How do I get a Mac with current OS to log into my Windows 2003 network to work on Quickbooks?
We are running Quickbooks with data on Windows server and 1 user. We have a finance guy that is going to do work for us and we would like to set him up to work remotely. He has an Mac however and without Citrix, I don’t see how he can access the Quickbooks data. I assume we could have him RDP in but I don’t think he can use Quickbooks. Could I use GoTOMyPC and get in and use Quickbooks?
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You will probably have to add his user to the local remote desktop users group on the server, too. Don't make his account an administrator.
Remote desktop for administration mode on Windows Server 2003 allows two RDP connections and one console connection simultaneously - make sure he logs off properly or it will sit consuming one connection and although it's been a while since I did anything 2003 related I seem to remember that it doesn't prompt to take over a logged in session like 2008 onwards but just throws an error message that there are no more remote sessions available.
Remote desktop for administration mode on Windows Server 2003 allows two RDP connections and one console connection simultaneously - make sure he logs off properly or it will sit consuming one connection and although it's been a while since I did anything 2003 related I seem to remember that it doesn't prompt to take over a logged in session like 2008 onwards but just throws an error message that there are no more remote sessions available.
Now I prefer and recommend the Microsoft Remote Desktop app in the Mac App Store:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417?mt=12
Yes, you can use other tools too like GoToMyPC or TeamViewer.