Hello there, @mnalaboff.
I'm happy to assist you today so that you'll get to know how Intuit Data Protect works.
Intuit Data Protect (IDP) is a backup service. You can back up your entire computer or just your QuickBooks files and folders. Once you set it up, it backups your data every day.
To answer your question, IDP works even when you're using a different device. You just have to consider the following:
- Make sure your operating system is Windows 10 or higher.
- The Windows user setting up Intuit Data Protect needs to have local admin rights to the computer. They need full access to all folders
- You'll want to use a local file path on the computer. We don't support network drives you map. (This might be the reason why the second device isn't backed up with IDP. When switching to another device, you need to make sure that it should access through the file path of the first pc where the IDP is set up).
Additionally, you might want to consider browsing through these articles to fix common issues in using IDP:
Let me know if you have other concerns about backing up your QBDT data file with Intuit Data Protect. I'm always ready to help. Take care!
