Virtual Computer Connection – Manage Distributed Operations Easily | TallyPrime Powered by AWS

 Sep-23-2021

If you refer to your business data while travelling or working from your home, or you have multiple users working on the same data regularly, the Virtual Computer Connection can certainly meet such requirements. It serves as a dashboard for connecting to the virtual computer, accessing portals to manage users and accounts, managing data backup, and so on. You can use the virtual computer available on the AWS infrastructure to keep your data and applications and access them when you need.

All you need is to install the Virtual Computer Connection client on a local computer and connect to the virtual computer or connect through a web browser from the Self Service portal to the virtual computer, and get started with TallyPrime.

Install & log in to Virtual Computer Connection: To install the Virtual Computer Connection client, download the installer and install the application on your local computer. Use your login credentials and Secure PIN received via e-mail to log in to the application. Your virtual computer opens instantly.

Access Computer & User Management portal  – The Virtual Computer Connection links to a portal (https://ssp.elcom.digital) dedicated for managing users and accounts. Using the portal page, you can not only manage users and accounts, but also manage the backup of your computer data and even upgrade to the latest release of TallyPrime, when available.

Connection Settings – If your business practice follows specific proxy or port settings for Internet connectivity, you can configure the same from the Virtual Computer Connection window.

Prerequisites

The Virtual Computer Connection can be easily used from any local computer with the following basic minimum requirements.

Software

A computer with Windows OS installed (Windows 7 and later). In case you have encountered installation failure, refer to the links below to download the supported Microsoft components and install them manually.

• For Microsoft Visual C++ 14.29 (64 bit): https://download.elcom.digital/ndp462-kb3151802-web.exe
• For Microsoft Visual C++ 14.29 (32 bit): https://download.elcom.digital/VC_redist.x64.exe
• For Microsoft .NET framework 4.6.2: https://download.elcom.digital/VC_redist.x86.exe

Hardware

• RAM – 512 MB
• Disk Space – 110 MB
• Additional diskspace for .NET – 4.5 GB
• Processor – 1 GHz

Internet connection

Notification e-mail on purchase of the plan

• The link to download the installer for the Virtual Computer Connection
• Valid login credentials: Tally.NET ID, Tally.NET Password, Secure PIN

Install Virtual Computer Connection

To access your business data and application on the move, you will require to install the Virtual Computer Connection client on your local computer. Through the virtual connection, you can open the virtual computer and use TallyPrime to record your transactions.

Alternatively, you can also access the virtual computer through a web browser from the Self Service portal without having to install a client on your system and use TallyPrime. For more information about connecting to the virtual computer through the portal, refer to the Self Service Portal topic.

1. Click the download link from the e-mail sent to you on purchasing the plan. This will download the installer to your local computer.
   Alternatively, download the client from the Elcom portal.
2. Double-click the Setup.exe file to open the Virtual Computer Connection Setup window.
   By default, the installation path is set to C:\Program Files (x86)\Virtual Computer Connection. You will not be able to change this path.
   
3. Accept the End-User License Agreement (EULA), and click Install.
   Upon successful installation, a shortcut to Virtual Computer Connection is created on your computer desktop.
   
4. Click Start Application on the setup window to open the Virtual Computer Connection client.
   You can also double-click the shortcut on your desktop to open the client.

In the event that you are unable to install the Virtual Computer Connection client, you can manually install supported Microsoft components for Windows 7. Following the successful installation of all the supported Microsoft components, you can now install the Virtual Computer Connection client.

If you need to uninstall or repair Virtual Computer Connection

1. Browse to the folder where you downloaded the Setup.exe file – the installer.
2. Double-click the file to open the Virtual Computer Connection Setup window.
3. Click Repair or Uninstall, as needed.

Log in to Virtual Computer Connection

The Virtual Computer Connection is the gateway to open your virtual computer that keeps your data and applications. Therefore, you will need to log in to access the virtual connection window. On successful login, connect your virtual computer and access the TallyPrime application.

Note: To start using TallyPrime, you will need to activate your license on TallyPrime on the virtual computer, without the need to use TallyPrime separately on your local computer. At any given point, you can use your license either on your local computer or on the virtual environment.

