System Requirements MYOB AE and AO

This guide is designed to help you effectively use MYOB Accountants Office and Accountants Enterprise applications in your practice. It outlines the recommended hardware specifications for running MYOB applications, along with the supported Microsoft operating systems, databases, and Office versions that have been tested with these applications.

The primary focus is to ascertain any compatibility issues with Ingressum’s Secure Workspace for O365 and Cloud Desktop services.

Please be aware that system requirements may change as new technologies are introduced and older ones become obsolete or unsupported by the manufacturer. 

Please refer to the following MYOB page for the most current information – MYOB System Requirements

This guide identifies the most common implementation scenarios of MYOB AO and AE that we have encountered from our customers. For comprehensive advice please refer to MYOB.

Below are the main high level specifications that required to begin to plan the computing requirements.

No compatibility issues

No compatibility issues

Processor

Equivalent to Intel i5 or greater

RAM

8 GB

Hard Disk

  • 100 GB

  • Plus 50 MB per year per application growth

  • Plus additional for backups as required

Processor

2 x Dual or Quad Core Server class processor

RAM

Base of 8 GB plus 1 GB per user

Hard Disk*

  • 30 GB SSD base application
  • Plus additional for backups as required

Other

  • Microsoft Exchange and SQL to be located on separate servers when running Terminal Server.
  • Approximately 15-20 concurrent users per Terminal Server. Further discussion required to when greater concurrent users required.

OPERATING SYSTEM

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Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2

 10th April 2024

Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2
Remote Desktop Services

 10th April 2024

Windows Server 2016
Remote Desktop Services

 

Windows Server 2016

 

Windows Server 2019 Remote Desktop Services

 

Window Server 2019

 

Windows Server 2022

 

DATABASE

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Microsoft SQL Server 2019 – 64 bit        

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2017 – 64 bit

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 – 64 bit

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 – 32 and 64 bit

 

Microsoft SQL Server 2012: 32 and 64 bit

15 January 2023

Highly recommended that Windows 10 Pro or 11 Pro be utilized. 
Windows Home versions do not include the necessary security features to protect the user from malicious activity.

All current Microsoft Office versions are supported

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