This article provides an overview of the Accounting Link Cloud Requirements. 

Requirements for Accounting Link in a cloud (or remote server) environment: 

• Accounting Link must be installed on the same PC/Server as QuickBooks

• Accounting Link will need to communicate with the Back Office’s API

• Each location has permission to the folders and subfolders where Accounting Link resides
• Permissions granting us access under any users accessing the program
• System requirements: Windows 7 of later, Microsoft.NET Framework 4.7

Installation Process

Accounting Link will need to be installed on the same PC/Server as the user's QuickBooks. The default locations of Accounting Link's components on this computer are:
 
                    C:\Program Files (x86)\TBOffice
                    C:\ProgramData\TBOffice

Each of these locations must provide the user with Full Control of the folders and subfolders.   The database by default resides in the C:\ProgramData location but can be moved to another location if the same permissions are granted in that location.

The POS data will be downloaded from our domain *backofficellcapi.com.  If you would like to run the installation file, we can provide a Dropbox link to download and run it. We will need to register and unlock Accounting Link, as well as set up the connections to the download data and the user’s QuickBooks. If firewalls are preventing Accounting Link from communicating with the back office’s API, port exceptions will need to be set.  In case we need to troubleshoot the data please make sure a folder is setup with sufficient permission to grant us this access under any users using our program.

If the user accesses QuickBooks via a mapping icon on the desktop, please create a similar mapping icon for Accounting Link that will access the Accounting Link program on your hosted PC/Server.