This article outlines the differences in terms of configuration between Quickbooks Online and Quickbooks Desktop versions.
QuickBooks Online (QBO) and QuickBooks Desktop (QBD) are 2 pretty different software products and integrate with TeamKeeper well, differently. On the surface, QBO provides an easy solution because you can access it anytime, anywhere, however the overall functionality is not the same. There are far more customizable options, including reports and imports in QBD.
As far as TeamKeeper is concerned, a customer switching from QBD to QBO (or vice versa) will require a complete resetup. This process would involve end dating all previous data (employees, jobs, payroll items and service items) then sync from QBO to TeamKeeper to create all new items. Once the codes are assigned again, employees typically don't notice much of a difference (depending on how the QBO is setup) and timesheets will sync back to QBO within the same page (there is no longer an external import tool required).
If you are moving from QuickBooks Desktop that you host to a Cloud hosted QBD, the only change is that the Cloud service will have to install the import tool. This may involve collaboration from the Quickbooks Cloud Services Team
TeamKeeper's integration with QBO requires the use of employees, customer and customer jobs, and service items. If you are using vendors or classes, those items will not be available to sync to TeamKeeper. Also, QBO does not allow us to sync Payroll Items, so they are created on the front end of your TeamKeeper page then the timesheet import file ignores them for the QuickBooks timesheet.
A cloud hosted QBD would not require any change to your file, just the installation of the import tool.
Some useful notable differences in the QBO vs QBD debate is that the import file is customizable for the QBD timesheet. Fields that are not displayed to employees or not on the timesheet can still be added to the export. The QBO timesheet integration is locked and requires fields you may not currently be using. I have not looked at your TeamKeeper site setup yet to see if this would affect you, but I can if you decide we need to change.
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