Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release: Install Dynamics GP Client

Microsoft Dynamics GPThis post is part of the Hands On with Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release series where I am going to go hands on with installing the Microsoft Dynamics GP Fall 2021 Release and associated products.

Microsoft Dynamics GP hasn’t had server components for quite a few years now, so the first part of installing a new version of Dynamics GP, is to install the standard client. I always recommend to clients that the SQL Server just be a SQL server, but sometimes when a system database is being created or upgraded I do, on a temporary basis, sometimes install the first client on the SQL Server.

In this set of posts, I am creating a new test environment so everything is going to be installed on the SQL Server; this is NOT a recommended approach for a production system.

I only mention it now, as the first window you will see on a PC on which you first install a component of Dynamics GP is the Bootstrapper Setup and which I will only be seeing once during the set of blog posts; click Install to install the prerequisites:

Microsoft Dynamics GP Bootstrapper Setup

Select your Country/Region and click Next:

Microsoft Dynamics GP - Country/Region Selection

Accept the terms of the License Agreement and click Next:

Microsoft Dynamics GP - License Agreement

Select the features which are to be installed and click Next:

Microsoft Dynamics GP - Select Features

Enter the Instance name of the SQL Server which will host the system database and decide what system database name you will be using; click Next to continue:

Microsoft Dynamics GP - SQL Server

If you’re happy with your selections, click Install to begin the installation:

Microsoft Dynamics GP - Install Program

Once the installation is complete, click Exit:

Microsoft Dynamics GP - Installation Complete

In the next post of this series, I’ll step through creating the system database.

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