Why do I need to Host Tally on Cloud?
Hosting an accounting ERP like Tally on Cloud not only meets your computing needs for this generation, but also for the next. In this article, we will give you the best tips and advice so you can successfully host Tally Prime on Cloud – India’s leading accounting ERP on a public or private cloud provider.
Ever since the world was swept away by the Covid 19 pandemic, life has changed. The pandemic led to a nearly complete collapse of society as we know it. Prior to the pandemic, people used to come to a central office location and work out of their desktops / laptops. All this has changed and no longer do people have to come to office regularly and can work from home and save the time and effort in their commute.
As a result, there has been a dramatic increase in home offices and families with members working remotely. Furthermore, people have moved to the suburbs and out of the city as they find it more comfortable. This transition has led to an exponential increase in hosting software tally on cloud so that it can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection. This means that companies don’t need to spend money on expensive hardware which translates into more savings and flexibility.
However, there are a few things which you need to know before you host Tally on Cloud and here is our 10 tips that will ensure you get you can configure tally on cloud without any surprises:
Tip 1: How do I install Tally on Cloud?
To run Tally on Cloud, you need a Cloud Hosted Terminal Server. A Windows VPS Hosting is what you primarily need for hosting Tally on Cloud. Your Windows VPS Hosting Server will act as a terminal server for hosting Tally Prime on a Cloud server.
The terminal server provides a desktop like environment to multiple users at the same time. Once the remote desktop becomes accessible, you can just install a Tally ERP or Tally Prime like you do in your local. Multiple users can now login into their own remote session and run Tally with full functionality and the same familiar interface.
Tip 2: How can I access my cloud web Tally?
You can connect your Tally Cloud server from a Windows desktop, a Linux desktop, a MacBook, an Android Tablet or Smartphone or from a cost saving Thin Client desktop terminal.
The only software to access Tally on Cloud hosting services is a remote desktop connect software like MSTSC.EXE on Windows and FreeRDP on Unix like systems. If you want even more flexibility and more granular access control on the Tally server hosted on cloud, you can go for a software like TS Plus as an addon with the Windows Cloud server. This will even allow you to access your Tally on Cloud server desktop from a HTML5 browser like Chrome or Firefox. You can also run your Tally on Cloud server in a kiosk mode, where user will be restricted to run only Tally and some other explicitly allowed applications.
Host Tally on Cloud with remote access across locations and devices.
Access Application through TS-Plus Remote Desktop Client
TS-Plus Application publishing to specific users or groups
TS-Plus Advanced Security Management
Tip 3: Can I host TallyPrime on Cloud?
TallyPrime is a 360⁰ industry managing suit for SMEs. TallyPrime lets you undertake accounting, inventory, taxation, banking, payroll and far more by reducing intricacies, and allowing emphasis on actual business development. It can be deployed and used in the same way, just like the earlier Tally ERP version on cloud.
Tally on Cloud login with Remote Desktop
Tip 4: How can we compare on premise vs Tally on Cloud?
People opt for Tally on Cloud vs on premise, for some definite benefits and some of it is highlighted below:
- Tally on Cloud data remains safe on cloud servers. Cloud servers have highly capable backup functionality and they run on enterprise grade highly reliable hardware, located in very secure data center racks. It is very difficult to achieve such reliability on inhouse hardware. In case of a disaster situation, recovering a cloud server is much faster than any inhouse hardware. .
- Hosting Tally on Cloud saves on time and effort in deploying servers on the local LAN and then managing its security and backups thereby reducing operational costs as well.
- In a centralized Tally server on cloud, security can be tightly monitored and controlled.
- Remote work has become the new normal post-pandemic. With cloud web tally, you can access Tally from anywhere. It also saves on dedicated connectivity costs, by eliminating the need for leased line, VPN, etc. Just having an internet connection will be enough for expanding business across locations.
Tip 5: What are the requirements to host Tally on Cloud?
First select a Windows VPS server plan depending on your number of concurrent users (number of users, to work at the same time). Per user memory footprint for Tally on Cloud remote sessions will be between 200MB and 1GB and CPU requirement will be at least 2 vCPU cores. As cloud servers are easily scalable, you need not worry much about running out of resources on Tally on Cloud servers.
