Dynamics GP Support Ends in 2029. Move on Your Terms — Not in a Panic.
Microsoft has closed Dynamics GP to new customers and set an end-of-support clock: mainstream support ends December 31, 2029, with security updates stopping April 30, 2031. Business Central is its designated successor — a lower-cost cloud platform that keeps your GP history intact, cuts manual work, and modernizes reporting. Qixas has moved hundreds of companies with zero data loss. Start now, and you move on a calm timeline instead of a forced one.
Microsoft
Solutions Partner
20+ yrs
of Dynamics experience
Hundreds
of migrations completed
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data-loss guarantee
Sound familiar?
Staying on Dynamics GP Gets Riskier Every Year
GP still runs your books, but the ground is shifting under it. New GP licenses are already closed, the support clock is ticking toward 2029, and the day-to-day costs and limitations are only growing.
Support is ending
Microsoft has stopped selling GP to new customers. Mainstream support ends December 31, 2029, and security and compliance updates stop April 30, 2031 — after which staying put becomes a real security and audit risk.
The cost of staying keeps rising
Servers, SQL licensing, backups, and the people to maintain them add up every year — while enhancement plan fees buy you a product with no roadmap. The economics keep tilting toward moving.
GP wasn't built to scale
Growing data volumes, more legal entities, and international operations strain GP fast — and every workaround is another expensive customization bolted onto aging architecture.
Reporting still means exporting to Excel
Management Reporter, SmartLists, and endless Excel exports. Leadership decides on data that's already stale, and nobody has one live, trustworthy picture of the business.
A patchwork of third-party bolt-ons
Workflow, document management, EDI, and web access were all bolted on with separate ISV products GP couldn't do natively — each one another license, integration, and thing to maintain.
GP talent is getting scarce
The consultants and staff who know Great Plains are retiring or moving to Business Central. Finding help — and hiring finance people who want to work on legacy software — keeps getting harder.
The platform
Business Central Is GP's Successor — and the Move Pays for Itself
Business Central is Microsoft's designated successor to Dynamics GP: the same financial discipline GP is trusted for, re-engineered as a modern cloud platform. The reason to move isn't novelty — it's a lower total cost, less manual work, real-time reporting, and room to grow, all on a system that updates itself twice a year. And when you're ready, Copilot and AI are already built in — capability you grow into, not a reason to rip and replace.
Lower Total Cost of Ownership
Cloud SaaS retires the servers, SQL licensing, backups, and upgrade projects GP demands. Predictable per-user subscription replaces a stack of infrastructure and maintenance costs.
Less Manual Finance Work
Automated bank reconciliation, approvals, and workflows cut the repetitive tasks that fill GP days — companies commonly reduce manual finance work by 30–40% after moving.
Built to Scale With You
Multi-entity, intercompany, and international operations that strain GP are native to Business Central — grow into more companies and geographies without re-platforming again.
Real-Time Reporting
Retire Management Reporter and Excel exports. Power BI reads your ERP data directly for live, drillable dashboards — one trusted picture instead of a dozen conflicting spreadsheets.
Familiar to GP Users
The chart of accounts, dimensions, batch posting, and period-close concepts your team already knows carry forward — so adoption is an evolution, not a fresh start.
Future-Proof, AI-Ready
Two automatic releases a year keep you current for good, and Microsoft Copilot is built in — so AI assistance is there to adopt on your schedule, not another project to buy.
Core capabilities
What You Gain on Business Central
Everything GP did for your ledger — plus the modern depth mid-market companies need — on one cloud platform that keeps improving. Here's what the move actually puts in your hands.
Cloud Financials & Operations
The full financial core GP is trusted for, re-engineered for the cloud and extended with the operational depth growing companies need.
Outcomes
What Moving Off GP Actually Delivers
The move isn't just deadline insurance — it changes your cost base, how much manual work your team carries, and how fast you can see the business.
in servers to maintain
Cloud SaaS retires on-prem hardware, SQL licensing, and backups.
less manual finance work
Automation removes the repetitive tasks that fill GP days.
deadline, met early
Move on a calm timeline before support and incentives run out.
reporting
Live Power BI dashboards replace Management Reporter and Excel.
Why Qixas
Why Qixas for Your GP Migration
A GP move is a finance transition, not a file copy — and doing it well takes people who genuinely know the system you're leaving. Qixas has spent 20+ years in the guts of Dynamics, from Great Plains through modern Business Central, with hundreds of migrations completed. We know how GP posts, where its data-quality landmines hide, and how to move you across with the numbers provably intact.
Genuine GP expertise — we read the system you're leaving, so customizations, add-ons, and history are judged correctly, not guessed at
Finance-led migration with reconciliation gates — trial runs with automated reconciliation prove balances, subledgers, and dimensions tie out before anyone relies on the new system
Rationalize, don't lift-and-shift — most clients retire 40–60% of legacy GP bolt-ons by mapping them to native Business Central or modern AppSource apps
Safe cutover — parallel running and a documented rollback plan mean you move with confidence, around your quiet periods
Set up to modernize — we configure the foundation so reporting, automation, and Copilot deliver real value after go-live, not just a checkbox
Client stories
GP Companies That Made the Move
How mid-market companies replaced aging Dynamics GP with Business Central — lower cost, less manual work, and their history fully intact.
“We ran GP for over fifteen years and were terrified to move our history. Qixas migrated everything with zero data loss and cut over without missing a close. Our finance team never had to fall back to the old system.”
Controller
Mid-Market Distribution Company
“Management Reporter was our ceiling for years. On Business Central with Power BI, leadership finally has live dashboards instead of Monday-morning Excel exports. It changed how fast we make decisions.”
VP of Finance
Manufacturing Company
“The bolt-ons we'd stacked on GP for workflow and web access just disappeared — Business Central and the Power Platform do it natively now. Fewer vendors, one platform, and a lower monthly bill.”
CFO
Professional Services Firm
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions, Answered
When exactly does Dynamics GP reach end of support?
Why move to Business Central specifically?
Will moving actually save us money?
What happens to our years of GP history?
What about all our third-party GP add-ons?
Move Off Dynamics GP — Safely, and on Your Timeline
Start with a free GP migration readiness review. We'll inventory your system and add-ons, map your history, and build a cost-of-staying vs. cost-of-moving comparison and a realistic timeline — before any commitment.