| This product in the past was introduced by Great | | | | opinions it was very solid and bug free versions of |
| Plains as Small Business Manager and currently it is | | | | Great Plains Dynamics. On the Server, insert CD of |
| part of Microsoft Dynamics family of ERP products. | | | | SBF 7.5, and select install Multi-User Server |
| SBF is in essence scaled down version of Great Plains | | | | components. Be sure to make a backup prior to |
| Dynamics with DYNAMICS.DIC - Dexterity written | | | | upgrading, plus print out major reports: balance, P&L, |
| business logic dictionary. Current version is 9.0. It also | | | | AR and AP aging - we recommend you to compare |
| has FRx reporting, version 6.7 is distributed with | | | | it with the same after upgrade reports |
| latest SBF. As Small Business Financials is for small | | | | 3. Continue toward version 9.0. You do not need to |
| businesses, it is often common that they do not | | | | enter 7.5 reg key, assuming you have them for |
| upgrade to the new version and even skip one or | | | | version 9.0. Version 9.0 installs into standard path on |
| two versions. In this small article we will consider | | | | drive C Program Files: Microsoft\Small Business |
| upgrade scenario from version 6.0 to 9.0: | | | | Financials |
| 1. Microsoft SQL Server or MSDE version. If you are | | | | 4. Modified Reports. These are stored in Reports.DIC |
| on 6.0, you may already be on SQL 2000. Version 9.0 | | | | file. SBF Utilities will offer you to upgrade modified |
| could be hosted in SQL 2000 as well or you may | | | | reports. Please know that not all the reports could be |
| consider after upgrading SBF to 9.0 also update MS | | | | upgraded, some of them need to be rebuilt or |
| SQL from 2000 to 2005 | | | | re-modified. |
| 2. Intermediate version 7.5. We recommend you to | | | | 5. FRx upgrade. It is similar to FRx for Microsoft |
| stick to upgrade path via version 7.5 as in our | | | | Dynamics GP. |