- Once the Tally VPS server is ready, login as Administrator via remote desktop and install Tally as usual.
- Next, create some users and make them members of the Remote Desktop Users Group on the server OS. If you are planning to use any HTML5 browser interface, then you will possibly install TS+ terminal server software.
- You can then connect to your cloud web tally online as per the remote desktop utility which is provided for your use.
Tip 6: Do I need to install Tally Client for each user?
In the case of Tally on Premise, you will possibly install Tally on every user desktop, then connect them with the main Tally server. This is a complex and inflexible setup.
In the case of hosting Tally on Cloud, you will deploy Tally only once on the Tally Cloud server and create multi users, allowing them to access Tally via multiple simultaneous remote sessions in multiple locations. This makes the whole thing highly centralized hence closely manageable.
Tip 7: What is Tally Cloud Price?
Your Tally on Cloud price would depend on the following cost breakdown as shared below:
- Depending on the provider or your business model, you can get a Tally on Cloud per user cost in which case you pay a usage based pricing. However, in case you want to rent a Cloud server and host Tally Prime on it, then you would have to pay for the VPS hosting charges and any additional costs for backup, security for the server as well.
- Tally software has its own licenses. You can bring in your local license to Tally on Cloud deployment and use it there. If you are using the TallyPrime version, then you have ten (10) concurrent user licenses by built-in. If you have more than ten concurrent users, then ask your Tally vendor to provide additional session licenses for your Tally on Cloud.
- To use more than two concurrent users in your Tally on Cloud server, you can either purchase Microsoft Terminal Server licenses or buy TS+ software. TS+ software includes the Terminal Server licenses and offers additional exclusive features and very useful functionality like Universal Printing support, Web based (HTML5) access to remote desktop, kiosk mode operation, etc.
Tip 8: How does Tally Cloud Printing Work?
Though remote printing is available on inbuilt Remote Desktop Server of Microsoft Windows, it is highly dependent on supported printer models and network configuration. Only postscript printers are fully supported for remote printing. Also, as you will be connecting your Tally on Cloud server via WAN or public internet, firewalls in-between can easily play spoilsports in your remote printing plans. So, in most cases users print to a PDF file in Tally on Cloud server and later copy-paste them to the local system, to print locally using a PDF viewer software, like Adobe Reader.
But if you are going for TS+ software, you will get a universal printer, through which you will be able to print directly from Tally on Cloud server to your local printer. Using TS+ software will be a win-win choice for entities with more than two concurrent users for Tally on Cloud server. As TS+ will cover the Microsoft Terminal Server license cost, while providing this more reliable universal printing support to your Tally on Cloud users.
Tip 9: How can I backup Tally data on Cloud?
You can backup your Tally data on Cloud in the following ways:
- Your hosting provider has taken the data backup responsibility in which case they will take daily backups of your Tally data on their cloud storage.
- You can sync the Tally data on cloud with a google drive or onedrive sync which you can schedule and enable through third party applications on your server.
- You can take a manual backup of the Tally data and save it on your local system for offline retention.
Our recommendation is to keep three options to backup your Tally data on cloud to ensure there is near zero chance of data loss of your vital accounting data.
Tip 10: How can I securely access my cloud web tally through a VPN?
Your Tally server doesn’t need to be accessible to the world wide web. Using a VPN access, you can ensure that your Tally cloud users use their VPN account to login to your provider network and access the Tally server over a private network tunneled over the internet.
This would ensure that without a VPN access, no one can access your Tally server online.
Use a VPN for secure access to your Tally cloud server
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With due diligence, hosting Tally on the Cloud solution has many benefits for most businesses. It will make your tally account system available and accessible on a 24 × 7 basis, improving efficiency and delivering faster turnaround to your customers.
Below is the infographic for our Top 10 Tips for hosting Tally Prime on Cloud which you can download as a PDF and use it as a reference checklist when you need to shortlist a Tally cloud provider.
