Setting Up QuickBooks Database Server
Manager: A Comprehensive Guide
One of QuickBooks's tools, QuickBooks Database Server Manager, assists you in configuring the server
for multiple users. To provide seamless and effective multi-user access to your QuickBooks company data,
this program allows you to host your company's files for several users, giving you a consolidated database
management system.
Additionally, it creates a network data file (.ND file) for company files stored on the main computer.
QBDSM controls access to these files for other computers on the network, keeping the data safe and
correct. If a user wants to use multiple desktop versions of QuickBooks, they must install this tool. Without
it, accessing multi-user mode is not possible. In this blog post, we will learn how to setting up
QuickBooks Database Server Manager.
If you are unsure about following the steps on your own, we can assist you. Just contact our technical
team at the toll-free number (1.855.856.0042), and we will promptly answer all your queries.
What is Need to QB Database Server Manager in QB?
Setting up QBDT is crucial for several reasons:
• Multi-user Access: It enables multiple users to access the same company file simultaneously,
enhancing collaboration and productivity.
• Data Security: Proper setup ensures that sensitive financial data is protected and accessible only to
authorized users.
• Data Integrity: It helps maintain the integrity of your company file by managing data access and
preventing file corruption.
• Improved Performance: Setting up the database server manager optimizes the performance of
QuickBooks in a multi-user environment, ensuring smooth operation.
Steps to Configure the QuickBooks Database Server Manager
After downloading the database server manager, it's time to proceed with the setup process. The steps for this process are as
follows:
Step 1: Configure QuickBooks Desktop
• In a multi-user network, one computer, known as the server computer, hosts your company files. Other computers on the
network that do not host the company files are referred to as workstations.
• Download and install QuickBooks Desktop on your server computer if you haven't already.
• Choose Network Install and Custom as the installation type.
• If you want the full version of QuickBooks Desktop on your server computer, choose to use QuickBooks Desktop on this
computer, AND I'll be storing it.
• If you want QuickBooks Desktop to be used only on your server computer, choose I will NOT be using QuickBooks Desktop
on this computer.
• Proceed as instructed on the screen to finalize the installation.
Step 2: Enable hosting
Now that you've completed the setup outside of QuickBooks, the next step is to enable Multi-user Access on your server
computer. Only the server computer should have this feature enabled.
•Once QuickBooks Desktop is open, select File from the menu.
•Hover over Utilities.
•Select Host Multi-User Access.
•Confirm by selecting Yes.
Step 3: Set up QuickBooks on a workstation
Now that your files are hosted over the network from the server, it's time to install QuickBooks on your workstations.
•Install QuickBooks Desktop on your workstations after downloading it.
•Choose Custom and Network Install for the installation type.
•Choose On this machine, I'll be running QuickBooks Desktop.
•Last, Follow the prompts on the screen to finish the installation.
We really hope that the steps in this blog post will be useful to you when setting up QuickBooks Database Server Manager and
that they will help you fix QuickBooks Error 6010. Please don't hesitate to contact our support staff if you still need assistance.
Simply dial 1.855.856.0042 to get help.