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QuickBooks 2013 on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012

If you are considering buying new computer equipment or updating your operating system to Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, you may be wondering whether the version of QuickBooks you’re currently using will be compatible.

QuickBooks 2013 R4 and QuickBooks Enterprise 13.0 R4 are supported on the new Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 operating systems.

General Questions

What is Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012?

Windows 8 is the latest Microsoft Windows operating system. The redesign of the Start menu is one of the most notable changes from prior versions of Windows. You can read more about Windows 8 and its new features from the Microsoft product page.
Windows Server 2012 is the latest edition to the Microsoft Windows Server family, and is based on the Windows 8 architecture. You can read more about Windows 8 and its new features from the Microsoft product page.

What versions of QuickBooks does Intuit support on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012?

If you are using Windows 8 or Server 2012 and QuickBooks 2013, you will need to make sure your are on the latest release (at least R4 or later.)

QuickBooks 2013 continues to work with Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP.

Known issues running QuickBooks 2013 on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

Scanning documents with the QuickBooks Scan Manager (used with Attached Docs) currently does not work on Windows 8.

If this information does not answer your question, you can read discussions and post messages and questions relating to your issue on the Intuit QuickBooks Community site for free. You can contact an agent for additional guidance. Fees may apply.

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