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In a test environment you could put GP on a workstation running SQL express. No active directory is required. Once you move to production and use Management Reporter and the web client you will need active directory.
thank you richard
is the active directory requirement is because of enabling certain features. or is it out of the box GP will not function without active directory
thank you,
joie
There are a host of reason why AD is required. You can start with security. The services running SQL should be domain accounts and the credentials for these accounts should be known only to an extremely limited number of people. GP does have a payroll module so that data needs to be protected. The financial reporting tool called Management Reporting cannot be installed without a domain. Think of GP as the financial data center of your company so it has to be as secure as the rest of your network and fit within it confines.
You can run GP without active directory. You can run FRx without Active Directory. I don't think you can run Management Reporter without it. I know Management reporter requires a domain, but there are ways around that as well.
Kind regards,
Leslie
From the top of my head, I'd also leave out "Service Architecture" component from the installation.
I was doing some tests recently with GP 2015, and was allowed to continue with the install process until an error mssg pop-up and a roll back took place.
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