#MSDynGP SQL Server 2025 Default Password Verifiers Causing Slow Microsoft Dynamics GP Performance

David Meego - Click for blog homepageAfter the release of Microsoft SQL Server 2025, we are now starting to see customer sites implementing the new version in their Microsoft Dynamics GP environments.

So far, I have been notified by two customers, that I work closely with, that they are having issues with Dynamics GP performance being slower on the SQL Server 2025 than their previous SQL Server version.

The following information on the issue and a solution has been provided by my colleague and friend, Arthur Achilleos, with a call out to Rob Farley MVP (who assisted Arthur’s troubleshooting).

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#MSDynGP A save operation on table ‘XXXX’ (45)

David Meego - Click for blog homepageRecently an issue came up on a customer’s system and today another customer had a similar issue. I thought it would be worth writing it up on the blog to help others who come across it.

The issue is an error when attempting to save data within Microsoft Dynamics GP resulting in a dialog in the form below:

Unhandled database exception: A save operation on table ‘XXXX’ (45).

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#GPPT Making Reason Code on Inventory Transactions Required

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is the seventh article in the series on making window fields required. If you have not yet read the introduction article to the series, please read that first:

This example uses GP Power Tools to make the Reason Code field on the Item Transfer Entry Scrolling window required. This article was prompted by a support request that came in today.

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#GPPT Adding Custom Fields to Microsoft Dynamics GP without using Code or Modifier part 5

David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows. In the previous articles we showed how easy it is to add, modify and format the layout of extra fields using GP Power Tools with the new Custom Fields feature.

We thought we were done, but now the request has come through from the HR team to include the Pet related custom fields on the Employee report.

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#GPPT Adding Custom Fields to Microsoft Dynamics GP without using Code or Modifier part 4

David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows. In the previous articles we showed how easy it is to add, modify and format the layout of extra fields using GP Power Tools with the new Custom Fields feature.

Now we have one final request…. The HR Team want to have the custom fields displayed on the Employee Inquiry window.

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#GPPT Adding Custom Fields to Microsoft Dynamics GP without using Code or Modifier part 3

David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows. In the previous articles we showed how easy it is to add and modify extra fields using GP Power Tools with the new Custom Fields feature.

Now we have a yet another problem …. “Boss Level Scope Creep”….

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#GPPT Adding Custom Fields to Microsoft Dynamics GP without using Code or Modifier part 2

David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows. In the previous article we showed how easy it is to add extra fields using GP Power Tools and its new Custom Fields feature.

Now we have a new problem …. “Scope Creep”. The HR department has realized that their employees might have more than once pet and so would need allow for multiple types of pets to be selected.

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#GPPT Adding Custom Fields to Microsoft Dynamics GP without using Code or Modifier part 1

David Meego - Click for blog homepageEveryone wants extra user defined fields on their Microsoft Dynamics GP windows.  It is possible to add extra fields but there have always been compromises. Either it requires custom development with scripting and modified or alternate windows, or fields are in a separate window or sidebar, and the data is often stored in multiple records across multiple tables.

This year, as we celebrate 20 years of GP Power Tools, the upcoming Build 33 adds Custom Fields. This amazing new feature allows you to add almost any field to any window without any code or using Modifier.

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#GPPT GP Power Tools Build 33 Sneak Peek Login MFA and SSO for Dynamics GP

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis year GP Power Tools turns 20 years’ old, and we will celebrate by releasing Build 33 with many enhancements and new features and some fixes. The release of GP Power Tools Build 33 for Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.4 or later is planned for mid-year, once all the development and documentation is completed.

We are excited to tell you about one of the major new features … Login Control.

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#MSDynGP The Knights of GP – Commitment beyond 2031

David Meego - Click for blog homepageWinthrop Development Consultants is fully committed to the continued support of Microsoft Dynamics GP and its ecosystem. Our ISV products are only compatible with Dynamics GP and have been created to solve pain points and missing features as requested by the GP community.

While Microsoft has stated that they will cease support for Dynamics GP in 2031, it is important to note that “End of Support” does not equate to “End of Life”. There is plenty of life left in the product and, with the support of the community, GP will live on well past the official end of support. A driving force in the community support will be the Knights of GP.

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#Dexterity Announcing Dexterity Training before Community Summit 2026 in Nashville, TN, USA

David Meego - Click for blog homepageDo you want to customize Microsoft Dynamics GP or have customizations that you want to support into the future? Now is your chance for both customers and partners to get trained in Dexterity, the development environment that Dynamics GP is built on.

Understanding Dexterity will help any developer working with Dynamics GP regardless of the development environment they end up using. This knowledge is vital for developers using Dexterity, Visual Studio Tools (C# or VB.Net), “End of Life” Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) or using the GP Power Tools – Developer Tools module.

