Adrian_A,

The statement below makes absolutely no sense to me:

I'd recommend reaching out to our Phone Support team so we can investigate this issue further.

Why do you need to further investigate a 'feature' that Intuit intentionally added to QuickBooks Enterprise. Your reply assumes the forced login is a bug, which months of research disavows. 

So far I've seen two different reasons for this intrusive 'feature':

1. This update is devised to help ensure that the person accessing the company file is authorized. 

2.  The prompt log-in using your Intuit Account ID happens when you open or create a new company file, add a user, sign in to My Company, or while accessing Intuit User Account Management. This login makes it easier to manage your connected Intuit services.

#1 is incorrect because QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise has it's own user management feature which is local and new accounts are created that are assigned to a specific company file.  If a user doesn't have a login, the user cannot get into the file and is thus an unauthorized user.  Users are required to enter their username and password into QuickBooks Desktop Enterprise which then authorizes the user and opens the file.  I've been managing QuickBooks for nearly 12 years and this functionality worked like a charm until QBE 2019 R12.  If Intuit is trying to pass this off as dual authentication then I know a group of developers who need to return to school.

#2 assumes that ALL QB Desktop users also use Intuit Services (payroll, bill pay, TurboTax, etc).  My company doesn't use ANYTHING from Intuit Services.   We have proprietary software for bill pay that integrates with QBE.  We use ADP payroll service that never mixes with QBE.  Thus, Intuit is forcing me to l

login to an online account that my users and I have absolutely no use for.

Linking a hosted file that never touches the outside world to an account on the Internet does NOT add an extra layer of security and protection, it opens the file up to outside interference.  My company has no interest in Intuit products such as Payroll, Payments, Time Tracking, etc.  I just want the product we purchased - QuickBooks Enterprise DESKTOP.

Therefore I won't be calling the phone support team as suggested since I'm sure they've been told to keep it upbeat, talk up the 'new' login, and try to sell some of the aforementioned products.  I will continue to use my workarounds and if Intuit interferes and blocks my ability to use these workarounds, I will begin looking for new accounting software.

To echo my compatriots on this board NOBODY WANTS THIS FUNCTIONALITY, PLEASE GET RID OF IT.