Sage Drive Multi-User now available for Sage 50cloud - U.S. Edition!

What exactly is Sage Drive and why would I want to use it?

Sage Drive is a service that enables you to store a current copy of your company database in the cloud, then access it from any computer that has (preferably fast) internet connection and Sage 50—U.S. Edition installed on it. Sage Drive is an included feature in all currently supported versions of Sage 50—U.S. Edition, provided you have a currently active SAN (Sage Accountants Network) or Sage 50c subscription. It was designed to be used in two situations:

1. Business owners who want to have access to their data from the office and from home.
2. Small businesses where the accountant enters all, or nearly all, of the accounting information.

To use Sage Drive Multi-User, make sure you have or perform the task below to ensure Multi-User works properly for you:

• Sage 50cloud version 2019.0 or later installed on your computer
• Each Sage 50 user accessing the company will need to have a unique Sage ID
• A high-speed internet connection is required (For best performance a download speed of at least 20mbps and an upload speed of at least 10mbps are recommended. At a minimum, a download speed of 20mbps and an upload speed of 5mbps are required.)¹
  • For companies less than 500 megabytes that do not use inventory or multiple lines on transactions an upload speed of 5mbps is usually sufficient
  • For companies greater than 500 megabytes that do not use inventory or multiple lines on transactions an upload speed of 10mbps or more is recommended for best performance
  • For all companies using inventory and/or multiple lines on transactions an upload speed of 10mbps is recommended for best performance

Note: The data size limit for Sage Drive Companies is 5.3GB, which includes attachments and archives

• If your database size is larger than 5.3GB, you can use the purge process to reduce the database size
• To test your current internet speeds open an internet browser and go to Google.com and search for “Speed Test”