Sage 100

FAS experts..... I have a question from a client with a single user FAS100 license? Since FAS sales is ""Out of the office"" any ideas on these? 1.Is there any cost to switch from the Sybase to SQL Server version? 2.Can we use our existing SQL Server that has other applications / databases?

1. Yes, there is a fee, but I don't know what it is (may be the differnce between the two versions). The minimum user count on the SQL version is 3 and it is a network version, so that in itself will cost more. 2. Using the same server is dependent on the resources available and transaction volume. Other than that, I cannot see any technical reason why you could not. The other consideration is whether FAS can be within the same database ""instance"" as others (because they are compatible) or whether it needs its own ""instance"". In either case, it would still be the same SQL server.

Thanks @JohnHoyt

I agree with John on the first point. I am pretty sure there will be a fee to move up to the server version of FAS. Regarding cooexistance, we have FAS loaded on the same SQL server as MAS 500 and Abra in several instances. The issue as Jim points out is to make sure you have the resources needed by SQL for processing. I assume we are only talking about on installation of FAS on the server.