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Our company has a 3 user Desktop Pro license. Yes I know we need upgrade, but this question applies to any desktop version in general moving forward. We have about 7 company files that are hosted on a separate pc. If they remember to enable multi-user mode, all three can access the same company file simultaneously, but usually that is not needed or a concern. The qbooks support agent made it sound as if I could install qbooks on as many pc’s as we wanted, but only 3 could use it simultaneously no matter what company file was being accessed.

After looking through the software license agreement and another contradicting community post, I am left doubtful and confused as to whether we should use this 4th install. I doubt all four pc’s will ever be using qbooks at the same time, but still it’s installed on four different pc’s for four different users. Once again, I realize we need to update, but this is to get us by in the time being.

I don’t want to get our company in trouble. Clarification would be much appreciated. Go to Solution. Welcome to QuickBooks Community. I’ll be sharing extra information and clarification on how multi-user mode and user license work in QuickBooks. Then, ensure that your company file is hosted on a separate computer without any problems. The user license that you purchased depends on the version of QuickBooks that you are using.

QuickBooks Desktop Premier allows up to 5 users and QuickBooks Desktop Pro allows up to 3 users to work on a company file at the same time. You can continue to install the QBDT Pro version in the fourth station, but it is not included in the multi-user mode and can only be used by three people at the same time.

However, a higher version such as QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise Solutions can have up to 30 users working on a company file at the same time. That being said, you can install the product to add a fourth user to work efficiently with your company file. To see additional details on how a user license works in QuickBooks, you can click this article: Add a user license to your QuickBooks software.

Lastly, you may refer to this article to view a table list that contains various Intuit-Authorized Hosting Providers that allows you to use your QuickBooks securely, anywhere and anytime: Hosting providers authorized by Intuit. Don’t hesitate to leave a comment below if you have additional questions on how QuickBooks remotely works in multi-user mode. Wishing your business continued success. View solution in original post. Welcome back to the Community, tron I appreciate you sharing details of your concern as well as summarizing your QuickBooks set up.

I’d be happy to give clarifications for this. For the QuickBooks Desktop QBDT set up, yes, it’s correct that when accessing the program with 3 user license all the 3 users can work in the same company file at a time. It’s also correct that the four users can be in a different company file at the same time. For your second question, yes, you can purchase QBDT Pro with one user license but you can only install it on up to 2 computers.

To work with your company file, you’ll have to create a backup from one and restore the file to the second. Once done working, create a backup again, restore to the first, and vice versa. For reference in moving your file to other computer, feel free to visit this article: Move your company files to another computer.

I’d love to know how the recommendations work for you. I appreciate any details you can add. If you have any other QuickBooks concerns, please don’t hesitate to leave a reply below. I’ll circle back to lend a hand. Have a good one and keep safe. If the 4th user will run QB as a stand-alone unit, you can use the same license. Otherwise, you should purchase a new license of QBD Premier for 4 or 5 users.

You can still purchase the one time license for QBD if required. If you prefer to use QBD Premier, you should purchase the license within this month to get a lower price then QBD next month.

Also, looking forward for when we do upgrade hopefully soon , if we are not concerned about users being able to access the same company file at the same time, could we in theory purchase 1 user license of QBPro and still install on 4 pc’s or even more? Because they will more than likely be accessing different company files out of the 7 we have.

Sorry to be a pain, just making sure I’m being clear so I have specifics for management. Hi there, tron In case you need tips and related articles when managing your account, feel free to visit our Community website for more insights. If there’s anything else you need help with, please come by the Community.

We’re here to lend a hand. Wishing you and your business continued success. We got a similar situation, as you said the QB Pro license enable 3 users to open a company file at a time. While the forth user can be on a different company file at the same time.

Does it apply to the fifth user or sixth user as well? QuickBooks license only limit the number of concurrent users working on the same file, but not the number of total users or PCs? Allow me to step in and share with you how many company files you can open if you’re subscribed for a 3-user license. One user can access three company files at the same time. You’ll receive an error that you have exceeded the maximum number of users if more than that. Don’t hesitate to post again if you have other QuickBooks concerns.

I found in your previous post ” If the 4th user will run QB as a stand-alone unit, you can use the same license. Which means the first 3 users can work on a company file A at the same time. While the forth user can open another company file B at the same time?

Provided that they all use the same QuickBooks Desktop Pro license. By clicking “Continue”, you will leave the community and be taken to that site instead. Enter a search word. Turn off suggestions. Enter a user name or rank. Turn on suggestions. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Connect with and learn from others in the QuickBooks Community. Join now. Level 2. Labels: QuickBooks Desktop. Reply Join the conversation.

Best answer August 09, Best Answers. QuickBooks Team. Quickbooks Desktop Pro users vs pc licensing Welcome back to the Community, tron Level Quickbooks Desktop Pro users vs pc licensing tron17 If the 4th user will run QB as a stand-alone unit, you can use the same license.

Quickbooks Desktop Pro users vs pc licensing Thank you for the prompt and helpful response. A pc running QD Pro for the sole purpose of hosting our 7 company files for access by the other pc’s. Knowing that only 3 of them can be in the same company file at a time, but all four can be in a different company file at the same time.

Can you confirm this is ok? Quickbooks Desktop Pro users vs pc licensing Great, thank you for the clarification. That answers my questions for now. Quickbooks Desktop Pro users vs pc licensing Hi there, tron Level 1. Appreciated if you can clarify. I’m sharing these articles to learn how many users can access your company file. What does it mean when we say Multi-User?

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