Windows Server requirement

Hi GLBNS, 

Welcome to the Community. It's great to learn you're planning on using QuickBooks 2022 to help streamline your business. The program is deigned to help you save time so you can focus on the things you love the most. I'll be glad to point you in the right direction so you can achieve your goals with ease. 

Based on what you've described, I encourage you to check out the following article that provides more details about the: System requirements for QuickBooks Desktop 2022. The article goes id-depth about the system requirements needed to successful run the program. 

Feel free to ask questions as you go through the article. I'll be one message away in case you have other questions. Otherwise, I wish you a great rest of the week.

I checked that link.  It does not explicitly answer the question.  Can the database server function be installed on a domain controller, such as Windows 2022 Essentials, or does it require a non-DC domain member server?

Hi GLBNS.

Allow me to clarify a bit more about this. There are many kinds of servers that the database server manager can be installed onto but it still needs to fall into what's compatible in the system requirements. As long as its an open connection that you're able to access and its not a cloud storage you can install the database manager and use it.

If you have any questions let us know and we'd be happy to help.

So, either Server Essentials 2019 or Server Essentials 2022 would be suitable platforms for the database server?