Dynamics GP Administration and Hosting Services
Our Dynamics GP admins have been supporting all versions of Microsoft Great Plains accounting software since 1998
Why Outsourcing Dynamics GP Administration Makes More Sense
10 Reasons
- Cost savings vs outsourcing to a consulting firm. The going average hourly rate charged by consulting firms is somewhere around $275+/hr (depending upon market location). We offer pay-go hourly support for much less along with fixed monthly pricing for all hosting plans. Generally speaking, outsourcing to us should reduce your Dynamics GP related costs by more than 50%.
- Cost savings vs hiring a dedicated employee. Recent salary surveys suggest base salary for a senior Dynamics GP Consultant to be well over $120k/yr. Add approximately +28% employer burden (benefits and employer taxes) to that puts the cost for a dedicated Great Plains admin employee at over $150k/yr. Base salary for a senior Dynamics GP Administrator is well over $75k/yr. Add approximately +28% employer burden to that puts the cost for a dedicated employee at over $96k/yr. Outsourcing to us would cost a fraction of either of those, plus no gaps in coverage due to time off, etc.
- Cost to switch - Hosting with us is optional, but if your on-premise Dynamics GP system is up-to-date and you own your own Dynamics GP licenses, we should be able to migrate your Dynamics GP implementation to the Microsoft Azure Cloud at no cost for the migration labor. That’s right – free. Labor for migration of 3rd party software or customizations may be additional, depending upon amount of effort required. We can also migrate and update from any previous version of Dynamics GP and roll the labor cost into the monthly hosting fee.
- Cost savings with hosting. Hosting with us is optional, but highly recommended to maximize savings. We offer fixed monthly pricing for all hosting plans. You can bring your own Dynamics GP licenses, or we can provide them. We can migrate all your Dynamics GP servers entirely to the Microsoft Azure Cloud, or we can perform a hybrid migration to keep on-premise network resources connected and available to your Dynamics GP users.
- Cost savings – all upgrades included. Hosting with us is optional, but labor for all future Dynamics GP upgrades is covered by all hosting plans. That alone would save most organizations tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars annually. Labor for upgrades of 3rd party software or customizations may be additional, depending upon amount of effort required.
- Availability. We provide 24/7/365 support. 3 hour response time guaranteed, with actual average response times being within minutes.
- Convenience – user access. We can support or implement web browser and/or remote desktop user access. We can integrate user access with Azure Active Directory (seamless login using Office 365 credentials), standard Active Directory Services (login using network user credentials), or a mix of both (web browser users login with AAD while remote desktop users login with ADS, for example).
- Convenience – no interruptions. We focus entirely on user support during your business hours while performing “heavy lifting” activities after-hours. That means no interruptions or system down-time while your users are working during the day; and we can usually turn-around or deliver updates and effort-intensive support requests by next business day.
- Continuity. Many bogus rumors, most planted by less-than-honest competitors, about Dynamics GP going away soon have been circulating online. While it may be true Microsoft wants new implementations to be on Dynamics 365, the current installed Dynamics GP base will continue to be supported. We have been supporting only Dynamics GP since 1998; and we intend to continue supporting only Dynamics GP indefinitely.
- Peace of mind. Some organizations may prefer to engage us for labor services, but maintain their existing relationship with their long-time Microsoft Partner reseller. In this way, they enjoy both labor cost savings and the peace of mind that their existing partner is still there as a backup. That is perfectly okay with us. We will strive to win you over 100%, eventually.