Encore has created several unique promotions for Dynamics GP users transitioning to Dynamics 365 Business Central. With multiple offers available, you can stack eligible offers for maximum benefits and savings.
Don’t miss out on these limited-time promotions. To learn more and discuss your eligibility, contact us or reach out to your Account Manager.
Dynamics GP users are transitioning to Dynamics 365 Business Central for one or more of the following reasons:
Read a more detailed overview of the benefits of transitioning from GP to D365 Business Central.
The transition to a cloud-based solution saved us in a recent cyberattack. The only way we were able to continue to bill customers and pay vendors during the three-week outage was entirely thanks to D365 Business Central!
Maria Leonard, Corporate Controller, Omega Industries
When you transition to D365 Business Central, you unlock an AI-powered business assistant designed to help your team work more efficiently. Microsoft Copilot and intelligent agents automate routine tasks, guide users through change, and turn Business Central data into clear, actionable insights.
How Copilot supports your team:
With Copilot AI capabilities built into Dynamics 365 Business Central, your ERP becomes more intuitive, efficient, and future‑ready.
The right time to transition to Dynamics 365 Business Central will differ for each business. All Dynamics GP customers need to have a conversation with their Account Manager to determine the right time to transition.
The factors you should consider when determining your business’s right time include:
To discuss the timeline that makes sense to your business, please reach out to your Account Manager.
You can choose from three different Encore plans for your transition from Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central.
You can have Business Central mirror the configurations of your GP system with Reflector, move to Business Central more quickly with Accelerator, or re-evaluate and modernize your processes as you move to Business Central with Fresh Start.
Mirror your current business processes from Dynamics GP into Dynamics 365 Business Central.
With Reflector, we configure Dynamics 365 Business Central using the most important elements in your current GP environment as a reference point.
It won’t be exactly the same as your GP environment, but the Business Central configuration will reflect the processes already familiar to your team. Furthermore, the timeline, cost, and your team’s effort needed to transition will be lower than in a Fresh Start.
Fast, fixed-price, and fixed-scope implementation for companies with simpler requirements.
For companies with less complex requirements, Accelerator is the fastest way to move to Dynamics 365 Business Central. You can build out your own fixed-price package, depending on the capabilities you need.
Also, you can add integrations and ISV add-ons on top of your Accelerator package. Some clients choose to start with an Accelerator plan to transition quickly to Business Central, and later do a follow-up project where Encore builds out more of the functionality they want in Business Central.
Update and improve your business processes as well as your ERP.
The Fresh Start plan is right for companies who want to use their transition to Dynamics 365 Business Central to re-imagine business processes, configuration, and reporting.
This is often the best choice for companies whose processes, size, tech stack, or market has changed significantly since their initial implementation. It also fits well for companies that are planning for such changes in the next 1-3 years.
Over the years, I’ve had the opportunity to work with several Encore team members, both on day-to-day technical challenges and longer-term planning initiatives. Their knowledge, guidance, and honesty have served us extremely well. They take the time to understand our situation, offer realistic recommendations, and genuinely care about our success. That combination of expertise and integrity makes Encore a partner we truly enjoy working with.
Paul Volpiana, Director, Information Technology, Canterbury Coffee Corporation
A Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central transition proceeds in four steps.
For our existing customers, because Encore is already familiar with your business, the analysis step begins with collaboration between our GP and Business Central resources to review your environment, data, and history of projects and support cases.
A transition from Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central takes between three and twelve months, depending on the size of your project.
Project size is broadly defined by the number of modules used, as well as factors such as the complexity of your business processes, volume of data, and any third party/ISV add-on products.
These size classifications are general guides, and there are other factors that can impact a project.
Additionally, of the three different plans you can choose from, Accelerator tends to be the fastest. Fresh Start tends to take the most time because it includes updating and improving your business processes. Here’s an overview of what a small, medium, or large project usually includes:
For more information on how long a transition to Dynamics 365 Business Central takes, watch this video:
There are four important steps you can take to prepare for transitioning from Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central:
Yes, there are different promotions available for Dynamics GP clients moving to Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Business Central Migration Assessment (formerly AIM) is an on-premise to cloud ERP assessment with a baseline technical and functional overview. For more information, please see our On-Premise to Cloud ERP Assessment blog article.
Encore has created several unique promotions for Dynamics GP users transitioning to Dynamics 365 Business Central. With multiple offers available, you can stack eligible offers for maximum benefits and savings. To learn more and discuss your eligibility, contact us or reach out to your Account Manager.
The two most important differences in how Dynamics 365 Business Central licensing works as compared to Dynamics GP licensing are cloud hosting and named licenses.
Cloud Hosting: In Business Central, there is no fee for hosting your ERP in Microsoft’s Azure cloud. You don’t buy or license a server. The user licenses include that hosting for free. Furthermore, you never have to pay annual enhancement plan fees again.
Named Licenses: In Business Central, each license is assigned to a named individual user, and licenses are billed on a per user, per month basis. There is no minimum number of users, and furthermore, you can quickly scale up and scale down your number of users.
The table below summarizes the prices of the three main license types:
For more information, please see Dynamics 365 Business Central | Licensing and Pricing Answers.
During the transition process, there is no downtime for GP. Once the set cutoff date is determined, besides closing month entries, there should be no more entries entered or posted in GP. During the Operations phase, user access will be set to read-only in GP.
Yes, you can keep access to GP after going live, so that your users can look up past transactions if your server is up and running. The GP license is in perpetuity and clients often choose to maintain access to their legacy system for historical purposes.
At Encore, we are experts in both Dynamics GP and Dynamics 365 Business Central, with teams experienced in both systems.
These teams collaborate to ensure a smooth transition, combining technical skill in Microsoft products with change management and training for success in testing, adoption, and implementation.
We help you develop a technology roadmap tailored to your business by leveraging the capabilities of the full Microsoft business stack: Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365 (Office 365), Power BI, and more.
We also provide guidance tailored to your specific situation. As your Dynamics Partner, Encore takes the time to understand your business needs, goals, and strategy to create a technology plan. We can help you plan out the timeline, technology choices, and cloud strategy that will unlock growth for your business.
Start the conversation today about your cloud strategy and transition to Dynamics 365 Business Central.
Don’t miss out on the limited-time promotions created for Dynamics GP customers moving to Dynamics 365 Business Central. To learn more and discuss your eligibility, contact us using the form below or reach out to your Account Manager.