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Yoga05
August 10, 2022
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QB Desktop migration to Online

  • August 10, 2022
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Does anyone know what is happening about the migration of data from desktop to online due to the discontinuation of Desktop?

 

My understanding was that there would be an announcement on the 1st of August 22.

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Fiat Lux - ASIA
Fiat Lux - ASIA
August 10, 2022

I remember one of the Intuit team here admitting that there are still issues with the converter tool and she said the announcement would be delayed until the end of August.

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    Yoga05Author
    August 10, 2022

    Thank you. Useful to know.

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    GeorgiaC
    August 10, 2022

    Hi Yoga05, we're still working to provide a new migration path and we'll be contacting all customers directly when this becomes available with the steps required to initiate a migration. We've also put together a support article that can be referred to for further updates. We appreciate your patience in the meantime. 🙂

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    skinnerneil
    March 7, 2023

    I am quite upset and depressed about this whole saga.

     

    Been running my small Ltd company since 2004 using QB desktop all the way through - currently on Premier 2021 and paying Intuit £ 60/ month for the license.

     

    I have been delaying and delaying any move as things kept changing / being postponed but am now getting V worried and desperate about this cut off in June.

     

    I have nearly 20 years of transactions , stock , stock history , purchase orders , invoices etc etc etc in QB.

    I use GBP , Euro and US$.  I look back at this ALL THE TIME - to keep an eye on sales history and prices item by item and use this to plan ahead for stock replenishment

     

    It would appear as we stand today that Movemybooks will not cope with the FX accounts , wont move any products (or presumably history) , is unlikely to move any templates for PO's , invoices , etc.  And QB online cannot cope with sales orders (of which we have about a dozen currently open).

    So I am going to have days and weeks of sorting the sodding data out .

     

    That might be bearable but come end June 2023 - it seems that Intuit will somehow switch off my desktop version so I cannot ever access my sales and item history ever again ? 

    Their online fudge does not state what I can access - if it turns out to be only suitable to spit reports out (for the most basic HMRC compliance ) then that is also useless.

     

    Come on Intuit - at least guarantee us desktop users that the current desktop software and date contained therein will remain accessible (on our PC's - not in some cloud portal) in perpetuity.

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      Ashleigh1
      March 7, 2023

      ello Skinnerneil, Thanks for posting on the Community page, we acknowledge what you are saying and take it all on board. We know this has and is not easy for our desktop users especially the ones that have been with us for many of years. We are bring out the "read only" tool which will be released soon for our desktop customers. The "read only" tool is a separate program to view historic data for our customers. More information on this will be coming soon and again it will be released soon to our customers as well.

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      skinnerneil
      March 8, 2023

      I appreciate the response but the clock is ticking here ...

       

      Is the "read only "tool the web based solution I am hearing about ? 

      Where we have to upload a company backup every day to be able to view?

       

      If so this seems to me to be a terrible idea...until we can at least test it to see how it works in practice and understand what data / history we can actually view.

       

      Surely you can unlock the desktop versions we already have (kill online HMRC reporting if you are concerned about us using the software for free). 

       

      Or offer a guided solution to install in VM and sandbox a copy ?

       

      I dig into my old stock codes every day when deciding how to quote customers and plan for stock levels....

       

      If access to this is denied to me (and cannot be moved to QB online ) it is a complete disaster.

       

      And leaving me with little time to mitigate this potential disaster is not great .

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        Dave239
        July 3, 2023

        Has anyone found a solution or solution provider who is able to convert QB Desktop to Online with multi currency and multi VAT control accounts (for foreign VAT registrations)?

        Fiat Lux - ASIA
        Fiat Lux - ASIA
        July 3, 2023

        @Dave239 

        Contact me in private for your consideration.

         

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