#GPPT ISV Society Demo Day on 05-Nov-2026
The ISV Society is holding a Demo Day for seven ISVs including Winthrop Development Consultants. Register for free to see what is new in GP Power Tools for Build 33 and lots more.
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#MSDynGP Microsoft Dynamics GP System Audit
Last year Dynamic Communities, in conjunction with Njevity, held a Dynamics GP Strategic Planning Summit delivered over 5 weeks. During the first module of the summit was a topic covering “Evaluating Your Dynamics GP and ERP Needs”, as part of this module I presented a session on how to perform a Microsoft Dynamics GP system audit.
For more information on the Dynamics GP Strategic Planning Digital Summit, see the article below:
#VSIT FAQ Why am I getting invoiced for or being asked to update Visual Studio Integration Toolkit
Starting in August 2026, the planned changes to the subscription model for 2027 for Visual Studio Integration Toolkit (VSIT) have been taking effect.
This article explains how those changes effect customers and partners of the product and hopefully answers any and all questions you might have. This article has been added to the VSIT Portal: https://winthropdc.com/VSIT
#GPPT GP Power Tools turns 20 years old (including Special Deal)
Yesterday marked the 20th Anniversary of the creation of the MBS Support Debugging Tool. This was the original name of the Dexterity based Tool originally created by David Musgrave while he was an Escalation Engineer on the Asia Pacific customer services and support team for Microsoft Dynamics GP.
The tool was released publicly to partners two years later on 03-Sep-2008 as the Support Debugging Tool (dropping the MBS prefix). With the help of Pam Mishialek, David secured the rights to the software, and it was renamed and re-released on 07-Jul-2015 as GP Power Tools.
#MSDynGP SQL Server 2025 Performance Issues with Microsoft Dynamics GP
This is repost of an article I wrote for the Knights of GP Blog. It explains the performance issues with using Microsoft SQL Server 2025 with Microsoft Dynamics GP and how to resolve them.
Here is the link to the original article on the Knights of GP site:
#GPUG Community Learners Event: No Code Customization, adding fields without Modifier and what’s new with GP Power Tools
It’s not too late to join the next Community Learners Event and learn about what’s new in GP Power Tools.
- Tuesday, 7th Jul 2026 at 10:30 AM (US EDT)
Using real-life examples, this session will demonstrate how GP Power Tools can enhance your Microsoft Dynamics GP investment. Discover how it addresses your pain points and makes the “impossible” possible.
#GPPT Changing Address IDs for Customers and Vendors
If you’ve ever needed to change an existing Customer ID or Vendor ID you would have found that there are tools available, but if you need to change the Address ID values for addresses associated with Customers and Vendors, you would you would be in for an arduous, manual, time consuming task as there are no tools available.
This article provides free sample projects that add these tools to Microsoft Dynamics GP using GP Power Tools – Developer Tools module. The code can be downloaded and installed easily.
#MSDynGP SQL Server 2025 Default Password Verifiers Causing Slow Microsoft Dynamics GP Performance
After 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).
#MSDynGP A save operation on table ‘XXXX’ (45)
Recently 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).
#GPPT Making Reason Code on Inventory Transactions Required
This 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.