Great Plains Historical Timeline
A 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.