Q & A with Will English
One of our client’s is still using QuickBooks Point of Sale (QBPOS) V.6.0 and sent the following questions.The client’s questions and statements are in grey font and Will’s responses are in blue:
We have questions about POS network connections. Could you advise us the following?
We run multi-store POS. Server station is located at HQ and all retail stores installed POS as client workstation. There is no server station at any retail store.
1. At each stores, can we connect more than 2 POS without a server station? The first computer at each location is considered the server computer and that is where the data is found.
2. If we can connect more than 2 POS without a server station at one location, can we share one license with many client workstation? You can install POS on more than one computer, but you can only open it on the number of machines that you have seats for.
Per our conversation, you can’t get an additional license for your V6 POS. You will need to upgrade all of the existing systems to V2013. We should do a hardware analysis as the new software requires more hardware resources. We also need to know how many stores and however many seats per store so that we can provide you a quote.
As you can see, we take our client’s needs very seriously. It’s important to properly answer their questions, provide accurate information, and in this particular case, a hardware analysis is essential to ensure the client receives all the necessary items in order to use their system effectively.
