Great Plains, Not Great Pains: Why Times Are Changing for Dynamics GP HR and Payroll

My family still does not understand why I take so many trips to Fargo, ND. I try to explain that not only are the people super friendly, but Fargo has turned into a bit of a tech hub.

No one ever believes me until they visit for themselves.

This subject was recently discussed in Fortune's December article: Inside Fargo, America's Most Undervalued Tech Hub. 

If Fargo had to limit itself to a single story, it would be that of Great Plains Software, a fledgling startup built by North Dakotan Doug Burgum over nearly two decades and acquired by Microsoft in 2001 for $1.1 billion. Today, Microsoft is located on the south side of town and has grown to four buildings with more than 1,500 employees-the company's third-largest campus in North America.

Over the years, Great Plains (now officially known as Microsoft Dynamics GP), has grown a fantastic reputation of offering reliable accounting software, capable of supporting the most difficult accounting needs for a variety of business sizes. As many experts have said in the past, "GP is for when you graduate from Quick Books." And with a network of thousands of Microsoft Partners across the country who are certified GP resellers specializing in an assortment of industries and business needs, Dynamics GP has seen consistent growth and high customer retention.

While Dynamics GP has not always been known as a go-to solution for payroll, times are changing, and so is the Payroll and Human Resources solution provided by Dynamics GP. Microsoft Dynamics made a change to their ERP licensing a couple of years ago. The standard Payroll and HR module are now included in the core Dynamics GP ...