Firstly, when Sage is installed it comes with a default Username – MANAGER and no Password.
Then as your company grows or you have extra users you add extra user names and you can start hiding icons and hence restrict areas that colleagues can access – either for security or efficiency.
However, it has come to light that most users LEAVE manager as the default. So you can have all these security features that can be bypassed with the user name MANAGER.
So, will you consider adding a Password to the user MANAGER. It will make your data more secure. Just contact us and we will talk you through same.
BEWARE, if you forget the password for MANAGER you cannot easily reset. It involves a few hours’ work and will cost the bones of €200 to reset.

Secondly, it is depressing seeing the number of users that do not back up there data and worse the number of users that do not check their data. We have raised this issue before that …..a back- up is useless ……without checking the data.
We have heard all of the reasons why you can’t check the data….and given the importance of your data…most of the reasons do not stack up.
With this in mind Sage have made a HUGE improvement with Sage 2015. You can now tell Sage to do a backup whenever you want, as often as you want AND check the data AND leave other people work on Sage at the same time. We have been using this system for the last few months and have restored to the data to check same on a regular basis.
So, now set up Sage to back up and check data at mid-day and end of day….with data checks.

Finally, will you have a think of where your back up data is stored?
We have started using automatic Cloud Storage facilities as an extra “get out of jail card”. We have not needed this facility, yet. But as a trial we have restored the data to a different premises and it really was an easy to use system.

So, if you need any help or information regarding Sage 2015, changing passwords or Cloud Backup systems then simply call or email us.

Best Regards
Mark Murphy
021 4544 144

Compuland is a long term partner of Sage and Microsoft software, specialising in Sales,
Installation, Customisation, Training and Support of Sage Line 50 Accounts and Office 365.
www.compuland.ie