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MarcP

Question about allowing remote access to Sage 50 database?

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Hi,

I have tried to read the Sage50 website, calling Sage support and looking into this forum but the answer is still not clear to me...

I have a very small company (2 employees) and I am looking at having my accountant working remotely. So far, the accountant has always worked from a fixed computer. With the covid-19 pandemic, I am looking at buying a laptop and having my accountant work remotely from home. My accountant should still be able to work from the desktop station from time to time so data between the latpop and the fixed station have to be shared. My accountant is the only user of Sage 50.

My question: what is the easiest and cheapest way to allow my accountant to work with Sage 50 on this new laptop?

     - Will Sage 50 let me install my current Sage 50 Pro licence a second time on the laptop (same company, same user) ? Could I then share the company file between computers by putting it on OneDrive? ($ = $0)

     - Should I buy a separate licence for the laptop in order to install Sage 50 on the laptop? Then I could access the database via OneDrive? ($ = cost of a separate Sage 50 Pro license)

     - Should I go with one of the Sage newest products (Sage 50 cloud...) or is it completely overkill for my situation? ($ = cost of Sage 50 Cloud?)

Thank you very much for your help, I am a bit lost in the options...

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  • Sage 50C PRO allows only one user at a time. You can have more than one set up to use Sage 50C but not concurrently. Remote Drive Access is the best way for the DT and LT to connect to the same data set from different locations. Yes, the program can be installed on the DT and the LT for the same company and user. By having the Sage 50C version there are more benefits which you will have access to for the accountant to use when you want to move to paperless or bank feeds to  ease the reconciliation processes.

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  • Sage 50C PRO allows only one user at a time. You can have more than one set up to use Sage 50C but not concurrently. Remote Drive Access is the best way for the DT and LT to connect to the same data set from different locations. Yes, the program can be installed on the DT and the LT for the same company and user. By having the Sage 50C version there are more benefits which you will have access to for the accountant to use when you want to move to paperless or bank feeds to  ease the reconciliation processes.

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  • in reply to Alwyn

    Very helpful, thank you Alwyn!

    When mentionning Sage 50C, are you referring to another product than Sage 50 Pro - canadian edition? I already have a Sage 50 Pro license, can I simply add the RDA feature on top of that?

    Thanks!

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