However multiple market intelligence reports indicate that Intuit has 5-6M QBD users and 1.5M QBO users. (If several people need to access your company file at the same time, everyone has to run the same version of QuickBooks, so set aside time to install the program on all those machines. 29MM small businesses at 80 share would be 23.2M users. You’ll also find out how to install QuickBooks 2015 on a company network, including where on a network you can store your company file-and which location to choose for best performance. This appendix walks you through both paths of the installation process.

Be sure to back up your company file before you open it with the new version once you open it in the new version of QuickBooks, it won’t run in the earlier version (see the box on Installing Multiple Versions of QuickBooks). Even if you use QuickBooks to run your own business, you might want to keep your old version around in case you decide that you don’t like the new version. When you upgrade, you can run both the old and new versions on your computer at the same time, which is essential if you’re an accountant or bookkeeper who works with company files from several different clients. To learn how to restore portable files, refer to the section, Restoring Portable Company Files.

QuickBooks’ installation process offers two basic options: Install the program from scratch or upgrade from a previous version. The QuickBooks 2014/2015 Learning Guide provides portable files for these sample files for both QuickBooks 20 on the CD that accompanies this book so you can restore the version you want to work with.

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