsoft Products with Modern LifeCycle.  There will be a version change with each release for Dynamics GP; for the October 2019 release, the version will be 18.2.  

I am tagging each feature so you know when the change will be released, thus #DynamicsGPOctober2019FeatureoftheDay. This way it will be easy to search and identify the features in each release.

Thanks for the feedback.
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Theresa Nistler
Senior Program Manager
Microsoft
Fargo ND
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[Jo deRuiter]

Hey

I just got off the phone with Terry Heley and and are correct!

Just like We would refer to the Windows 10 version as Windows 10 October 2018 release, GP will now be regarded by the month and date it was released, which makes sense as a more common identifier of Microsoft releases.

So this one is Microsoft Dynamics GP (October 2019 Release) and I’m guessing if a new major version is released in, say April 2020 it would be called Microsoft Dynamics GP (April 2020 Release).   Would that be a correct assumption, and ??????

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[Kerry Hataley]

Hi Steve – So a couple of things to understand mostly from the Modern Lifecycle of products…

When Microsoft talks about PowerBI for example it is not PowerBI 2018, it is just PowerBI.
When they talk about new features, it is PowerBI October 2019 release or PowerBI April 2019 release.
As partners, not users, we have a obligation to refer to products as Microsoft has defined.

In Theresa’s blog she references the correct hashtag that the model lifecycle has taken #DynamicsGPOctober2019 – Dynamics GP is the product and October 2019 as the new features release, not a new product release. I believe this is the new mind set we need to understand, in that it is no longer a new product, but only new features to our great GP, and it keeps improving the product moving forward. That is the key…

Talking with the GP team in Fargo, from their support side, they will handle this just like all the other modern lifecycle apps and how they currently handle GP – they need to know what version number you are on 18.0.0704 as an example.

As Terry Heley has noted in one of her many great articles, this is the way that the product has moved to. BUT we need to understand that it has no end date, so it is still being developed and improved on moving forward. This is very important!

As for moving forward, once you are on Dynamics GP 2018, and you apply any of the updates for tax or anything, you are on the new feature version. It is as simple as that, just like PowerBI.

Thank You

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Kerry Hataley
CEO & President
Nanook Software, Inc
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[Steve Erbach]

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Well, if you say so.? I use Power BI and I’m used to seeing new features every month. I know that beneath the surface GP version numbers increase incrementally. So now, instead of saying “2016 R2”, we’ll say “October 2019.” OK.

What will the user see when s/he clicks on “About Microsoft Dynamics GP…”? Will that “October 2019” nomenclature appear?

Thank you for filling me in. I’m curious about this here “modern lifecycle”. I guess I’ll have to bestir myself and read about it.

Sincerely,

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“Sparkly” Steve Erbach – Green Bay, WI
Co-Chair, GPUG WI (Green Bay) Chapter
Blog: https://www.gpug.com/blogs/steve-erbach
Twitter: twitter.com/serbach


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[Beat Bucher]

All,
I just wanted to add my 2cts.. from a user perspective, the decision by Microsoft to remove a “year” designation to GP isn’t going to change their mind.. and it’s going to make it even more confusing. 
An update remains an update, and as such it will to be handle the same way as every other updates in the past, be that 2015, 2016 or 2018, even minor updates like R2 as mid-term releases.
Microsoft move GP into the world of ‘Modern Lifecycle’  level, but for a customer, it’s the same old routine as before.. You still have to plan months ahead when you want to go a new version, even if Microsoft says the opposite, and would now threat GP “updates” as the semi-annual Windows 10 updates.. Every time a my Win10 gets a semi-annual update, I’m doing priers that it won’t break all my system, or even purely stop working.. (don’t get me started on this, I’ve been a Windows Insider since Day 1 of Win10).. 
GP is and remains a complex ERP system, with many things that can go wrong every time you’re going to apply an upgrade (Year-End Service Pack or mid-year tax update).
Should we still talk about “Upgrade” ? or will that simply become an “Update” ?  the question remains and the future will tell us how well this is going down the customer line.. No one is just blindly going to apply an update, just because it has become a commonality like every Office or Windows update..  
Future only will tell me right or wrong..

PS: Microsoft already tried that with the bi-annual update in a fast paced frequency.. we all know what happened.. got back to annual update only.

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Beat Bucher
Business Analyst, Dynamics GP SME
Montreal QC/Canada
@GP_Beat http://www.gp-geek.com
Montreal QC GPUG Chapter Leader
MBS MVP (2015-2018)

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