

Simply put, data and files in a Hosted QuickBooks can be accessed by the authenticated user from anywhere, anytime, without installing it on a local machine. QuickBooks Hosting (also known as QuickBooks Cloud or Hosted QuickBooks) refers to the installation of QuickBooks Desktop version on the network server hosted over the internet to enable access via a web browser from any location. This is NOT their own internal accounting data. Their clients have QB files, and the agency works with them. As I mentioned in the original post, this is an accounting firm. Regarding moving from QB to something else: That is not an option. What I have been finding online is a bit confusing, and frankly I haven't made it that far in my Azure training yet where I feel comfortable doing it on my own from scratch. They want to avoid an on-site RDS server if at all possible. What I am looking to do for THIS client is setup an RDS server on a cloud service like Azure. They run their QB and a couple other applications in this setup. In that setup, users connect to the domain with a secure VPN and then initiate an RDP session with the RDS server. That is something we have in place at another client, with an on-site RDS. That is what I am looking to do, but with a virtual Azure server as opposed to a physical server at one of the locations. You may be looking at a good time to recommend a different more evolved Business Application. This is when I mention that there are actual accounting tools out there, designed to run in the cloud, Sage makes several that are user friendly (they bought up many of the smaller vendors in that market segment - including PeachTree).Īs for office applications in the cloud (remote desktops), I'd say if you manage to make your accounting application cloud based, then M365 is a much better idea. I managed to make it work in a prior life, but it wasn't pretty. Sounds like a perfect use case for Remote Desktop Services. The customer has Microsoft 365 Business Premium licensing for all users, and is using QuickBooks Enterprise.


One last item: If possible, they would like the ability to have their Office apps on their virtual desktops along with QB. Note: The customer is already familiar with using RDP, so that part would be easy for them. Any other solutions that I haven't though of here.A walk-through for setting up an Azure virtual to run VDI for QuickBooks.

