QuickBooks Pro 2012 - Now Limited to 3 Concurrent Users

Planning an upgrade from an older version of QuickBooks Pro soon?

Be aware of a significant change as you put your budget together for the upgrade.

BIG CHANGE IN QUICKBOOKS PRO

If you are using an older version of QuickBooks Pro with 4 or more concurrent users, you will have to move into either QuickBooks Premier 2012 or QuickBooks Enterprise 2012 - QuickBooks Pro 2012 only allows up to 3 concurrent users (this change actually took place in QuickBooks Pro 2011).

QuickBooks Premier will allow you to still have up to 5 concurrent users in a QuickBooks data file, and QuickBooks Enterprise will allow up to 30 users.

DON'T WORRY - YOUR DATA IS SAFE

If this change within QuickBooks Pro forces you to move into another version of QuickBooks, all of your data is safe and sound. It will upgrade seamlessly into the other versions.

In addition, there will not be any learning curve if you are forced to move into another version. The core activities (i.e. creating an invoice, writing a check, running reports, etc.) is the same across all of them, so you won't be slowed down by having to learn new software.

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• Save 20% on your upgrade to QuickBooks 2012

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Comments

[jasir]

Hi, my client wants me to buy them quickbooks pro 2012, my supplier does have this and they have indicated (5 users). but am confused my suppier tells me that i have to pay additional amount for each user that i install. please can you help me i need to know after buying it will i be able to install and share on 3 pcs on a network?

[Scott Gregory, QuickBooks Expert]

Michelle:

Not sure what the CAL version is you are referring to.

Keep in mind that Pro 2006 is no longer supported either.

Generally, data from an older version of QuickBooks Pro is transferrable to a new version of QuickBooks Pro.

Scott Gregory

[michelle hendrickson]

Hi, Not sure if you can answer. I am looking to upgrade a 5 user Quickbooks Pro 2000. Will it be compatible with a 5 user Quickbooks Pro 2006 CAL version? Thank you for any insight. I looked into the newer versions from intuit, but all our computers do not meet the system requirements, so I am forced at this time to look for an older version that still has some tech support.