Microsoft Dynamics GP, current version 10.0 as of June 2008 is pretty flexible platform if you are looking for modifications, custom modules programming, add-ons and extensions. 

As many mid-size ERP GP has multiple customizing tools and you have to get some excurse into each one of them to select the best in your situation.  Before rushing into modifications overview, please think through the fact, that GP is owned and supported by Microsoft Dynamics subdivision (former Microsoft Business Solutions) and as such you should expect it to be tightly linked with such Microsoft technologies as .Net, MS SQL Server, MS Office, Sharepoint, SRS (or SQL Server Reporting Services).  Plus, you should know the history of GP design ? it was originally designed by Great Plains Software in earlier 1990th with popular shell IDE and programming language approach: Great Plains Dexterity (compare to SAP ABAP or Navision C/Side ? shells were believed to resolve computer platform dependence).  Now is the time to review:

Microsoft Dynamics GP should be considered as ERP technical platform, which is open for software developers through such technologies as SQL Stored Procedures, Microsoft Dexterity, Extender, VBA scripting and Modifier, SRS, Crystal Reports, GP Integration Manager, MS Visual Studio SDK, eConnect, GP Report Writer to name the most popular

If you are programmer, who just got the project to alter or extend GP business logic, you need to review and compare modification instruments to select the best fit.  Let’s review popular customizations:

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