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3 Primary Ways to Migrate Client Data to QuickBooks online

As you progress your journey with QuickBooks, your company file is bound to keep stacking and building. Before the file starts causing problems, you will have to take care of it. Now this sounds like a reason to move your QuickBooks data to another system. That is when the QuickBooks data migration services comes in handy!


Here are some things to note about the migrate quickbooks desktop to online:


  • To use the QuickBooks migration tool, you must be the Admin user.
  • Create a strong password as this is what will be the key to unlocking the data that is to be sent over to the new system.
  • This very password is to be used for just one time so keep it near.
  • With the help of the QuickBooks Migrator Tool, you will be able to copy the last 3 company files that have been accessed to the flash drive.
  • Remember that your flash drive will simply transfer the physical data, however, the technical data will be transferred by the QuickBooks Migrator Tool.
  • This tool works like magic! Not only does it download the most compatible QuickBooks version on your system but also sets up the files and data when the QuickBooks is finished installing.


What will you need before you use the QuickBooks Data migration?


  • Make sure to have a stable internet connection to the system that the files are being transferred to.
  • Keep a USB flash drive handy because that is what will be used to store and transfer your physical data.
  • Make sure to have ample space on both your new system as well as your flash drive.

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Data that the QuicK Quickbooks to netsuite data migration can not transfer.


It is important to know that there are exceptions in the data that can be transferred through the QuickBooks Migrator Tool. Let’s look at the data the tool sadly, cannot help you with:

  • If the multi-user setup is applicable to your QuickBooks, we have some bad news for you. The multi-user setup can not be copied to your new system.
  • Now there is a lot of delicate information on your QuickBooks as well, like your PayRoll and Payment services that are linked to your QuickBooks. To keep that data’s integrity, you need to be logged in again on your new system.
  • If you have the Intuit Data Protect on your previous system, you need to uninstall it. Next, you have to complete the IDP setup on your new system. What this will do is, it will help you migrate the company data files apart from the last 3 that the QuickBooks Migrator Tool did not.


How to Use the QuickBooks Migrator Tool?

It is fairly simple. Just follow the steps given below:


Part 1: On the Old System

Step 1: Launch the QuickBooks Desktop and reach over to the ‘File’ menu

Step 2: Select ‘Utilities’ and click on the option that says ‘Move QuickBooks to another computer’

Step 3: Click on ‘I’m Ready’ and proceed to create a complex ‘OTP’ 

Step 4: Select your flash drive that has been plugged into the old system and wait till the QuickBooks Migrator Tool is done copying the files in the flash drive


Part 2: On the New System

Step 1: Connect the flash drive to the new system

Step 2: Now, you can either wait a couple of seconds to see if the QuickBooks Migrator Tool starts running on its own or you may manually run the file called 

Move_QuickBooks.bat from your connected flash drive

QuickBooks Migration Tool

Step 3: You have to now enter the complex password or OTP that you created earlier on the old system and click on ‘Let’s Go’

Step 4: Lastly, just sit back and let the migration finish


We would appreciate you calling our support team at +1-855-738-0359 if you need help troubleshooting QuickBooks Desktop to online migration related queries. Our talented team of experts is there to help you resolve this error and continue running your operations smoothly.


For access to the tool and instructions on how to use it, explore this article on QuickBooks Error 15227.

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