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WHY IS THE SUPPORT DEBUGGING TOOL / GP POWER TOOLS SO AMAZING
David Musgrave MVPManaging Director,
Winthrop Development Consultants
Béat Bucher MVPBusiness Analyst, Ultra Electronics
Forensic Technology
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Introductions
Overview of Support Debugging Tool / GP Power Tools
Demonstration
Q & A
AGENDA
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Managing Director of Winthrop Development Consultants
Microsoft Dynamics GP Most Valuable Professional (MVP)
Worked with Microsoft for 13 and a half years
Lives in Winthrop, a suburb in the city of Perth
Where is Perth, Western Australia?
DAVID MUSGRAVE
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Fun facts:Perth is the most isolated capital city in the world
Perth has the largest inner city park in the world, Kings Park, yes, bigger than even New York’s Central Park. It was also the first park to be designated for public use in Australia in 1872 and host to Australia's largest wild flower show and exhibition.Sharks
Dolphins
Sharks
Sharks with Lasers for EyesStinging
Jellyfish
Razor Sharp Coral
Cyclones
Stingrays
Sharks
Fires
Poisonous Snakes
Crocodiles
Giant Rats
Dingoes
Scorpions
Scorching Desert
Giant Spiders
Mosquitoes
Man-eating Koalas
Drop Bears
NOTHINGFloods
Tasmanian Devils
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© Kirk Hille – All rights reserved. Photograph used with express permission from Kirk Hille.
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Business Analyst, Ultra Electronics Forensic Technology
Microsoft Dynamics GP Most Valued Professional (MVP)
Lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Born in Bercher, Switzerland
Where is Bercher (in the district of Gros-de-Vaud)?
BÉAT BUCHER
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Fun facts:Bercher has an area of 4.25 square km with 57% farms, 26% forest, 1% water and 16% settled.As at December 2013, it had a mainly French speaking (92%) population of 1,149.
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Béat woz ‘ere
Béat’s School
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Introductions
Overview of Support Debugging Tool / GP Power Tools
Demonstration
Q & A
AGENDA
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Support Debugging Tool (SDT) initially created in August 2006 Publically released in September 2008 Last release was Build 19 in September 2014 (Day before losing job) Discontinued when David Musgrave left Microsoft in October 2014
Negotiations with Microsoft for exclusive rights finalized in March 2015 Renamed to Winthrop Development Consultants’ GP Power Tools (GPPT) Release Build 20 for GP 2010, GP 2013 and GP 2015 in August 2015 Distributed and Supported worldwide by Mekorma
HISTORY
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GP POWER TOOLS MODES
Standard Mode (User) Features Manual Logging Mode Dex.ini Settings (4 tabs) Resource Information Security Profiler Security Information Security Log * Runtime Executer * SQL Executer * .Net Executer * Configuration Export/Import Screenshot Send Email
Advanced Mode (Administrator) Features Automatic Debugger Mode Setup Dictionary Control XML Table Export XML Table Import Runtime Execute Setup SQL Execute Setup .Net Execute Setup * Configuration Maintenance Administrator Settings (4 tabs) Administrator Password Setup * Dex.ini Configuration Database Validation * Setup Backup and Restore *
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Installed on all workstations using installer (silent install available) Data is now stored in SQL tables (more secure and simpler) Still use a single shared location to store log files and exports Shared location controlled by using Administrator settings Security settings to allow all users to access Standard Mode Security settings to allow administrators to access Advanced Mode Set up and enable SQL Profile Tracing functionality
RECOMMENDED CONFIGURATION
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The Support Debugging Tool (SDT) is unsupported and discontinued Unsupported SDT builds for v8, v9 and v10 are available for download
GP Power Tools builds available for GP 2010, GP 2013 and GP 2015 Purchase annual subscription for special introductory price of US$365 A “dollar a day” for peace of mind, even get a day for free every 4 years GP Power Tools is distributed and supported worldwide by Mekorma
GP POWER TOOLS AVAILABILITY
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Product contains features that can be used by– Customers: End Users, System and Database Administrators– Partners: Implementers, Consultants and Developers
We will highlight features new to GP Power Tools
Tweet using #GPPT #MSDYNGP #GPUGSummit Clap, cheer, whistle, stomp your feet and answer “Yes it can!”
GP POWER TOOLS DEMONSTRATION
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DEMONSTRATION
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WE MADE IT
LINKSQ & A
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GP Power Tools Portalhttp://WinthropDC.com/GPPT
Support Debugging Tool Portal (Retired)http://aka.ms/SDT
PORTAL LINKS
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David Musgrave’s Winthrop Development Consultants Bloghttp://www.winthropdc.com/blog
The Dynamics GP Geek blog (by Béat Bucher)http://dyngpbeat.wordpress.com/
Developing for Microsoft Dynamics GP Blog – retired(by David Musgrave & the Developer Support Team)
http://blogs.msdn.com/DevelopingForDynamicsGP/ or http://aka.ms/Dev4DynGP
LINKS
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CONTACT PRESENTERS
David [email protected]@winthropdc
Béat [email protected] @GP_Beat
