It is not mandatory to remove Windows Data Folder sharing to access data from Tally.Server 9. However, for better usage & manageability of Tally data through Tally.Server 9 Data Endpoints, it is recommended that you 'un-share' the windows Data folder sharing.

We recommend 'un-sharing' of windows data folder to enjoy the benefits of Tally.Server 9. Once the users start accessing the data from Tally.Server 9 service, the shared location will become irrelevant as the users will not be able to access the same for any activity on Tally.ERP 9.

There are different ways of removing the windows data folder sharing depending on the Windows OS type.

Windows XP/ Windows Vista/ Windows Server 2000/ Windows 2003/ Windows Home Server/ Windows 2008:

 Procedure 1:

1. Go to the respective shared folder
2. Right click on it and choose Properties
3. Select Sharing tab
4. lick on Do Not share this folder (If you're not getting this option go to My computer >> Tools >> Folder options >> View >> at last you will find an option called "Use Simple File sharing" Uncheck it and apply the changes)(OR)

   Procedure 2:

   Example: Multiple shared folders to be stopped from sharing

   1. From Desktop, right click on My Computer and choose Manage

   System Tools.

   1. Select Shares. This will give a list of all the shared folders on the right. Find the share folder which has to be unshared, right click it and choose Stop Sharing
   2. Click Yes in the pop-up window to successfully unshared.

   Note: Do not delete any shares ending in $. These are admin shares and are very important!

   Windows 7/ Windows 8:

   Procedure 1:

    

   1. Right click on it and choose properties

    

   1. Select Sharing tab

    

   1. Click on share

    

   1. Select the respective user name and right click and select remove

    

   To remove the complete share of the folder Go to Advance sharing and Un-check "Share this folder" checkbox.

    

   (OR)

    

   Procedure 2:

    

   To unshared folders,

    

   1. Click Start, right click on Computer and choose Manage

    

   1. This will open the Computer Management window. On the left pane, Select Shared Folders under System Tools.
   2. Select Shares. This will give a list of all the shared folders on the right. Find the share folder which has to be unshared, right click it and choose Stop Sharing
   3. Click Yes in the pop-up window to successfully unshared.

    

   Note: Do not delete any shares ending in $. These are admin shares and are very important!

   This will open the Computer Management window. On the left pane, Select Shared Folders underGo to the respective shared folder

With Tally.Server 9, it is not possible to maintain Tally data on Cloud. .

One of the major benefits of Tally.Server 9 is Data Reliability; it ensures data consistency even if network connectivity is lost. However you will get a message "Connection error: Unable to connect to Network" in the specific client where Network is disconnected.

One of the major benefits of Tally.Server 9 is Data Reliability. The Tally.Server 9 ensures data consistency even in intense use environments and has zero impact of any abnormal client shutdown. Without Tally.Server 9 ' While any of the users is in waiting mode, as system is performing large write operation and if the application is terminated by force, the data will go into unknown state. The system will force the users to rewrite data in order to maintain the consistency of data. This will cause significant delay in working.

But with Tally.Server 9, this state will never occur and if any of the users terminate the application, it will not affect any other instances and the data will always be safe and protected.

Similarly any kind of abnormal activity at the client end will ensure that it is kept isolated to the client and neither the data on the server nor the activities of any other user gets impacted. This ensures that any loss of time due to system un-availability is minimized to close to zero.

The Tally.Server 9 Data End points are physical data locations that need to be configured through Monitoring Tool and are exposed by the Tally.Server 9 to authorized Tally.ERP 9 clients. Each Data End Point can be given a name to differentiate them for e.g.: HRDATA, FINANCE DATA etc. This can be repeated for as many data locations that user wants to configure.

You can create & use unlimited number of Data End Points using active Tally.Server 9 services.

During installation of Tally.Server 9, it will prompt you to enter Tally.ERP 9 Gold License Server Name/IP and Port number. But with the help of multi-deployment license configuration available in the tssvc.ini file, you can configure other Tally.ERP 9 licenses (Silver or Gold).

Tally.Server 9 will work effectively in any combinations whether it is heterogeneous environment (Machines with combinations of both 32-bit versions and 64-bit versions) or homogeneous environment (All machines are either in 32-bit versions or 64-bit versions) environment?

Tally.Server 9 is a 'Series A' Enterprise Class product aimed at providing better concurrent usage and control over the Local Area Network (LAN). While Remote Access Capability is an Internet dependent activity. Tally.Server 9 is not expected to improve the performance of Data Entry over the internet.

Yes, you can maintain Tally.Server 9 License Server, Tally.ERP 9 License Server and Monitor Tools in three different systems.

All the Data Names should be created only from the Tally.Server 9 machine. You can't create any data names from the client machines.

All the Data Names by default will be visible to all the clients. However, while creating multiple Data names (Data Location names) using monitor tool, you can hide the specific Data Name by using a @@ symbol before the path. If data names are hidden and during select company etc. they will not be listed. However if user knows the DATA LOCATION NAME by typing it, all the companies in that location will appear for selection.

You can also restrict your clients to access the respective companies by using Security control of that specific company.

Tally.Server 9 is an easy-to deploy product. Installation of Tally.Server 9 is one-step quick process.