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5 Useful Features in Microsoft SharePoint

Ensuring your organization stays consistently well-informed can be a challenging task at times. The help of SharePoint will take the worry out of keeping up with communication and ensure that your business stays seamlessly connected. This powerful and versatile platform is designed to share and manage content, integrate other applications, and create interactive reports and […]

Opal: The Experts in Microsoft Dynamics GP

When it comes to Microsoft Dynamics GP, experience matters. That’s why Opal Business Solutions has been a trusted name in the industry since 2001. We’ve grown from a specialized Dynamics GP provider to a Microsoft Gold and Solutions Partner, serving a wide range of Microsoft products. In this blog, we’ll delve into what makes us […]

Overpaying for Microsoft Dynamics GP?

While enterprise software like Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) offers invaluable tools for managing financials, HR, and operations, many businesses find themselves overpaying for the support and maintenance of this powerful solution. Let’s explore why businesses are overpaying for Microsoft Dynamics GP support and how Opal Business Solutions can help optimize costs and streamline operations. […]

The Future of Microsoft Dynamics GP

For many organizations relying on Microsoft Dynamics GP, concerns have arisen amidst speculations about its potential discontinuation. In today’s blog, we delve into the heart of these uncertainties, seeking clarity on what lies ahead for Dynamics GP. Microsoft Dynamics GP isn’t going anywhere. Mike Morton, Microsoft’s Vice President of Dynamics 365 Business Central, provided these […]

PLEASE NOTE– GP 2010

**Please note** 2014 was the LAST year end update for GP 2010…end of tax / updates is October of 2015…if you are on GP 2010, you will need to look at upgrading and planning. Please contact us for further assistance

Dynamics CRM- Email Account Owner on new Case

The workflows within Dynamics CRM are a powerful tool to allow for non-programmatic activities to accomplish. The first approach is to plan out what the expectations are for the customer and then to have a detailed flow of the process. As with all processes, they are bound to change, but the more detail you have […]

Migrating Management Reporter Database to New SQL Server

When migrating a Management Reporter database to a new SQL server, we followed the exact steps in KB 2744330. Backup Management Reporter on the old SQL Server. Remove the integration in Configuration Console. Remove the Application and Process services in Configuration Console. Restore Management Reporter database on the new SQL Server. Run script provided […]

GP/CRM Connector – Invoices Only with Write-In Products

In the middle of an implementation of CRM 2015, a client of ours expressed that they needed the invoices to come over into CRM from GP without Products. We reviewed the connector and tried multiple attempts, but the invoices would fail if the invoice in GP was tied to a product in GP. Even if […]

Merging Duplicate Records in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Merging is available in CRM on accounts, contacts and leads. It allows users (with the right permissions) to select two records and merge the information contained in both records into one winning record. The losing record will be deactivated. When two records are merged, all the child records associated to the losing record will be […]

Financial Reporting for Non-profit Organizations with Dynamics GP

Financial Reporting for Non-profit Organizations with Dynamics GP By Opal Business Solutions Financial reporting has been the leading Business Intelligence process since the inception of analytics – and this is no different for non-profit organizations. If you’re using Microsoft Dynamics GP, you’re aware of the accounting system’s built-in financial report writing functionality. That said, several […]