Instead of blindly depending upon your hosting provider, it is wiser to stay alert. Making certain mistakes can cause harm to the company data and reverse the motive of moving QuickBooks to the cloud, i.e., the purpose of security. Learning from other’s mistakes can help you prevent them in your business. Go through the points depicted below and see if you were on the verge of making such an error. If so, its time to get it right and talk to the QuickBooks Hosting provider at 1.855.738.2784 for better hold at security.
QuickBooks Cloud Hosting mistakes that Businesses commonly make
With the points below, we have briefly described what we believe should not be the mistakes you want to commit. Read through each point and then go further with taking your QuickBooks on Cloud.
1. Categorizing all hosting providers under the same security standards
Think about what comes to your mind when you hear about data online! It is the security with which you can work on online data. Browsing through the homepage of QuickBooks hosting providers would leave you baffled. But before you go on to hand over your company data to a hosting provider, look for pros and cons. To weigh the pros and cons, search out for client reviews or lookout for security standards. This will depend upon what type of cloud environment the QuickBooks Hosting provider is giving. Even after being a Pro team, we advise ourselves that you have a talk with your IT department about QuickBooks Cloud Hosting. This will help you set up what are the requirements of your business.
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2. Awaiting Instant Cost Reductions
Awaiting Instant Cost reduction has been the major reason why some of the businesses shift to QuickBooks hosting. Are we saying it is wrong to expect some savings? No, it isn’t, but a common mistake they make is to expect cost reductions immediately. The data migration process takes time and some investment. The positive results take place in the long run and are certainly not instant. Many business owners fail to understand this and have a hard time arranging a cost-benefit equation. Not only minor cost savings also, evaluate the long-term QuickBooks Desktop Cloud benefits. Why will you try to risk your company information for few bucks! Talk to the QuickBooks Hosting provider at and discuss for flexible business plans.
3. Transferring All Apps to the Cloud Right Away
A major blunder that most data migration services providers make is to convert all the apps to the cloud at once. Moving all the apps to the cloud altogether would be time-saving, and this may seem like a convenient option, but it isn’t. Not all the applications are cloud-friendly, and you must analyze each app before migrating it to the cloud. Furthermore, transferring all the applications immediately is a matter of risk. This is because the need to change the service provider may arise anytime. The reason for the change could be staff having a hard time adapting or the support service is not up to the mark. Additionally, getting all app data on cloud raises an eye for security. Therefore, migrate apps one by one, after getting the hang of working on the cloud. If apps aren’t cloud friendly save the Cloud Storage for QuickBooks.
4. Overlooking Connectivity
Most business owners tend to overlook an essential factor of connectivity. Before making a shift to the cloud, make sure that your internet connection is strong. The cloud gets your data online, and it is with internet access, you can access the data anywhere, anytime. Since cloud storage is huge, internet connectivity must be reliable. Cloud Storage for QuickBooks has a large amount of data, and an internet connection cannot be compromised to download the right information. Don’t go after cheap internet service providers; choose a provider that offers a connection that can handle cloud storage. Neglecting this factor may affect your cloud experience negatively. Not only the experience, but it affects your clients, your data updation and eventually works efficiency.
5. Not creating a local company backup; relying on hosting provider completely.
As the leading QuickBooks Cloud hosting company, we still ask our clients to maintain a local backup of the company file. It does not question the effectiveness of the hosting provider but is a smarter choice on your behalf. Follow the steps given below to locally backup your company file. The method below is for QuickBooks hosted on third party server:
- Log in to your hosted account and open your QuickBooks company file.
- Go to File and navigate to Back Up Company.
- Next, select Create Local Backup.
- After the Local backup is created, click on Next.
- Select Save it now and hit on Next.
- In the Save Backup Copy window, click on the Computer on the left to reveal all drives. You can save your backup at a convenient location.
- Go to Local Disk (C:) and select Users.
- From there click on your local user folder.
- Select the Desktop folder (or another directory of your choosing) and click on Open.
- Click Save and QuickBooks will create the QB backup file and save it to your local computer.
Now that you know which road not to go, move ahead to decide the best hosting provider for your business. For additional help, call 1.855.738.2784 and get to know the customized plans. Not only you save the money at the right points, but you can be assured of the security to be provided for your data.
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