EPISODE 3: CLOUD OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES

PART 3

Examining the Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 BC upgrade conversation

In the first episode of this series about upgrade strategies for Microsoft Dynamics GP customers, Karen Riordan of Menlo Technologies and Peter Joeckel of TurnOnDynamics joined us to discuss the wide-ranging the experiences of these organizations and varied viewpoints they hold today when it comes to the much-hyped promise of moving from on-prem ERP to Dynamics 365 Business Central in the cloud.

On this second episode, we go deeper on the needs of GP customers today. The tens of thousands of GP customers in the world are a diverse group. Some have watched carefully as Microsoft and other vendors have released their new generation of ERP solutions, while others need someone to come in and start from the beginning on what cloud is all about. Peter and Karen agree that GP customers should expect their partners to take a consultative approach rather than acting as an extension of their IT team. And they discuss some of the signs that a company is a good candidate for moving to pure cloud ERP as opposed to some other alternative.

SHOW NOTES

• 2:15 – Why now is the time to talk about GP customer upgrade options
  
• 8:45 – Defining two of the unique reasons why GP customers are
  motivated for a change
  
• 16:45 – Are GP customers moving to cloud hosting?
• 20:15 – Multi-tenancy – what it means that GP doesn't support it
  
• 22:45 – Peter makes the case for why GP to BC is not an upgrade
  
• 24:45 – Are GP users educating themselves?
  
• 28:45 – Why Karen is seeing interest in Intelligent Cloud
  
• 30:15 – Where should this series go from here?