| Answer: | When sharing a company file on a network, QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions will allow up to 10 users to work in the same company file at the same time. When more than one person is using the same company file, the file is in multi-user mode.
To set up a multi-user environment:
- Make sure you have your computers connected to the network properly.
Note: Because of the complexity and variety of available system networks, we are unable to provide support for setting up your network. If you need further assistance, please check with your system or network administrator (if you have one), the vendor who set up the network, or a local computer consultant.
- Install a copy of QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions on each users computer.
- Choose a location for the QuickBooks company file. Be sure each user has read/write access and create/delete rights to the directory where the QuickBooks company file is stored. (Again, if you are not sure how to do this, check with your network administrator or a local computer consultant.)
- On a peer-to-peer network (a network without a dedicated file server where all computers on the network have the option to share their resources), you may want to put the company file on the computer of the person who uses QuickBooks the most. This allows that person to have the fastest access to the file.
- On a Client-Server network (a network in which at least one computer is dedicated to sharing files or other resources, and which is not usually used by individuals to do their daily work), you will most likely put the company file on the server.
- Make sure you have the network drives mapped correctly.
- Choose a QuickBooks Administrator and have that person set up Users and Permissions.
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