Hi,
We currently use MYOB AccountRight on a Terminal Server (Offline) and we would like to hear advantages/disadvantages on moving from Offline to Online please.
I know when we last looked at this the issue a number of years ago that the size of our Data File was huge and as such would greatly impact the speed if we went to online, so we didn't proceed.
Thanking you in advance.
Hi Fie3
Simply put - all the advantages you think you have with remaining offline disappear when you put the file online.
Probably one of the longest standing Partner in the use of Terminal Server - since 1998 when it was WinFrame - terminal Server only came out with Server 2000 - the advantages/disadvantages have disappeared with the internet and high speed NBN - AR 2025.11 comes packed with so many more features when you go online that it is difficult to argue the reason to stay offline.
All of my clients are now online and I recently converted a client to XERO and took their file offline and stored so that it could be opened at anytime - all the attached receipts had vanished - available only when online.
If your TS goes down or is inaccessible - MYOB remains available from your laptop - full featured.
I am actually trying hard to find a reason to stay offline - actually one of my very big clients that had their file reposited on our cloud terminal server - MYOB kept crashing - and MYOB had no answers for this - none - it was also connected to my 3rd party backend software running the API - all problems vanished instantly, overnight with a trial upload of the file to online.
So. in summary - go online!!
The Doc
