Hi Aline,

Thanks for using Sage City.

Sage 50 Payroll isn't currently supported with Cloud Servers or in terminal server environments, unfortunately we can't say if or when it will be but the situation is reviewed regularly so the position may yet change.

Your IT can attempt to run the software via Azure but if any environmental issues were encountered then Sage Technical Support would not be able to offer help and advice related to that.

It is possible to set up both Payrolls on a server, and again this could be set up by your IT, it would just be a matter of making sure both laptops can access the server where the data is stored. The other alternative would be to restore backups between the two set ups to be able to work both payrolls on both laptops.

Regards,

Andy

Sage UKI

This is very much a concern for us - we have a hard stop for location-based software for summer 2023 so if Sage isn't going to move Payroll to the Cloud then we will have to move providers.  

I can't understand the lack of movement on this and I don't really want to go through the hassle of changing software but I don't have a choice.

Regards

Joanne

This is very much a concern for us - we have a hard stop for location-based software for summer 2023 so if Sage isn't going to move Payroll to the Cloud then we will have to move providers.  

I can't understand the lack of movement on this and I don't really want to go through the hassle of changing software but I don't have a choice.

Regards

Joanne

Hi Joanne 

At least I am not the only one!  Thank you.

For info, we no longer own a server at all so you can see why it is a problem for us.

Regards

Aline

Hi Aline and Joanne,

Thanks for your replies.

I wondered if you'd considered Sage Business Cloud Payroll as a solution to this, possibly moving all of the Payroll into the cloud? You can read more about Sage Business Cloud Payroll here > 

In the mean time, I would also encourage you to share this on the ides board where other Sage 50 Payroll customers can vote for change. Open the Ideas Board.

Regards

Andy
Sage UKI

Thanks for the response - I've put a post in the Ideas Board.

Business Cloud is limited to 100 employees so that's not an option for us. 

Regards

Joanne