The Five Microsoft Dynamics GP “Worst Practices”

April 9 2009

Articles often highlight best practices, that is, the consensus right way to do things. I've decided to take a look at some common worst practices. These are practices that organizations should discontinue with Microsoft Dynamics GP. Here are five of the worst:

1) Ignore Backups

Companies know that they should backup their Dynamics GP data, and may even think that it's being backed, but unless they've done a test restore, all they have is a hope and a prayer. Users need to stop guessing and
About Mark Polino

Mark Polino is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a former Microsoft MVP (2007-2018) for Business Solutions. He is the author or coauthor of 5 books related to Microsoft Dynamics GP.  Mark also maintains the Dynamics GP focused website DynamicAccounting.net. He speaks and writes regularly about ERP related topics. Mark has been a controller and CFO for a division of a publicly traded company and he has  worked as a consultant implementing ERP solutions. Mark holds additional certifications including Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) , Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA). Dynamics Credentialed Professional for Dynamics GP 2015 (Core Install and Core Financials), Xero Certified. He holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Central Florida and an MBA from Rollins College. Mark lives with his family in Florida.

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Comments

ahameed's picture
On April 15th, 2009 Mohammed AbdulHameed said:

When attached LDF and MDF database. when inquiring the data in GP is not properly display. every screen it shows the error messages. please help me this error message.
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On April 22nd, 2009 Frank Hamelly said:

Very very excellent!! Frank

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