Great Plains for nonprofits and governments

Dynamics GP End of Life: What Ends, and When

Yes, Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains) is reaching end of life. Here’s the timeline in plain terms, and what it means for nonprofits and governments still running on it.

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The short answer

Is Great Plains being discontinued?

Yes. Microsoft has announced end of support for Dynamics GP, also known as Great Plains, and the clock is already running. For the full Q&A and a live countdown, see GP2BC: Just the Facts.

It keeps running

Your system doesn’t shut off after the deadlines. You’re just running unsupported software.

Updates stop

New sales and product updates stop, including the tax and regulatory updates your finance team relies on.

Security patches end

Eventually security patches stop too, which is hard to explain to auditors, boards and funders.

Most GP customers move to Business Central, and Fundamentals adds fund accounting.

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Timeline

The Dynamics GP end of life timeline

Four dates matter. Each one removes something your finance team relies on today. Source: Microsoft end of support announcement.

April 1, 2025

New perpetual licenses are no longer sold.

April 1, 2026

New subscription licenses are no longer sold to new customers.

September 30, 2029

Support ends: no product, tax or regulatory updates, and no technical support.

April 2031

Security patches end.

Impact

What Dynamics GP end of life means for nonprofits and governments

Fund accounting organizations feel the GP sunset more than most, because so much of their reporting depends on add-ons, customizations and year-end compliance updates.

From September 30, 2029, no new tax, regulatory or product updates arrive.

GP add-ons and customizations built for fund accounting won’t carry over to a new system on their own.

From April 2031, GP gets no security patches.

Running unpatched financial software is hard to explain to auditors, boards and funders.

Your options

Your options after Dynamics GP end of life

Most GP customers move to Business Central, Microsoft’s cloud ERP for small and midsize organizations. See what a GP to Business Central move involves.

Move to Business Central

Microsoft's path forward for GP customers, with tools to migrate your data.

Add fund accounting

Base Business Central has no fund or grant accounting. Fundamentals adds it.

Plan around your calendar

Pick a go-live date that avoids fiscal year-end and audit season.

What clients say

Sony Devis
“One of the best features (not found with other systems during our search) is the comprehensive labor allocations function that includes the ability to encumber future distributions to funds/projects. This gives us a better view of how funds are spent and allocated in future periods.”
Sony Devis
The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Seth Maristuen
“As a rapidly growing non-profit, we needed a modern fund accounting system to handle our complexities and streamline processes… We’re now closing periods faster, with less manual work, and reporting with more confidence than ever.”
Seth Maristuen
National Forest Foundation

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    FAQ

    Dynamics GP end of life FAQs

    Quick answers about the Great Plains sunset. Want to talk through your own timeline?

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    Yes. Microsoft has announced the end of Dynamics GP (Great Plains). New license sales have already stopped, support ends September 30, 2029, and security patches end in April 2031.

    Support ends September 30, 2029. After that date there are no product updates, no tax and regulatory updates, and no technical support from Microsoft.

    No, it won’t shut off. But you’ll be running unsupported software, and after April 2031 there are no security patches either, which matters for audits and funder confidence.

    New perpetual licenses stopped selling on April 1, 2025, and new subscription licenses stopped selling to new customers on April 1, 2026.

    Most GP customers move to Business Central. Base Business Central doesn’t include fund or grant accounting, so nonprofits and governments add Fundamentals. See moving from GP to Business Central.

    It depends on your data, customizations and fiscal calendar. See what a GP to Business Central migration involves, or ask us for an estimate in a demo.