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SBA & POS

I have been using SBA for a while now to manage my online webstore. I am going to be opening a retail store in about a month and I am looking to use POS in the store. The problem I think I am going to run into is that SBA is installed on a server at home, and the retail store is in a different locaton. How difficult is it going to be to get the data synched between them?

I would rather not bring SBA to the office because all my online stuff is done out of my house.

Can I do a daily export of some sort to get them to synch?

Also, since this is a just a small retail shop, there is no real need for me to get RMS is there? In looking at the differences, it looks like POS will work fine.

Reply to
DomitianX
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@ $39 on Amazon after a mail-in rebate, buy a second copy of SBA and run it as a second enterprise!

Reply to
Jeff

No, I need a POS system (Bar code reader, CC processor, receipts, etc) for the retail store. I am not going to enter the customer information or any of that for each sale.

POS looks like it will fit the bill, but I am concerned about the integration.

--Mike

"Jeff" wrote:

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DomitianX

What I meant was that as cheap as SBA is, you might be better off buying a second copy of SBA as it is required to be on the same machine to import RMS/POS data into. Then copy the SBA data files to the home machine.

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Jeff

Oh I see what you mean. I was kind of thinking that myself. Can you merge two databases in SBA or will I need to not touch the one at home until I merge the copy from the store and vice versa?

I was also thinking I might setup a VPN between my home and the office and have the copy of SBA/POS at the store connect right to the db at home.

--Mike

"Jeff" wrote:

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DomitianX

Never tried VPNing. Its not supported by MS, so you would be on your own!

Reply to
Jeff

Bill,

You can try POS 2.0. It provides tight SBA/POS integration with SBA 2007. Both of them are in beta phase. You can have SBA stored in a laptop and POS stored in a desktop. So they can bring the laptop home.

Kevin

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Kevin Pham [MSFT]

Kevin,

So how long til we see these versions?

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Jeff

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