1. Ensure the following:
   • You have installed the Virtual Computer Connection on your local computer.
   • You have valid credentials to log in to the application.
2. Double-click the application icon on your local computer to open login screen of Virtual Computer Connection.
   
3. On the Login screen, enter your credentials – Tally.NET ID, Tally.NET Password, and Secure PIN.
   The following screen appears:
   
   If you have forgotten your Password or Secure PIN, you can reset the same from the Login screen.
4. From the Virtual Computer Connection window, click Connect to open your virtual computer.
   • If account is configured to a single computer: On successfully logging into the application, you directly get access to the computer assigned to your user role.
   • If account is configured to multiple computers: In the Virtual Computer Connection window, click Connect against the computer name to connect to the respective virtual computer.

For more details on using the virtual computer, refer to the topic – Manage Distributed Operations Easily

Log out from Virtual Computer Connection

When you do not want to to use the Virtual Computer Connection window, you can simply log out of the application:

• Click Logout, available on the top-right corner of the window.

Your Computer Details | Virtual Machine

The Virtual Computer Connection client is the dashboard for your virtual machine. You can view all the details of your computer on the homepage of the client, including your office account, account name, plan details, and so on. In case you are connected to more than one office, you will see all of them with the respective computers listed on this application window.

The Your Computer tab displays the following details:

• Office – This is the Site ID associated with your TallyPrime account. If no site ID is retrieved from your account, the Office column displays Primary by default.
• Account Name – This is the account name associated with your TallyPrime serial number. For example, if your Account Name is National Enterprises, the Account Name column displays the same.
• Computer – This displays the computer name associated with your AWS account. If your user ID is associated with multiple computers, you can see all the computer names listed under it.
• Plan – This column displays the name of the virtual computer plan that you have purchased.
• Action – Using this button, you can connect to or disconnect from your virtual computer. If you have a single computer, logging into Virtual Computer Connection automatically connects you to the computer. If your user ID is associated with multiple computers, you can connect to each computer as needed. Connecting to your computer does not require any separate login credentials.

You can connect or disconnect from your computer anytime you need. When you start your virtual machine (also referred to as your virtual office), all the associated computers will get started automatically. Users of the respective computers will only need to login and start working. If the Virtual Computer Connection is idle for 4 hours due to inactivity, you will need to re-login to this application to continue using it.

Access to Accounts & Users Management Portals

While you are using the Virtual Computer Connection, you may require to manage your virtual computer and users associated with your virtual machine. Once you login to the portal, you can perform various activities, such as taking data back up, downloading data, adding or editing users, updating TallyPrime application, and so on.

To open the Computer & User Management portal

1. Under Manage Account and Users, click Computer & User Management.
2. Login to the portal page by providing your user credentials.

Refer to the Self Service Portal topic for more information.

To open the Control Centre portal for managing your Tally.NET account

1. Under Manage Account and Users, click Tally.NET Account.
2. Login to the portal page by providing your user credentials.

Refer to the Control Centre topic for more details.

You can add multiple users to your office account. The number of active users at a given time will depend on your plan. You can also access the Control Centre portal to manage your Tally.NET accounts and users.

Update Client, Connection Settings, Help, & About

Similar to updating your local computer, you can update the client and your virtual machine whenever an update is available. Besides, configure the proxy and port settings, if needed.

Update Client

Whenever an update is available for the Virtual Computer Connection or virtual computer, you will see a red dot appearing adjacent to the Update Client option.

• To update the Virtual Computer Connection and virtual computer to the latest version, click Update Client.  

Connection Settings

Depending on your business practices, you may need to follow certain network protocols – especially the port and proxy settings for your Internet connection. 

1. Click Connection Settings.
2. Configure the network proxy or network transport protocol, as applicable to your business.
3. Click Save to save the changes.  

Help

Click Help to refer to the help content available at https://elcom.digital/help.

About

Click this option to see the following information:

• Version of the Virtual Computer Connection
• Version of the virtual computer
• Terms of license agreement