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A QuickBooks license determines the number of individuals who can use QuickBooks. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, .
Multi-user access to QuickBooks allows individuals to work in QuickBooks company files at the same time. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . For multi-user access to company files in QuickBooks Pro or Premier, you can either purchase more than one single-user license or a multi-user license. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . QuickBooks Pro offers a 3-user license and QuickBooks Premier offers a 5-user license. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . A maximum of five users can use a company file at the same time. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, .
If you have more than five users who need to use QuickBooks at the same time, QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions (QBES) offers a 5-user, 10-user, 15-user, or 20-user Value Pack license. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . Additional 5-user seats can be added to increase the number of users simultaneously accessing a QBES data file (up to a maximum of 20). product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . These seats are available only in increments of five users. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . New seats are installed using the same license and product number used for the original installation.
If you would like to add another user license to your existing QuickBooks Pro or Premier license, you can do so right in QuickBooks. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . Go to the Help menu, click Manage My License, and then click Buy additional user license.
Note: The option to buy an additional license is not available on QuickBooks Premier 5-pack license installations.
Single-user licenses
If you purchased a single-user license of QuickBooks, you can use QuickBooks on the computers used by a single individual.
Example
If you use QuickBooks at the office but also need to use QuickBooks on your home computer or laptop, a single-user license allows you to install QuickBooks on each of the computers you, the individual, use.
Multi-user licenses
There are two ways you can purchase licenses for multi-user access to QuickBooks Pro or Premier.
If you purchased a multi-user 5-pack license, you can use this one license for QuickBooks on up to five computers, where all computers are
owned by you and are used by up to a total of five individuals. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . You can install QuickBooks on a sixth computer only if required to host your company's data file
and enable multi-user access.
If you purchased a multi-user 3-pack license, you can use this one license for QuickBooks on up to three computers where all computers are
owned by you and are used by up to a total of three individuals. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . You can install QuickBooks on a fourth computer only if required to host your company's data file
and enable multi-user access.
If you purchased more than one single-user license for multi-user access
to QuickBooks, you can use QuickBooks on the number of computers corresponding
to the number of licenses you have purchased. product registration^Handshake, licenses, overview, QuickBooks, licenses, . The maximum number of single-user licenses that
can access a company file at one time is five.
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