Guide: Workstation Installation for Accountants Enterprise (AE)

Hello everyone. 

We've published a quick guide to installing Accountants Enterprise on your workstation.

These instructions apply to the following products:

• AE Assets Live (AU)
• AE Workpapers (AU)
• AE Statutory Reporter (AU)
• AE Practice Manager (AU)
• AE System Release (AU)
• AE Document Manager (AU)
• AE Tax (AU)
• AE Corporate Compliance (AU)

These instructions require technical expertise, if you're unsure please reach out to an IT professional or MYOB.

To perform a silent combined workstation install of Accountants Enterprise:

1. Press and hold the Windows button and press R on your keyboard. The Run window opens.
2. Type in the following and press OK: M:\MYOBAE\AESQL\WorkstationInstall\setup.exe /s /v"AUTOUPDATER=TRUE UI=FALSE INSTALLDIR=\"\\SERVER\SHARE\MYOBAE\AESQL\WorkstationInstall\""
   where M:\ is your mapped drive letter, server is the name of the MYOB AE server and share is the name of the share that is mapped.
   The silent install runs in the background. This command can be implemented into batch scripts for mass deployment.

If you have installed MYOB Accountants Enterprise (AE) combined install on a client-server network, you'll need to run a workstation installation on all workstations on your network to allow access to the latest version of AE.

This workstation setup includes the individual workstation setups for AE Tax, System Release, Practice Manager, Document Manager, Corporate Compliance and Client Accounting.

This means, you don't need to run these workstation setups individually any longer, as the combined installer will remove these setups and consolidate them into one.

Before you begin:

• Ensure you are logged onto the workstation as an administrator
• Close all Microsoft (MS) Office applications
• Disable User Account Control (UAC) settings. Refer to Disabling User Account Control (UAC). If you change this setting, reboot the workstation prior to continuing.
• Enable Linked Connections. Refer to Enabling Linked Connections in Windows. If you change this setting, reboot the workstation prior to continuing.
• Disable any anti-virus programs temporarily that may be operating on the workstation.
• If you're installing on a Terminal Server, ensure you're logged into the Terminal Server as a domain administrator and the server has been set to Installing applications on a Terminal Server

To run a workstation installation: 

1. From the desktop of the workstation (or terminal server), Open Windows File Explorer and navigate to \\ServerName\MYOBAE\AESQL\WorkstationInstall, where ServerName is the name of the server or computer on which you performed the server installation.
2. Double-click setup.exe. The Licence Agreement window appears.
3. Read the Licence Agreement carefully then select the I have read and accept the licence agreement option and click Next. The Ready to Install window appears.

4. Click Install Now. The Installation Progress window appears.

5. When the installation is complete, the Installation Complete window appears.
6. Click Finish. The workstation installation is complete.

If you need to uninstall a workstation installation, check out this page for more instructions.