Backup using QuickBooks backup feature

I know I probably sound like I preach this feature so often (this will make the 6th time I have blogged about backing up your data file).  However, I just recently visited a client who was not using QuickBooks backup at all.  

His company was quite large and had 3 users using QuickBooks, all logging into a server.  The server was being backed up daily.  When I asked if he backed up, he said "of course" and proceeded to tell me how it was being backed up.  My data file is backed up nightly.  Our whole system is backed up.  So he was backing up all files on the server, including the data file nightly.  When I checked his data file (he had some problems with the functionality of his data file and QuickBooks) I found he had many database fragments. 

The reason you need to use the backup function of QuickBooks is that it re-sorts the data and verifies it.  It helps to keep your data file healthy.  I set up an automatic backup of his file through QuickBooks backup and we made a file folder that this backup copy would be located.  Now, he will be using QuickBooks backup and still be backing up all his files on his server.  He won't even have to think about it.  

So, backup backup backup, even if you have a server, use the QuickBooks backup feature.

Lynda

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