I will be running the 5-day Dexterity Fundamentals for Dynamics GP bootcamp training class in the week before the Community Summit conference in Nashville, Tennessee, USA in October. Please register for the training now and plan to be in Nashville for the week before the conference.

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#MSDynGP Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.7 Document Attach Fix Creates Data Issue

David Meego - Click for blog homepageRecently, Mike from Thybar Corporation contacted me about an issue he was seeing in Microsoft Dynamics GP v18.7 with General Journal document attachments.

Journal Entry attachments that had been added before upgrading Microsoft Dynamics GP to v18.7 could no longer be viewed from the Journal Entry Inquiry window after the upgrade.

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Temp Table Errors – An open operation on table ‘MBS_sySecurityView’ failed because the path does not exist

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis article is an update to previous articles about errors on temporary tables when using Microsoft Dynamics GP. We have seen a recent increase in issues of this type as well as a misunderstanding of what is happening to cause the issues.

The issue shows as a dialog with a message like:

An open operation on table ‘MBS_sySecurityView’ failed because the path does not exist
An open operation on table ‘WDC_Field_Security_Tag_TEMP’ failed because the path does not exist
An open operation on table ‘IV_Reconcile_PO_TEMP’ has an incorrect record length.

The name of the table can vary but the examples above include a couple of common ones from products I created, being GP Power Tools and Field Level Security (Advanced Security). However, this issue is due to the Windows environment and has nothing to do with the Dexterity product or SQL Server.

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#GPPT Adding 6 Additional Item Category Fields Version 2

David Meego - Click for blog homepageHere is an awesome update to the previous sample customization which added 6 Additional Item Category Fields:

This update makes the following improvements, but does need at least Build 32 of GP Power Tools to work:

  1. Replacing the data storage location with GPPT Custom SQL Tables instead of the DUOS (Dynamic User Object Store) table, including providing a script to move any existing DUOS data to the new tables.
  2. Updating the Report Writer functions with the faster memory-based parameters options.
  3. Adding the 6 additional Item Category fields to the Item Class Setup window, including pulling the fields when a class is added and roll down class level changes.

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#GPPT #MSDynGP Making your Dynamics GP system faster and decreasing data space Part 3

David Meego - Click for blog homepageOver time the amount of data stored by your Microsoft Dynamics GP system can get quite large. Without buying new hardware, there is a simple way to make your system faster and decrease the space used to store your databases.

This is where a couple of the features of the Database Module of GP Power Tools come in to help. This is article 3 of 3 in the series.

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#GPPT #MSDynGP Making your Dynamics GP system faster and decreasing data space Part 2

David Meego - Click for blog homepageOver time the amount of data stored by your Microsoft Dynamics GP system can get quite large. Without buying new hardware, there is a simple way to make your system faster and decrease the space used to store your databases.

This is where a couple of the features of the Database Module of GP Power Tools come in to help. This is article 2 of 3 in the series.

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#GPPT #MSDynGP Making your Dynamics GP system faster and decreasing data space Part 1

David Meego - Click for blog homepageOver time the amount of data stored by your Microsoft Dynamics GP system can get quite large. Without buying new hardware, there is a simple way to make your system faster and decrease the space used to store your databases.

This is where a couple of the features of the Database Module of GP Power Tools come in to help. This is article 1 of 3 in the series.

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#MSDynGP The Knights of GP – Join the Fireside Chat

David Meego - Click for blog homepageI am finally getting back to work after travelling and presenting at Community Summit 2025 in Orlando and visiting family in the UK. Still got lots of tasks to catch up on but I wanted to write about the Knights of GP.

The Knights of GP is planned to be a community based co-op of customers, consultants, Independent Software Developers (ISVs) and partners who will work together after Microsoft stops supporting Microsoft Dynamics GP to allow the product to remain supported by the community who use and love it. Join us for the tomorrow’s Fireside Chat…

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#MSDynGP Support for Microsoft Dynamics GP is Ending – What now?

David Meego - Click for blog homepageThis is an article I wrote for the recently released Fido magazine. The magazine was published in time for Community Summit 2025 in Orlando by Fidesic, who offer Payables Automation solutions for Microsoft Dynamics GP and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Go visit them at booth 1545 for the full magazine.

Thanks to Carl Robinette from Fidesic who reached out and offered the opportunity to write an article for the magazine, and to my wife, Jennifer, who helped me with multiple rewrites. 🙂
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#MySummitNA See you soon at Community Summit 2025 in Orlando

David Meego - Click for blog homepageToday, I am off on my way to Orlando, Florida, USA for the Community Summit 2025 conference. With a 12 hour time difference between Perth and Orlando and an almost equal distance from the equator, I will truly be going halfway around the globe with my Friday lasting 36 hours.

I will be presenting a 5 day Dexterity class and a 1 day GP Power Tools class and then being involved with and presenting at least seven sessions. I will also be taking advantage of a number of “Advanced Networking Opportunities” including being a sponsor of the PowerGP Online party on Wednesday night.

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