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Maximum Number of Concurrent Users

Former Member
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Dear All,

Can anyone tell the maximum number of concurrent users that can work on SAP Business One. More specifically, can we implement SAP Business One for an organisation with 50 to 60 concurrent users.

Thanks,

Khurram

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former_member217514
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I agree with

Former Member
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Dear Khurram,

I hope you have the whole picture presented here. There may not have a absolute cap for maximum concurrent users for B1. However, B1 is designed for average 25 concurrent users due to the majority of B1 customers are small businesses.

You could have 100 concurrent users working. But for 50-60 users always actively using B1, your B1 performance will become an issue sooner or later.

Until HANA is available, you may need wait a while to implement.

Thanks,
Gordon

former_member186095
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Hi,

SAP B1 license is not for concurrent user but it is a named user.

1 professional license or limited type license can be used by 2 persons in the two different PCs but both users must use the same user code. So, each professional or limited type license is assigned to one user code only.

E.g .if you purchase 5 professional licenses, then you can only assign the license to 5 user code. The user code can be used by 10 persons in 10 different PCs.

JimM

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Dear Jim,

Thanks for the message. Yes, SAP works per names users.

My question is about the maximum number of users we can purchase from SAP to support 50 named users to login at a time.

Thanks.

Khurram

former_member186095
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Hi,

You are welcome.

You can use 50 - 100 users in SAP B1 in one database. When you have many users, you must use high speed server.

Rgds,

JimM

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Thanks.

Will SAP B1 work without issues with 50+ users? What hardware you recommend for 50+ users. We need a stable system for SAP B1 to work.

Appreciate your help.

Khurram

Johan_H
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Hi Khurram,

Although the amount of users, especially 50+, is important, the expected amount of transactions per day / week / month / year is much more significant.

With high amounts of transactions, B1's database can grow very fast, and very large. The larger the database, the more sluggish  B1 will become. You will need a solid hardware architecture, focused on database use. I strongly recommend engaging a hardware / database consultant to determine the correct hardware configuration for you. it will cost you a little right now, but it will save you tears 3 years down the road.

There have been (perhaps still are) companies with 100 - 150 concurrent users running B1 successfully. SAP's official recommendation is max 50 concurrent users (as far as I know, but perhaps an official SAP employee can correct me on this)

On the other hand, we have only about 12 concurrent users, and our system is sluggish due to the sheer amount of transactions we create on a daily basis, and a slightly unfavorable (for database use) server configuration.

Regards,

Johan

former_member186095
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Hi Khuram,

You may check this link :

https://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/B1/Best%20Practise%20System%20Setup%20and%20Sizing

There you can see the explanation about the number of users that can use SAP B1. It said  that SAP B1 is designed with less than 100 employees. It means not exceeding 100 users. So, between 1 - 100 users but for the server spec, you may see the requirement parts in the number 2.

The SAP recommend use IBM server. For detail about it, see this link:

http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-10757

JimM