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Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc ----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a
Consider the needs to first make Server hardware selection,often translated in Windows Small Business Server installation andconfiguration, Microsoft Exchange setup, Dynamics GP MS SQL Server Reporting Servicesreports installation and web exposure, Dynamics GP Business Portal andSharepoint application, plus of course Microsoft SQL Server itselfinstallation, maintenance plans setup, including DB backup. All these questions should be addressed andyour IT support consultant should be familiar with all or some of these toolsand technologies. In this publication weare giving you Dynamics GP networking support options overview: 1. Hardware selection for initial Dynamics GP GreatPlains implementation or version upgrade. You should check with your Great Plains VAR and ask them to give yourecommended Server and Workstation hardware and software configuration. For each version of GP Microsoft BusinessSolutions has special recommendations. Please, pay special attention to SCSI hard drives and theirconfiguration, as this seems to be substantial cost of the server hardware andit translates to your data storage reliability 2. SQL Server. We assume that you are on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and installingDynamics GP version 10.0. Please, readrecommended SQL maintenance plans for Dynamics GP databases. Here you cannot just follow the instructions,you need to work out the strategy. Forexample, if you have heavy GP transactions traffic, and you need point of time you will need to switch your company DB to full recovery model then you willbe able to setup fill back up with the series of following transaction logsbackups. These questions might betrivial for experienced MS SQL Server DBA, but if you are small business owner you have to know at least the right questions to ask in selecting Networkingconsultant 3. New GP users installations. If you decide to host your Dynamics GP serveras well as GP client (on Citrix or Terminal Server) then there is no need toinstall new GP client application. However here you will need appropriate printer drivers installation onthe hosted Terminal Server computer in order to allow users print GP invoicesand reports locally in the office. Inthe case of deploying GP on your network locally you may decide to create GPinstallation package and publish new update or GP service pack automatically 4. Alba Spectrum support. We offer local Dynamics GP aware engineers inChicago, Houston, San Diego and Orange County. For country side businesses we offer web sessions training for your IT departmentsas well as remote support via VPN and RDC technologies
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