System Requirements: Sage 50—U.S. Edition 2024.0

Summary

Note: Beginning with Sage 50 US release 2023.0 Windows 7 is no longer a compatible operating
system. Beginning with Sage 50 US release 2024.0 Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Standard, and
Windows Server 2012 R2 are no longer compatible operating systems.

Minimum requirements
• 2.0 GHz processor for single user and multiple users
• 8 GB of RAM for single user and multiple users
• Windows 10 (version 21H1 and higher) or Windows 11 with the latest updates from Microsoft installed
• 1 GB of disk space for installation
• Microsoft Edge is required with Sage Payroll Solutions, Sage Payments Solutions, and other
Connected Services integration; Google Chrome™ browser and Microsoft Edge (version 2020 and
higher) web browsers are supported when accessing available Connected Services outside of the
product
• Microsoft®.NET Framework 4.8; requires an additional 280 MB to 850 MB
• At least high-color (16-bit) SVGA video; Minimum Resolution: 1280×800, Preferred Resolution:
1440X900 or higher; small fonts/DPI settings required
• All online features/services require Internet access (For best performance download speeds of at
least 25mbps and upload speeds of at least 10mbps)
• Maximum of 5GB file size for Sage Remote Data Access companies
• Computer name of 15 characters or less required
Integration/compatibility requirements
• Excel®, Outlook®, and Word integration requires Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Word (32-bit versions
2016, 2019 and 2021)
• Microsoft 365 Integration – Requires Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Standard, Premium or Enterprise
Editions
• Printers supported by Windows 10 or Windows 11
• Adobe® Reader Acrobat
Multiuser
• Multiuser environments are supported in Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher
• Multiuser mode is optimized for: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2016 client-server networks;
Windows 10 peer-to-peer networks
• A maximum of five licensed named users is allowed for Sage 50 Premium Accounting and up to 40
named users for Sage 50 Quantum Accounting; a named user account is granted a license when
selected in the user maintenance screen
• 2 GB of disk space for installation of components on server
Terminal Services
Windows Server 2016 or Windows Server 2019 along with Remote Desktop Connection or Remote
Desktop Web Connection client is required to run in a Windows Terminal Services environment; no
more than 5 named users for Sage 50 Premium Accounting or up to 40 named users for Sage 50
Quantum Accounting
Terminal Server requires additional memory when more than one user is running under Windows
Terminal Services
Other
Customer registration and acceptance of License Agreement for Sage 50 Accounting software
products.

Recommended configuration
• 2.4 GHz processor (3rd Generation and higher Intel® Core™ i3 and higher or AMD Ryzen™ 3 and higher)
for single user and multiple users
• 8 GB of RAM for single user and 16 GB and higher for multiple users
• Hard-wired high speed internet connection on any machine using Remote Data Access or accessing
connected features