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Remote access for Quickbooks Desktop

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August 10, 2021
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Need the most convenient and economical way to access our quickbooks premier contractors edition 2021 desktop remotely.

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Best answer by Ethel_A

Hi there, @SL13.

I'll make sure you'll be able to access the QuickBooks Desktop account remotely. Let me share with you some insights about hosting the company files.

As you can see, Fiat Lux - ASIA shared a way to access QuickBooks Desktop remotely by utilizing Chrome Remote Desktop plug-in for free.

I'd like to add another option, which is QuickBooks Desktop hosting.

Make sure to have a hosting service to access your QuickBooks data file stored at a different location. Store all your QuickBooks company file on a service provider's servers to allow users to access QuickBooks securely, and remotely. You need to have access to the internet for the remote desktop connection.

I'm providing you articles to refer to in hosting the QuickBooks company files:

Just a piece of additional information, I'll share with you an article to learn more about setting up your software at home, check out this article: How to set up QuickBooks Desktop to work from home.

If you need additional assistance, just click on the Reply button below. I'll be here to help.

Fiat Lux - ASIA

Level 14

Utilize Chrome Remote Desktop plug-in for free. If you need more feature, explore this paid remote desktop app.

https://my.splashtop.com/splashtop_referral/AAHHq6GG344maw

If you need to access in multiuser mode at the same time, you will need another solution.

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Ethel_A

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QuickBooks Team

Hi there, @SL13.

I'll make sure you'll be able to access the QuickBooks Desktop account remotely. Let me share with you some insights about hosting the company files.

As you can see, Fiat Lux - ASIA shared a way to access QuickBooks Desktop remotely by utilizing Chrome Remote Desktop plug-in for free.

I'd like to add another option, which is QuickBooks Desktop hosting.

Make sure to have a hosting service to access your QuickBooks data file stored at a different location. Store all your QuickBooks company file on a service provider's servers to allow users to access QuickBooks securely, and remotely. You need to have access to the internet for the remote desktop connection.

I'm providing you articles to refer to in hosting the QuickBooks company files:

Just a piece of additional information, I'll share with you an article to learn more about setting up your software at home, check out this article: How to set up QuickBooks Desktop to work from home.

If you need additional assistance, just click on the Reply button below. I'll be here to help.

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dletowing

Posted this down further and was probably not in the right place.

Was a little confused while reading through the comments. I have never tried this before so please excuse anything that I should maybe already know. I will be leaving on vacation for a week and would like to access my desktop with my laptop while gone. Exactly how do I go about that? Something was mentioned through Chrome? I would just like to do invoices and maybe run payroll for the one week. What is the cost for this? Thanks for your help.

Rainflurry

Level 11

@dletowing

If you see yourself doing this regularly, I would suggest QBox. It is a file-sharing program designed specifically for QB Desktop - $12/month (or $120/yr) and unlimited users. Each user needs a separate email address so if you have QB on your desktop at work/home and you want to use your laptop on vacay, you will need two email addresses. It locks the file when in use so there's no chance of a conflicted copy and the company has fantastic customer support if you need it. It doubles as a secure cloud backup and you can share your company file with a CPA or bookkeeper if necessary. I have used it for many years and am super happy with it.

If you see yourself rarely doing this, you can use Dropbox to share the file between your computers. You can use Dropbox's free account as long as your company file doesn't exceed 2GB. There's no need to hit a button every 15 mins to maintain a connection. You will just need to remember to open the company file from Dropbox after you get back from vacay.

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LeeBert

They use to have a little app, i cant remember what it was called, but it let me connect with my phone and i could do invoices, quotes and see my customer and item lists. It was perfect for what I needed but they ditched that about the time QB online came out. Offsite hosting is out for me because if your internet goes out you might as well go home. I know it sounds silly but it happens quite a bit here. I use a Multiuser environment so that complicates things. Really GotomyPC or whatever seemed to be the best solution when i was using it, granted that was awhile ago now. I will probably tinker with windows RDP. It would be quite nice if i could just put my QB file on a usb drive and plug it into my router, but nope....

Fiat Lux - ASIA

Level 14

@LeeBert

Another option, you can setup a simple private solution to run QBD in multiuser mode over the internet which is similar to RDP but doesn't require any IT background to implement. It costs $25 per month per access. You can use the same login in turns between your team to lower your expenses.

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