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Download and install Sage 50 Accounts v27 - step 6

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Summary

This article takes you through the steps to download and install Sage 50 Accounts v27.

Description

NOTE: Installing updates when working from home - If you're temporarily working from home during the Coronavirus outbreak, or using Remote Data Access (formerly Sage Drive), there are some extra things to consider when deciding if you should install the latest Sage 50 Accounts update. Read more >

Check you're on the main computer

NOTE: If you don't use Sage Drive you don't need to follow this step.

  1. Click Help then click About.
  2. Under Sage Drive information, check the Site value. This will tell you if you're at the main site or a remote site.

    If the Site is showing as N/A, then you don't use Sage Drive. Please continue.

Back up your data

  1. Click File, then click Back up.
  2. To check your data, click Yes and click OK, then click Close and click Close again.

    If you have any errors in your data, to fix them please visit sage.co.uk/mydata

  3. Click Browse and browse to where you want to save your backup, then click OK.
  4. Click OK, then click OK again.

Update the main computer

Download and install the software at the main computer.

Download Sage 50 Accounts v27

  1. To download Sage 50 Accounts v27, click the link below:

    Download Sage 50 Accounts >
  2. If prompted to save the file, note the file name, then click Save.

    Depending on your web browser, the file may automatically save to your Downloads folder. To view your Downloads folder, press Ctrl + J on your keyboard.

NOTE: If your data is held on another computer, for example a server, you must also download and install the full software, or

, on that computer as well.







Install Sage 50 Accounts v27

Convert your data

Once installed, open each company in Sage 50 Accounts v27 to convert your data. 

TIP: If you have no companies listed, for information on how to create a new company or add an existing company - Read more >

 NOTE: In Sage 50 Accounts v27 and above the number of permitted password characters has increased from 10 to 32. In earlier versions, only the first 10 characters of your password were read by the software. When entering your password in version 27 after upgrading, please ensure you only enter the first 10 characters. 

Update all remote computers

If you use Sage Drive, on all Sage Drive remote computers, follow the same steps above to download and install your software.

Microsoft 365

If you integrate with Microsoft 365, you now need to refresh your Microsoft 365 credentials. The credentials are the email address and password of the Microsoft 365 owner. You only need to do this once and on one computer.

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