The page that opens gives you the option to buy additional licenses online or by phone. If you choose to use the phone option, you'll be given the phone number to contact Intuit. If you choose to use the online option, a new page will open allowing you to choose the number of licenses you'd like to buy. Install QuickBooks Desktop on additional computers based on the number of licenses you purchased.
Use the same license and product numbers you used to originally install QuickBooks Desktop. After installing, follow the prompts to activate QuickBooks Desktop. Was this helpful? Yes No. You must sign in to vote, reply, or post. Join the conversation. Here is what the license agreement says: You may install the Software for access and use solely by 1 specific person on i 1 primary computer, and ii 1 additional computer e.
How do I purchase another user license? To see how many users you are licensed for: Review your purchase receipt or purchase confirmation email.
You can buy additional user license in several ways: Purchase in your product: From the Help menu, select Manage My License and then select Buy additional user license.
After purchasing the licenses, install QuickBooks Desktop on additional computers based on the number of licenses you purchased. Use the same license and product numbers that you used to originally install QuickBooks Desktop.
After installing, select Register QuickBooks from the Help menu to register QuickBooks Desktop as well as update your new license information. Enter the same validation code you received when you purchased your additional license. If you are a ProAdvisor, you can call the ProAdvisor sales team at Was this helpful?
Yes No. You must sign in to vote, reply, or post. Join the conversation. Need to get in touch? All QuickBooks Desktop software enables you to set up different users to access a company file. However, if you're using a single license standard , accessing and making changes on the file can only be done one at a time.
The reason why 2-user licenses cost more than the standard license is that it enables several users to use the multi-user feature. The multi-user mode in QuickBooks allows multiple users to install and use the same company file at the same time over a server network. In addition to that, if you have both a laptop and desktop PC, and you're the only person using QuickBooks, you only need one license.
You can just add another user if you need another person to work on your company file. Here's how to create user accounts in QuickBooks Mac:. You only need to get additional licenses when additional people need to use QuickBooks on their computers. Please let me know if you need further assistance, kentx6.
I'm here to help you anytime. Have a great day! If you have two Separate Licenses, you have the same rights as 2-License; you just bought them Separately. They would need to be Synced, and either way allows you both to be working in the same file at the same time or not, as long as you also set up the Sharing.
If you have one computer, you would have One QB license, but have two different data files. There is no limit on data files; this is like Word Letters. So, Multi-user means "access shared files at the same time" and it requires of Licenses for the of expected concurrent users.
While the response did not answer the question, the link to the guide seems to. It appears that the multi-user license only comes with one server to open the file and that server must be accessible by each client when they want to access files. While the documentation does not state that the clients cannot open up files independently some text I've read implies they might be able to , it probably isn't worth risking the price difference to try out - after all it would be a bit silly to have the two-user version cheaper than two licenses if the two-user version gave you all of the features of the two licenses BTW: Based on hassles of getting answers to this simple question and challenges in registering the software after purchasing it, I have to say that Intuit's customer support is among the worst in the IT industry.
It doesn't "come with" any Server. The Connectivity is managed, and only one computer can be Hosting the shared file. Multi-user is the Sharing part. That's because you are sharing. If you have an office system that acts as file host, it won't "use" a license. It doesn't count against the license count. Yes, of course you can open files independently.
That is what you are doing now, so you know that function works. It's called Planning Ahead. If you knew you wanted 2-licenses, you buy the cheapest package price that meets your needs. For Mac, here, one person that you will find helpful is IntuitBrooks. Do you use www. That is QB for Mac-specific.
Geez, there are many people that post here out of desperation, while they also are still on hold from 2 hours. It seems you got great service. There is an issue with the online registration. Its been going on a while - we are aware of it and have been trying to get the team that handles it to fix it. Unfortunately there have been delays as they are doing a large fix for several products. Hopeful the reg issues will be resolved soon though. Can you tell me if this scenario works with QuickBooks Desktop Pro 1 License: If we install desktop on the office server, then create logins for our 8 employees to be able to log time only.
Will they each be able to open the program off the office server on their desk computers to enter time into the timesheet? Let me share some information about how QuickBooks user license works, LisaS2. QuickBooks Desktop Pro allows up to 3 users to work in a company file simultaneously.
Though you can set up a multi-user network, still, three users are allowed per license fro them to access the company files. For the steps and details about the multi-user network, check out this article: Hosting your company data in multi-user mode in QuickBooks Desktop. You can read through this article for more details about purchasing additional licenses: Add a user license to your QuickBooks software. I'll be here to ensure your success. Take care always. As another option, put your license and data file on an authorized cloud hosting.
I am currently using Quickbooks and would like to allow the CPA to access and work in it. Is this a possibility? Thanks for joining this thread, ITPL. Here are the steps:. If you have multiple user licenses, you can set up a multi-user network so your CPA can access your company files from other computers. You can see this article for detailed steps: Set up and install a multi-user network for QuickBooks Desktop.
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