From only £59, you can enhance your Gemini experience by allowing your staff and customers to create issues and comments via email. It won't be long until GMBP is officially released, so get those BETA pricing orders in quickly to take full advantage of the discount. If you are concerned about having it supported, always a good idea, from only £89 you can receive priority support.

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Following a number of enquiries, we wish to clarify which versions are compatible. GMBP was created for Gemini v2.2.6 but has undergone major works to integrate it with Gemini v3.5. Therefore, we are no longer officially supporting v2.2.6. However, we do have a GMBP version that can be downloaded that will be compatible and the same licensing arrangements apply. We would, however, strongly recommend upgrading to the latest version of Gemini which has more features, in response to requests by users.

If you would like the version for 2.2.6, please get in touch and we can send you details of how to install and configure it, but please remember we are unable to provide support.

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A few people have had other questions in addition to those explained in the installation video. You may also find your answer in the FAQ section of this site.

The first question is WHERE are you going to install GMBP. It needs to be on its own website or its own application in IIS v6. If you are using IIS 7, then please make sure you have the IIS 6 Management Compatibilty installed.

You will also need to create a database before starting the installation. The installer will create the tables and data required for the program to operate, but the initial database will need to be created. Please also note down the credentials as these will be required during the application installation - it will configure all three applications for you!

The final preparatory step is to prepare a user account to run the background processes. This user will need to be able to write to the %Program Files%/Gemini MBP folder. Obviously these permissions will need to be configured after the directory has been created!

Ok, so we're now ready to install the application. Hopefully this is a straight forward process. Gollow the on-screen instructions in the video, merely providing the configuration for the database and the background processes

For first time installers, when prompted to create/populate the database you will need to do this. Also, have it create the scheduled tasks for you. This is explained in the video.

Ok, so you have the confirmation screen and anxious to get started quickly? There is another video on configuration. It will help you get the basics set up and get you started as quickly as possible. You will want to customise and configure GMBP as you see the type of emails you get. For example, each time you find a 'Out of office' you might want to tweek the rules for ignoring auto-reply notifications. All of the configuration elements will be posted in seperate new articles, explaining each item.

We hope you will find GMBP useful, and we always welcome feedback on how well you think it is woring, and also on improvements you would like to see in furture versions.

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As you may be aware, Countersoft have just released Gemini version 3.6. With exciting new interface, especially the issue filtering, I am sure you are eager to upgrade and take advantage of the new features. Countersoft has also completely revamped and improved their webservices in v3.6, some of which will help GMBP perform better and more reliably. However, this revamp does mean that we will need to do a lot of work to GMBP to ensure it is compatible with the new API.

Good news though, GMBP v3.6 is currently being tested, so there should not be long to wait. We anticipate the Beta will be available within a week!

Please keep an eye here for updates when the final version will be available. In the mean time, have a superb Christmas and New Year.

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With the release of Gemini v3.6, a whole new API is available. GMBP has been re-written to adhere to this new API and therefore you will need to ensure you download the right version depending on your Gemini installation.

If you have a version before v3.5, please contact us for help. GMBP for Gemini v3.5 is available in the downloads section. Gemini 3.6 has a version of GMBP 3.6.3 (beta). Our version numbers have been updated to reflect the major version of Gemini

Upgrading

To upgrade from 3.2.x to 3.6 you will need to:

• take a *backup* of your database
• Install the GMBP 3.6
• during installation, pick the upgrade database option
• On log in, enter a new Webservice URL. This has changed to be your Gemini URL only (no /webservices folder)

There are are minor performance improvements, but the functionality has not been altered in this Beta release.

If you have any questions, or require support, please raise a support ticket at our gemini

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A few people have been asking about the best way to configure GMBP to use multiple accounts so here are a few guides that should help

Remember, GMBP can check multiple accounts, and restrict the project selection based on the account. In other words, any email sent to proj1@domain.com can be associated to a single project in Gemini.

However, you should always have the default email account enabled and operational. This should also be the account that Gemini uses to send emails. Hence, then if anyone replies to a notification from Gemini, they will end up back in Gemini.

So with the default email account, handling the replies from Gemini, you are free to set up other email accounts, either project restricted ones, or other generic ones. This combination will provide the best setup.

A an inside look to some current plans, we will be reworking notifications, and soon be able to forward on the Gemini notifications to all those people who use Gemini, but are not registered on Gemini. It will only be available to Full Gemini license holders, that can have unlimited users. So, the default user is used to create the issue, and GMBP will forward any updates to the issue, on to that anonymous user, based on the email they're received. Comments are welcome on this feature

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We're always on the look out for great new ideas and features to plan into GMBP. If you have been using GMBP and want to suggest how we could make it better, please get in touch with us. If you have not yet seen the power of GMBP then why not download your free trial now?

Whether you are a long term GMBP user or brand new, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us how you want to use GMBP and if it doesn't quite do what you want, there is a good chance we can improve it to make it suit your needs. Let us know how to make GMBP even more powerful and suitable for your daily project management needs.

Notifications will be getting an overhaul in the next release, due out in April. We will provide customisable HTML templates and a stack load of variables you can place in the email. Stay tuned!

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We are currently working on the latest and greatest version of GMBP to be compatible with Gemini v3.7. which should be available for release mid June.

It has a few new features, including the long awaited Email Templating, ability to disable truncation (lines and characters) and a few bug fixes along the way.

After this version, GMBP will no longer be under the beta pricing model, so if you are thinking of purchasing GMBP, best get in quick before the price goes up. You will of course be able to get all the latest versions for the duration of your subscription and receive high quality support too, just for cheaper!.

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The installer will insert the correct settings into the configuration files in order to connect to either the database, or Gemini via windows authentication.

It is possible to connect to the Database via Integrated Authentication, and Gemini using Forms based authentication. During the installation, if you want the Database to use Integrated Authentication, leave the username and password blank. The installer will then use the current user to install the database, and the account running the scheduled tasks during normal operation.

If Gemini is running Windows Authentication then please tick the "Integrated Authentication" checkbox in the installation process. This will then set up the GMBP Admin and Background processes to connect to Gemini using either the Background Process Account, or whoever connects to GMBP Admin web interface

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We've spent a lot of time on v4.0 release to bring some great new features. Not only will the final release be skinned to look just like Gemini, it also has a brand new pluggin facility so you can extend GMBP to work exactly how you want.

We will be rolling it out in two stages:

Firstly, existing customers can choose for an early upgrade of the background processes and administer any changes through SQL management studio. This will be fastest way to upgrade to 4.0

Secondly, we will release an installer to install the Admin Interface and Background tasks, just like we have now, so you can decide which route you'd like to take

As always, we like to listen to our customers, and if you have feedback, please do get in touch

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