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December 17, 2018
Question

Silent Install - SCCM

  • December 17, 2018
  • 5 replies
  • 3 views

All,

 

In my organization we would like to silently install QuickBooks Enterprise Silver via SCCM to our authorized users. Does the QuickBooks installer have silent arguments documented somewhere?

 

Regards,

Brandon

5 replies

Level 9
December 17, 2018

Thanks for reaching out to us, brandon17549.

 

At the moment, there isn't an available steps specific for silent installation for QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise via SCCM. However, you can check out this article to be familiar with the installation process and set up QuickBools Desktop: Installation and Setup.

 

In this case, I recommend asking guidance from an IT professional to guide you through installing QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise.

 

You can always visit us again if you have other concerns or questions about QuickBooks installation. I'll do my best to help you out.

September 30, 2019

It has been over a year since you posted this response.  Has Intuit documented a silent install method yet?  I realize that large organizations may not use Quickbooks all that much, but I need to install to 50 seats.  I have setup a transform which includes the product number an license key as well as disabling the parent app in launchconditions, but get error 1723 "There is a problem with the windows installer package..."

 

Please point me to documentation for this process.  Thank you.

Moderator
September 30, 2019

Hi @jka3ehfr,

 

Although there isn't a documented article for a silent installation method for QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise, I suggest for you to contact our Enterprise Technical Support team for assistance. They can help with the process of silent installation.

 

Here's how you can get a hold of support:

  1. On your QuickBooks homepage, go to the Help menu.
  2. Choose QuickBooks Desktop Help.
  3. Tap the Contact us button.

Know that you're welcome to leave a comment below if you have any other questions. I'll be sure to get back to you.

March 7, 2022

QuickBooksPremier2019.exe -s -a QBMIGRATOR=1 MSICOMMAND=/s QB_PRODUCTNUM=XXX-XXX QB_LICENSENUM=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX

 

this works for 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 so far. It does not work for 2018 or older. 

 

I can't take credit for this, but there is SO much struggling to find this, I am reposting it wherever I can.

November 18, 2022

You are a wonderful person for sharing this. I have been searching the ends of the earth for this and you provided magic! 

QuickBooks Team
March 28, 2023

Hi there, @Gray.

 

I appreciate you for providing clarification on this matter. Upon checking here on my resource, we currently don't support silent installation for QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT). While waiting for @heorun's response, you may seek your IT for a recommendation.

 

Additionally, I've got you this article for reference in case you'd like to migrate from QBDT to QuickBooks Online (QBO): Move your QuickBooks Desktop file to QuickBooks Online.

 

You may also visit this page to know what will happen to your data after transferring from QBDT to QBO: Learn how features and data move from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online.

 

Thanks for dropping by today, @Gray. I'll be here if you have any additional QuickBooks-related concerns. Stay safe and have a good one!

April 19, 2023

Support has not been any use. Found another way to do this and I got this to work for QB Desktop and Enterprise:

  1. Download QuickBooks version from the website.
  2. Use 7Zip to extract the .exe
  3. Put the extracted folder in your server.
  4. Installer script make sure the path to the MSI file matches where you have it saved... example: \\server\QB20XX\QBOOKS\QuickBooks.msi
  5. Use this as your script:
    msiexec.exe /i "QuickBooks.msi" NSTALLMANAGER=1 ALLUSERS=1 /qn /norestart /log output.log CKBOX_GDS=0 AgreeToLicense=Yes INSTALLDESKTOPICONS=0 MULTIUSERINSTALL=1 QB_LICENSENUM=XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXX QB_PRODUCTNUM=XXX-XXX PARENTAPP=INSTALLMANAGER
August 14, 2025

Works in Intune - August 2025! Thank you very much!

April 19, 2023

Intuit doesn't have a way to support it. There is a work around that works for QuickBooks Desktop & Enterprise. Hope that helped.