{"id":2611,"date":"2023-09-27T13:03:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2023-09-27T13:03:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:03:40","slug":"sage-50-2020-1-older-will-no-longer-activate-after-9-30-2023-what-are-your-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/sage-50-2020-1-older-will-no-longer-activate-after-9-30-2023-what-are-your-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage 50 2020.1 &#038; Older Will No Longer Activate after 9\/30\/2023 &#8211; What are your options?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;re using Sage 50 2021, 2022, or 2023, this does not apply to you. Anyone on an older version needs to read this.<br><br>I take seriously my responsibility to provide you with accurate information so you can make good decisions for your business. I&#8217;ve been researching this problem for quite a while now and have been frustrated with the difficulty I&#8217;ve had trying to get answers that are direct and complete. I&#8217;m not trying to point fingers at anyone. I&#8217;ve come to the conclusion that the reason I&#8217;m having a hard time getting answers is because nobody is 100% certain and we will only know for sure after September 30th.<br><br>WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>As I&#8217;ve mentioned in my last two newsletters, Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.0 and 1.1 are being retired on 9\/30\/2023 due to potential security issues.&nbsp;Sage 50 version 2020.1 and older use these versions of TLS to manage activation. TLS is a 3rd part component, so this is out of Sage&#8217;s control. In fact this is affecting many software companies, not just Sage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>After September 30th, if you have to reinstall Sage 50 2020.1 or older, or install it on a new computer, the activation will generate an error, rendering Sage 50 unusable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>WHAT I THINK WILL HAPPEN:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>I <em><strong>THINK<\/strong><\/em> that nothing will happen immediately after 9\/30\/2023. And I&#8217;ve talked with people at Sage who agree with me. If that&#8217;s true, then as long as you don&#8217;t have to replace a computer, or have a problem with Sage 50 that requires you to reinstall it, you will be able to continue using your older version of Sage 50.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>WHY IS THERE STILL A QUESTION?:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Sage 50 regularly checks in over the internet to verify your activation. The big question seems to be what will happen when that check-in takes place after 9\/30\/2023. Obviously, those who are saying Sage 50 will stop working after 9\/30 believe it will stop Sage 50 from functioning, while others believe the opposite is true. The bottom line is we&#8217;ll only be 100% certain after we cross that line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>WHAT OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE?:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Upgrade before the end of the month<\/strong>. This is obviously the safest choice. The only downside (apart from the cash outlay) is that it means switching from a perpetual license to an annual subscription. Once you switch, there&#8217;s no going back. Perpetual licenses are no longer being sold. But it also means you will get continual updates so you never have to worry about your software becoming obsolete.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stay put<\/strong>. If I&#8217;m right, and this issue will only present a problem if you need to reinstall or re-activate, then you could get several more years out of your existing license. The downside to this option is that you don&#8217;t know when a problem might pop up that requires you to reinstall Sage 50. And when that happens, you&#8217;ll be stuck until we can get an order processed. Normally Sage processes orders within 24 hours, sometimes in just a couple hours if I&#8217;m lucky. But if I&#8217;m wrong, hundreds, or even thousands of people could all be trying to order upgrades on Monday, October 2nd. And there&#8217;s no telling how long it will take Sage to work through all those orders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Buy now but wait to install. <\/strong>Keep a foot in both camps. Just because you purchase an upgrade, that doesn&#8217;t mean you have to install it immediately. Purchasing a new license won&#8217;t disable your old one. So, just like life insurance that you purchase hoping you won&#8217;t use it, you can purchase a new Sage 50 subscription and even download the installer, but not install it. Then, if your software doesn&#8217;t work on Monday, October 2nd, you&#8217;re ready to install the upgrade. If your old version keeps working, you have a year to decide if you want to renew your subscription or not. All you&#8217;re gambling here is the cost of one year&#8217;s subscription.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Install Sage 50 on a computer with no internet access.<\/strong> You would have to do it before the end of this month, but Sage 50 can be used on a computer with no internet access. You have to go through a manual activation process when you first install. But then you wouldn&#8217;t have to worry about the automatic check-in causing problems. Of course you also won&#8217;t be able to email invoices or reports and you would need a separate computer for all internet related activities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>WHAT ARE THE RISKS?:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The biggest risk is the potential extended downtime if all old installations of Sage 50 stop working at the same time. There&#8217;s no telling how long will it take to get orders processed. For some of my customers, a week without access to Sage 50 wouldn&#8217;t be a problem, for others it would cripple their operations. Only you know where your company falls on that spectrum.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My time is limited. If everyone wants help installing upgrades at the same time, I&#8217;ll have to work on a first come, first served basis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Price increases. I don&#8217;t know what price increases are coming, but October is the start of a new fiscal year for Sage, and it&#8217;s common for a new year to bring new prices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>I wish I could give you a definite answer on whether or not your old version of Sage 50 will work after 9\/30\/2023. But that doesn&#8217;t seem possible in this case. We do know that version 2020.1 and older will not be able to activate after 9\/30\/2023. Eventually, something will happen that requires Sage 50 to be reinstalled, even if it&#8217;s just a routine computer upgrade. But it&#8217;s up to you to decide whether you want to upgrade now or wait until circumstances force you to upgrade. Keep in mind that planned upgrades are a lot less stressful than emergency upgrades.<br><br>I&#8217;m currently offering 20% off the first year of a Sage 50 2023 annual subscription. The prices below are good through Friday 9\/29\/2023. You can call or email me with question or to place an order. You can also purchase from my website at <a href=\"https:\/\/iqaccountingsolutions.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=0b92990bba1267be26b8ca6db&amp;id=fb30e69e2a&amp;e=b0476d6293\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.iqaccountingsolutions.com<\/a>. Remember that you cannot move down the product line. For example, if you&#8217;re currently on Premium you cannot migrate your data to the Pro version of 2023. Also, since &#8220;Complete&#8221; is no longer offered, if you&#8217;re currently on Peachtree\/Sage 50 Complete, then you need the Premium 2023 upgrade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re using Sage 50 2021, 2022, or 2023, this does not apply to you. Anyone on an older version needs to read this. I take seriously my responsibility to provide you with accurate information so you can make good decisions for your business. I&#8217;ve been researching this problem for quite a while now and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2611"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2612,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2611\/revisions\/2612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iqaccountingsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}