Great Plains Historical Timeline

David MeegoA little while ago I was sent a document which has the release dates for every release of Great Plains/Microsoft Dynamics GP from version 1.0 to the current version GP 2013 R2 (v12.0).

I thought it would be a fun exercise to post a summary of this timeline so you can get an idea of the wealth of history behind the product.

Product Released 

Release Date  
Dynamics Release 1.0 February 1993
Dynamics Release 2.0 & Dynamics C/S+ Release 2.0 31 May 1994
Dynamics Release 2.04 & Dynamics C/S+ Release 2.04 February 1995
Dynamics Release 2.11 & Dynamics C/S+ Release 2.11 18 Septemer 1995
Dynamics Release 2.20 & Dynamics C/S+ Release 2.20 04 December 1995
Dynamics Release 3.0 & Dynamics C/S+ Release 3.0  09 May 1996
Dynamics C/S+ for SQL Release 3.15 November 1996
Dynamics C/S+ for SQL Release 3.17   26 March 1997
Dynamics C/S+ ISAM Release 3.20   19 May 1997
Dynamics (LAN) Release 4.0 August 1997
Dynamics (SQL) Release 4.0  17 October 1997
Dynamics Release 5.0 & Dynamics C/S+ Release 5.0  09 September 1998
Dynamics Release 5.1 & Dynamics C/S+ Release 5.1 12 January 1999
Dynamics Release 5.5 & eEnterprise Release 5.5 18 August 1999
Dynamics Release 5.51 October 1999
Dynamics Release 6.0 & eEnterprise Release 6.0 24 July 2000
Dynamics Release 7.0 & eEnterprise Release 7.0 25 June 2002
Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Release 7.5  8 April 2003
Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains Release 8.0  2 June 2004
Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0   17 November 2005
Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 04 May 2007
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 (11.0) 01 May 2010
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 (11.0 SP2) 01 May 2011
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 (12.0) 19 December 2012
Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2 (12.0) 28 May 2014

Make sure you look at the GP Logos through the years post if you have not seen it already. 

Please post a comment to let me know what version you first worked with and when.

David

20-Apr-2010: Updated for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010.

05-Jul-2012: Updated for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2.

14-Dec-2012: Updated for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013.

14-Aug-2014: Updated for Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013 R2.