Dynamics GP 2015 to
GP 18.7 Upgrade

Our team at GP Support North has been supporting Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) for over 30 years.  Over that time we have performed over 1,000 upgrades and implementations of ERP, CRM and Cloud applications.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2015 R1 and R2 (Version 14.x.xx ) are no longer supported by Microsoft. But GP Support North can and will support you and can perform your complex multi-stage upgrade.

• Your GP 2015 version was released in February 2015 and recently went off of Microsoft mainstream support in April 2020.
• GP 2015 uses SQL Server 2012 or SQL Server 2014.  Each of which are also off of mainstream Microsoft support and presents serious security and stability risks.  SQL Server 2014 ended mainstream support in July 2019.
• Also worth noting is the current operating system: Windows Server 2019 no longer supports VBA, which was popular at the time of your original implementation of Dynamics GP (Great Plains).
• Your version of Dynamics GP 2015 R2 is a few versions behind and may need to follow a multi-step upgrade path.  This involves 1 or 2 upgrade 'hops' to intermediate versions before moving to the latest version of Microsoft Dynamics 18.7.xx (aka GP 2025).  This process would include test upgrades and validation along the way before upgrading your production environment.
• Odds are you are using Management Reporter for corporate reporting.  This toolset is still being supported with CU (Cumulative updates) from Microsoft.  We can also recommend some Power BI analytics to complement your continued investment in Microsoft Dynamics GP.
• Some of your past customizations and integrations may need to be replaced with current out-of-the box functions or with other ISV add-on or customizations.  As noted above VBA is no longer supported.
• Our team recommends that you upgrade to the latest Microsoft Dynamics GP 18.7.xx or at least to the previous Dynamics GP 18.6.xx