Article ID: 33087

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ARTICLE LAST UPDATED: 14/06/2017 1:02:00 AM

MYOB INTERNAL STAFF ONLY

Internal Notes:

**DO NOT MODIFY THIS ARTICLE. WHERE CHANGES ARE REQUIRED, REFER TO THE TECHNICAL SERVICES TEAM**

• Ensure you are logged in as an administrator user.
• Ensure User Account Control (UAC) is switched off. For more details refer to KB 30854: How do I disable User Account Control (UAC)?
• Ensure Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is set to the default setting. For more details refer to KB 34263: How do I establish Data Execution Prevention settings?
• Ensure any Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, Anti-Malware, Firewall or any other such security software is switched off.
• Ensure Linked Connections are enabled on any Server 2012 and/or Windows 8 machines. For more details refer to KB 35152: How do I enable Linked Connections in Windows?
• Ensure you have a copy of the AO Classic Data folder from the old machine and that this has been copied to the new machine.

Please confer with your IT vendor if you have any issues with the above.

You will also need to confirm your document path and template path and check that these are copied across. By default these are located inside the Documents folder of the Data folder and in this case, nothing additional needs to be done. In order to find the path, within Accountants Office Classic, go to Tools > Options and click the Defaults tab to see the Document Path and Template Path. If you would like to change this path, please see KB 30150: How do I change the document path for all clients?. Note that you will need to do so before migrating the data over.

1. Ensure the Data folder is copied into C:\MYOBAO on the new machine. If this directory does not exist, you must create it first. The folder is copied.
2. Download and install version 17.0.3 full installer from the my.myob.com.au, Product Downloads page, Australia. Run
3. Install all the subsequent updates after that.
4. Open Accountants Office and ensure all data and functionality has been restored.

1. Ensure the MYOBAO folder is copied into C:\AONET on the new server. If this directory does not exist, you must create and share it will full permissions for Users first. Please speak to your I.T provider for more information. The folder is copied.

2. Map a network drive pointing to the AONET folder on the new server and ensure you note the new data path for example X:\MYOBAO. The drive is mapped.

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   Accountants Office does not support the use of UNC paths for example  \\server\....

3. Navigate to the MYOBAO folder and run setup.exe. The installation file runs.

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   If this file does not exist or there are issues running it, you will need to install the aforementioned updates as per the Standalone section of this article.

4. Open Accountants Office and ensure all data and functionality has been restored.

1. Map the drive the same as was done on the server.
2. Navigate to the MYOBAO folder and run setup.exe. The installation file runs.
3. Follow the prompts of the wizard to install Accountants Office, ensuring the Data is installed to X:\MYOBAO\Data where X:\ the the mapped drive the MYOBAO folder is located. The installation is complete.
4. Open Accountants Office and ensure all data and functionality has been restored.

1. Install the relevant VPN client on any applicable workstations. The VPN is installed. For more details refer to: KB 33666 : Installing and Uninstalling Cisco VPN client for AO Tax-
   
2. Ensure any external documents or templates have been copied across into the corresponding folders shown in Tools > Options > Defaults tab.

You have successfully migrated Accountants Office Classic.