ARCHIVED What is Sage 50cloud?

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What is the difference between Sage 50 and Sage 50cloud, and what is included in the Sage 50cloud plan?

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Sage 50cloud is a type of service plan provided to customers that enables you to use cloud functionality within your existing Sage 50 software. The cloud features available to you with a Sage 50cloud service plan are detailed below.

Remote Data Access (RDA)

Remote Data Access (RDA) is a service that allows you to store a copy of your data in the secure RDA Cloud Servers and access it from any machine that has Sage 50 installed and a reliable internet connection. RDA gives you the mobility of being able to work in multiple locations without the need of backing up and restoring or expensive VPN setups. With the newly added multi-user functionality in 2019, you can now have up to 40 users working simultaneously in an RDA company (user licenses permitted).

Note: RDA is what is known as a Platform as a Service and is not completely hosted online. RDA does require for Sage 50 be to be installed on the computer you are wanting to access the data from. Sage 50cloud does provide you access to an online software known as Sage Business Cloud Accounting to use for your mobile invoicing. See below for more information.

Sage Business Cloud Accounting

Sage Business Cloud Accounting is hosted completely online and can be accessed from any web browser. Sage Business Cloud Accounting is a scaled down accounting package that is mainly intended for mobile invoicing when used with Sage 50cloud. You would set up a separate company in Sage Business Cloud Accounting to allow syncing invoices, customers, and inventory items with your Sage 50cloud company. Sage Business Cloud Accounting has apps available for iOS and Android devices.

Bank Feeds

With a Sage 50cloud service plan, you may also setup a connection from your account reconciliation module to your bank account to reduce the need of manual reconciliation. This service helps streamline your day to day tasks and ensures that your books are still correct and reconciled.

Microsoft 365 Integration

With a Sage 50cloud service plan, you may also integrate Sage 50 with an active Microsoft Office Business Standard 365 license as well as your Enterprise 365 license. Integration with Microsoft 365 gives you the capability to create cloud backups and save them directly to your One Drive.

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