At different stages of your Dynamics GP implementation, as well as for ongoing development and support, a test or development environment may be required for Dynamics GP.
By this stage of your implementation planning, you will have a good idea of the major components of your Dynamics GP environment and how complicated it will be. A simple environment will include the Dynamics GP application and modules, Management Reporter, and possibly an add-on product. A complex Dynamics GP environment will consist of the Dynamics GP application, Management Reporter, integrations with other systems, and multiple add-on products or customizations.
For a simple Dynamics GP environment, a test environment can be as straightforward as setting up a new company. Dynamics GP has a sample company available, but it will most likely have a different setup, and certainly different data, than your live Dynamics GP companies. To have a more realistic test environment, you can create a new...