CCH Hosting

CCH Hosting – Run CCH Accounts Production on a hosted remote desktop

CCH Accounts production from Wolters Kluwer is a desktop software application popular with accountants to streamline the accounts process from data entry through to online filing; improving the efficiency of accounting firms.

As CCH Accounts Production is a desktop application, accountancy practices would traditionally have required a local server to share the data with users; but in the world of cloud-based applications many accountants no longer want the expense and risk of maintaining IT hardware.

Hosting CCH Accounts Production on a cloud based remote desktop service means you can do away with the local server, access the application from anywhere, and use non-Windows devices to connect.

Run other applications alongside CCH

A hosted remote desktop isn’t constrained to just running CCH, you can run other applications alongside it. Common applications used by accountants include Moneysoft Payroll, BrightPay, TaxCalc, Sage 50 Accounts, and of course Microsoft Office.

Include Microsoft 365 with CCH Accounts Production hosting

Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) is fast becoming the most popular way of licencing Microsoft Office. Not only is it a way to rent Office on a subscription basis, but it includes many cloud-based services such as email, Teams, SharePoint and OneDrive, so offers incredible value for money. At Your Office Anywhere we are resellers of Microsoft 365 and can advise on the best plan to run Office on a remote desktop alongside CCH.

Benefits of CCH Hosting with Your Office Anywhere

• You can connect to, and run CCH Accounts Production from anywhere in the world over the internet. For accountants this means full and easy access to CCH from your customer’s site as well as enabling remote working. People working from home have the same quality of IT systems as those in the office.

• Integrate CCH with other desktop applications like Sage 50 Accounts or Microsoft Office by installing those on the remote desktop as well.

• Integrate CCH with online applications like Xero or Quickbooks in the same was as you would if running CCH on a local PC.

• Your Office Anywhere is a fully managed service so we look after any technical questions or issues with the remote desktop, while Wolters Kluwer look after supporting CCH. Wolters Kluwer would require you to engage them to do the installation of CCH on any remote desktop platform.

• Fully scalable, resources on a remote desktop can be increased very quickly, usually without any disruption to users. CCH uses a SQL Server database, smaller databases can use the SQL Express free licence and this can be upgrade to full SQL Standard and costs for this are reduced due to the innovative way we licence SQL Server Standard.

• Flexible, you can increase or decrease user numbers as required, contracts are typically rolling monthly unless agreed otherwise.

• Use non-Windows devices, you can connect to our hosted remote desktop service from Windows, Apple Mac, iPad, Android, even iOS or Android phones.

Features included when hosting CCH with Your Office Anywhere

• A range of connection methods including:

Full remote desktop – like a second Windows PC running on your computer.
RemoteApp – removed the “wrapper” of the remote desktop, just showing the remote applications as if they were running locally.
Web Client – run CCH and other apps within a web browser on PCs or Mac.
Remote Desktop Client App – download from Google Play, Microsoft store or Apple store for free to run CCH and other apps on any device.

• All Microsoft Windows and Remote Desktop licences included in the price. • All data backed up at least nightly to a second geographically distant data centre. • Managed antivirus on your remote desktop server, alerts are sent to our helpdesk who will investigate, take appropriate action, and advise if there is anything you need to do. • Managed Windows updates ensuring your server is always up to date with the latest security patches. • 24/7 support for critical issues • 99.5% uptime guarantee • ISO 27001 certified for our Information Security Management System – audited annually

Optional Features

• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Use your smartphone or dedicated landline number to approve all logons to your server to reduce the risk of hackers logging on if they discover your username and password. • Third party cloud backup – We already backup your data but many companies require additional, 3rd party, backup for compliance reasons, insurance, or simply for peace of mind. We can configure an additional backup to a 3rd party cloud-based solution enabling you to recover data without our involvement. Find out more here. • Microsoft 365 subscriptions and licences. See the more popular plans and pricing here.

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