Another noted it was announced from the GP keynote (the other Dynamics products have their own sessions) The last update issued this month was the last which should put some users in the market looking at competitors' products as an option. This appears to be an acceleration of plans reported by various media last year that it would be sunsetted in 2025. After the latest version shipped this month,  features will not be added; with payroll updates emerging through 2028. The one reseller who noted the announcement from the GP stage pictured the development as "more a clarification than an acceleration However, Bob McAdam, a former executive with Dynamics Communities which puts on Summit, was not happy. He tweeted that users were railroaded and attached a video that showed a train hitting an obstruction and bursting into flames. Besides the “blindsiding”, McAdams posted another tweet that said 20 minutes on demos of other products was out of line. Microsoft is pushing GP users to Dynamics NAV. A long-time exhibitor at Microsoft shows said, “the shot has been heard around the world. Microsoft is a @#! joke.  I've been preparing for this for years, so I'm almost numb and indifferent.  The funniest part is that Microsoft is trying to have an emergency meeting  with the GP community who are hurt so they can have some feedback." GP has been on the market, well along time with the Windows version built on the long-maligned Dexterity coming out in 1993 or 1994. For those too young to remember, GP stands for the former parent, Great Plains Software, which was purchased by Microsoft in 2001. Some web sources have GP DOS coming out in 1993, but one reseller said it was 1991 which seems correct.