Thank you for contacting us regarding your concern with using QuickBooks Desktop under FIPS policies, Scott. I appreciate your need to adhere to specific government security standards.
At this time, QuickBooks Desktop may not open if FIPS is fully enabled on your system. However, it is possible to configure QuickBooks Desktop to be FIPS compliant by enabling encrypted data storage according to Intuit's guidance. Doing so would require IT expertise to properly set up.
Given the technical knowledge needed to get QuickBooks Desktop working in a FIPS environment, I recommend you reach out to our QuickBooks Technical Support team. They can provide specific assistance with adjusting the settings to support FIPS compliance.
Here's how to reach out to them:
- Go to the Help menu and select Contact Us.
- Click Contact Us at the bottom of the pop-up window.
- Type in a short description of your concern and click Continue.
- Log in to your account and select Callback.
Let me share this article for more details about security settings in QuickBooks Desktop: Set Up Firewall And Security Settings For QuickBooks Desktop.
You may also consider hosting your QuickBooks in a cloud server. This way, it will not be impacted with any changes to the secuirty settings in your computer.
You can learn more about cloud hosting options here:
Please let me know if you have any other questions when working with system or security settings in QuickBooks Desktop, Scott. The QuickBooks Community is always here to provide information that's related to configuring and managing your QuickBooks Desktop software.
