Seven Ways to NOT Get Answers to Your Microsoft Dynamics GP Questions via Newsgroups

July 23 2010

The shift from newsgroups to forums is well under way for Microsoft Dynamics products. Mariano Gomez highlighted the trend in a recent article. With the change, I wanted to examine the best ways to actually get your questions answered in the forum.

Moderators care a lot about how questions are formatted.  Certain types of questions will either go unanswered or get non-answers. Avoid these types of questions if you want to actually receive an answer:

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

Steve_Chapman's picture
On July 23rd, 2010 Steve Chapman said:

This is an excellent post. I used to be a regular contributor to the GP forum, or whatever it was called at the time. But I stopped doing it precisely for these reasons. There are people that have logged over 1,000 questions!
vaidy's picture
On July 23rd, 2010 Vaidhyanathan Mohan said:

Awesome post, Mark. Very thought provoking.
VictoriaYudin's picture
On July 26th, 2010 Victoria Yudin said:

Fabulous article Mark, thank you! -Victoria
istewart's picture
On August 4th, 2010 Ian Stewart said:

This should be required reading for all in the community.
drumnut's picture
On August 4th, 2010 Sean Reynolds said:

Great post Mark! As someone who is the GP Support Analyst for a Dynamics GP Partner this list should be required reading for all clients and consultants.
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On August 13th, 2012 Cynthia Schaefer said:

Anyone using Qbica Excel ? If so any positive or negative comments....

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