QuickBooks 2010 – New “App Center”
So what is this Intuit Workplace App Center?
Well the Intuit Workplace App Center is where you can buy or try for free, 3rd party software that lives on the web rather than on your computer. Otherwise known as “hosted” or SaaS (Software as a Service) programs that you don’t own, but rather pay a monthly fee to use this software and all the data is stored on servers owned by Intuit.
Anything that you can currently try for free, will most likely incur a monthly fee for continued use at some point and unless you are connected to the internet you cannot access anything that you have stored in them.
The App Center is accessed via the Icon Bar at the top of QuickBooks
When you click on the App Center icon, a browser window opens directly within QuickBooks that takes you to the home page of the Intuit Workplace App Center where you can browse through about 25 different programs in 4 categories:
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Apps that help you run your business
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Apps that help you to manage your work
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Apps that help you to grow and manage your customers
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Apps that help you to reduce your costs
For those of you who like to own your own software and have that data live on your computers, the Intuit Marketplace still exists with hundreds of beefy applications that really extend the power of QuickBooks – visit http://marketplace.intuit.com to see a complete listing of 3rd party programs that perform a wide range of functions that you cannot obtain directly from within QuickBooks.
Of course, once you arrive at the Marketplace you’ll see the same apps featured there as on the App Center – not to worry, there really are other programs available – use the “Search” feature in the upper right corner and type in some key words.
In my opinion it’s a real shame that Intuit seems to have forgotten their long-time developers (many who have been around since 2002).
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Nancy Smyth, Sunburst Software Solutions, Inc.QuickBooks Construction & Payroll Expert
I've been using and supporting QuickBooks products since the early 1990's. I've worked with thousands of contractors, assisting them with QuickBooks setup, Certified Payroll Reporting requirements, AIA Billing and Weighted-Average Overtime.
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I had a utility called TBX (Trial Balance Exporter) written for me with SDK.
Hi Sara
What is your 3rd party application and do you use the SDK to write it?
I’m with Nancy. I have a 3rd party application on the Intuit Merchant site and they absolutely bury it. I was excited at first when I saw the icon, but what a let down.
And you are so right about ..”unless you are connected to the internet you cannot access anything that you have stored in them.” I am warning clients to read the small print about the fancy new document linking. Once you reach about 2000 pages, they start charging you. If a company is serious about scanning then there are many apps available that reside on your machine.