What If: I Need to configure Windows Firewall for QuickBooks

A reader wrote in asking how they should configure the Windows Firewall so that they could use QuickBooks Desktop in multi-user mode on their local network. When setting-up QuickBooks Desktop for multi-user network operations it is necessary to configure windows firewall on all computers, workstations and server, running or hosting QuickBooks. Perform the following steps on each computer:

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William Murphy

William (Bill) Murphy, better known as "Murph," is responsible for day-to-day technical content. Murph is an Advanced Certified ProAdvisor with over 30 years of QuickBooks consulting experience. He has more than 45 years of experience in Business, Finance and Public Accounting. For many years Murph was the “anchor” of the National Advisor Network’s online forum (now the Woodard forum) and three-time consecutive winner of the NAN Online MVP award. Murph has published numerous articles in industry publications and served as Technical Editor for Business Analysis with QuickBooks by Wiley Publishing.

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