Microsoft Dynamics GP End Of Life? 2031 is it - Modern Lifecycle & End of Updates

Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains End of life is pretty real now. At least it feels more imminent than ever. They officially given an end date of 2029 for new updates. We've been covering the Dynamics GP end of life saga for a couple of years in this post. We'll keep updating it as new info comes out.

(Jan. 2025 Update) Microsoft has extended the cutoff date for Dynamics GP support. The date has been extend from September 2029 to the end of 2029 so users can meet their 2029 year-end payroll and tax obligations. Security patches will still be available until April 30, 2031.

(Sept. 2024 Update) Microsoft has officially announced Microsoft Dynamics GP end of life. But don't worry you pretty much have 7 years. This news comes on the heals of several similar announcements over the last couple of years as Microsoft appears to be doing its best to let the Great Plains community down easy.

📆Important Dates for Microsoft Dynamics GP End of Life

• April 1, 2025: No new deployments of GP under Perpetual Licenses. Subscription licenses can still be purchased for one year

• April 1, 2026: No new customer sales of Dynamics GP of any kind

• December 31, 2029: End of product enhancements, regulatory (tax) updates, service packs and technical support.

• April 30th, 2031: End of security updates.

What You Should Do About It

1. Don't panic... 2029/2031 is a long way off

2. Research other ERP systems now. If you are on GP, odds are you have a bunch of customizations and 3rd party add-on solutions. You will likely want to take these with you when you migrate to a new system, so knowing which solution is best for your current set up is key.

3. Be ready for 2029 end of product enhancements, regulatory (tax) updates, service packs and technical support. Microsoft may be ending these updates but there are solution experts out there who can still provide them.

4. Be ready to move to a new solution before April 2031. Or be ready to hang in there with a legacy solution that may or may not hold your processes back.

5. Talk to your Microsoft Partner (VAR/SI) today and start planning. Don't wait until August 2029.

Fidesic Is Committed to GP Users

As long as you are on Dynamics GP, you can keep using Fidesic for Dynamics GP.  Read More about Fidesic's Dynamics GP Commitment

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Below is or previous info on Dynamics GP end of life prior to June, 2024.

Great Plains End of Life

✔ If you are on GP18.2 or newer you don't have to fear 2028
✔ If you are not on GP 18.2 or newer you should talk to your partner
✔ There are discounts for GP users to upgrade to BC
✔ Non-profits currently on GP can get a 60% discount off of BC
✔ BC implementation is a new ERP. Not an upgrade from GP.

Microsoft has announced new customer sales of Microsoft Dynamics GP will end April 2026. So far nothing changes for existing Dynamics GP users, but beginning three years from now, there will be no new Dynamics GP sales for subscription licensing. New perpetual licensing sales end earlier, in 2025. Again, no change for existing customers. They can continue to purchase new licenses and modules beyond 2026.

"We know that Dynamics GP has a loyal community and Microsoft is fully committed to supporting existing customers and partners," said Microsoft in a statement. "For existing customers there are no changes. We will continue to provide regulatory (tax) updates, security updates, and hotfixes to ensure the current version of Dynamics GP remains up to date, including any usability and reliability updates needed to address top customer issues that are critical in ensuring businesses run successfully on Dynamics GP."

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Key Points on End of New Sales:

• No change for existing customers. They can continue to purchase new licenses and modules beyond 2026.
• Tax and other product updates for Dynamics GP, including some features enhancements already planned for 18.6 due to release October 2023.
• Starting April 1, 2026 new customer sales of Dynamics GP end.
• Starting April 1, 2025 no new sales of GP Perpetual Licenses. Subscription sales can still happen for the additional year.
• The price of subscription and perpetual licenses are going up starting in October 2023.
• Enhancement plan rates are also increasing from 17% to 18% and Advantage plan rates from 19% to 20%.
• The support life cycle remains as is posted today (and has not changed) – See Below

Microsoft adopted a cloud-first model several years ago. Since then, they have released a barrage of new cloud products from collaboration and productivity suites like Teams and Office 365, to enterprise resource management like their Dynamics 365 offerings. With this major change, customers and partners have been wondering how long they can expect Microsoft Dynamics GP to be available.

While Microsoft has plans to continue supporting GP for many years to come, there will no longer be new features updates (Learn more below). The following roadmap shows when support will stop for older versions of GP while up-to-date users will now be on the Microsoft Modern Lifecycle.

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Microsoft GP End of Life?

Microsoft told Community Summit North America 2022 conference-goers that the latest October 2022 release of GP 18.5 will be the last major features update. Despite this news, Microsoft has told the community that GP will continue to receive regulatory, tax and security and functionality updates, and Microsoft is committed to continuing support for GP. See Summit NA 2022 Highlights to learn more.

During the Dynamics GP General Session at Summit, Microsoft announced the new features in the release of GP 18.5. These include:

• Account category lookup options
• Warnings and tools to manage inactive vendor address records
• Ability to print 1099-NEC forms
• New cash receipts option in transaction entries
• Workflow option for "no approvals needed

Modern Lifecycle and the Future of GP through 2028 and Beyond

Watch the video below to find out more about the future of Dynamics GP or read on. 

In this video you will learn what Microsoft has said about the future of GP, What a Modern Update Cycle Means for You, Importance of have a 'Cloud ERP,' Where GP Excels & Where GP is Lacking.

Starting out as the stalwart Great Plains accounting software and later acquired by Microsoft as Dynamics GP, GP has been a go-to ERP solution for growing businesses and that doesn't seem to be changing according to Microsoft's latest roadmap. 

What is GP Modern Lifecycle and the latest info from Microsoft: 

1. Since the October 2019 release, GP has been on the Modern Lifecycle services which means the version names are no longer being used. Any version released after GP 2018 is simply known as Dynamics GP. This doesn't mean there won't be new versions of Dynamics GP, but they just won't have public facing names or ‘vintages' like “GP 2018 R2” any longer.  

2. If you are on an older version of Dynamics GP, like GP 2013 R2, support has been extended. See the chart above to  find out how long you can expect support.

3. There will be three GP updates per year, including tax updates, new features, and a year-end update.  Users only need to update once per year to stay current.

4. All updates will contain bug fixes. 

Microsoft Dynamics GP is among Microsoft's most resilient products. Known for its agility and adaptability, it will likely remain a favorite solution for many years to come.

Most Microsoft Partners who have been delivering Dynamics GP for years believe in the product and they plan to deliver services around GP as long as it is available.