Instructions for Accessing Reckon with a Mac and Windows using Virtual Desktop PDF

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QUT's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) service allows staff and students to remotely access virtual desktops to use specialised software from home, without installing the software on their personal computers. You will be able to access the Reckon software on your Mac or on your windows computer using Vmware at home (Note: alternatively you can still install Reckon directly to a windows based computer using the link on Blackboard/Learning Materials/Reckon Software Materials). To access VMware at home, the QUT VPN will first need to be installed and connected. Installing QUT VPN (Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client): Go to https://sas.qut.edu.au/ Enter your QUT login credentials Click the blue button to download the installer Open the downloaded file and follow the on-screen prompts to install Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Open Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Enter sas.qut.edu.au into the Ready to connect field Click Connect Enter your QUT username and password If you have any issues, please refer to QUT Article # 15560 : How do I connect to the QUT Secure Access Service (SAS-VPN) on my computer? If this article does not resolve your issue please contact IT. Installing the VMware Horizon Client: Go to https://vdi.qut.edu.au/ - You will need the VPN connected to access this website. Click “to see the full list of VMware Horizon Clients, click here”

Click “Go to Downloads” next to the VMware Horizon Client for your operating system. (NOTE: Do not use VMware Horizon Client for Windows 10 UWP) eg for windows select first link, or mac bottom link.

Open the downloaded file and follow the on-screen prompts to install VMware Horizon Client Open VMware Horizon Client Double click Add service When asked for the name of the Connection Server, type vdi.qut.edu.au Double-click on the virtual desktop you would like to access.

When you have installed the VMware Horizon Client on your desktop/laptop click on it and you will see the following screen after it has connected: Double click on Student Business Applications 2020

The following screen will show now.

From the start button, select Google Chrome

Then Log in to QUT

For MAC users Go to Blackboard under Assessment – Assessment Item 1: Accounting for Decision Making Assignment press Control and click on the Creative Edge Pty Ltd.QBW file to see the ‘save link as’ option – and save the file with your family name and student number after the filename as per assignment instructions eg Creative Edge Pty Ltd mack n123456 ( Ihave just used my name for simplicity here). Note –DO NOT SAVE TO A USB. You can save the file to This PC > Downloads. Each time you want to continue to work on the assignment you will need to open the file from this directory. For Windows users Go to Blackboard under Assessment – Assessment Item 1: Accounting for Decision Making Assignment and rightclick on the Creative Edge Pty Ltd.QBW file to see the ‘save link as’ option right click on Creative Edge Pty Ltd.QBW.–– click ‘save link as’ – and save the file with your family name and student number after the filename as per assignment instructions eg Creative Edge Pty Ltd mack n123456 ( Ihave just used my name for simplicity here). Note –DO NOT SAVE TO A USB. You can save the file to This PC > Downloads. Each time you want to continue to work on the assignment you will need to open the file from this directory.

Once the file has saved, open it from the directory you saved to (ie This PC > Downloads) by double clicking on it and it will launch Reckon and open the data file ready to work on. You can then continue on with the instructions starting at 3 on page 4 of the assignment document – Decision Making in Accounting Assignment Sem 1 2020. Each time you want to work on your assignment, you need to open VMware Horizon Client on your desktop/laptop and go through the instructions to remotely access the virtual desktop as your Reckon file will be saved on the remote desktop within PC>Downloads, not in your home desktop/laptop Downloads folder....