Hosted desktop services for accountants · UK-hosted · Sage, IRIS, TaxCalc

Hosted desktop services for accountants — built around practice season, not just headcount.

From sole practitioners to firms with 100+ staff, we provide secure hosted desktop services for UK accountancy practices — Sage 50, IRIS, TaxCalc and practice files in one managed workspace, accessible to the whole team from any location.

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Access from
Any device
Support
UK-based
Scales to
100+ users

What practices are usually trying to fix

Common problems

  • Practice software installed locally on each PC, with versions drifting between machines
  • Staff working from home during self-assessment season without secure access to client files
  • An ageing server in the office that's the single point of failure for the whole firm
  • New starters taking days to get properly set up with the right access
  • No consistent way to control who can see which client files

How a hosted desktop helps

  • One centrally managed environment — practice software stays consistent for everyone
  • Staff log in securely from home, satellite offices or on the move, same as if they were at their desk
  • Files and client data live on managed infrastructure, not a single office server
  • New starters get access the day they need it, not the day IT gets around to it
  • Access can be structured by role — partners, managers and juniors see what they should

Sized for practices of every size

1–10 users

Sole practitioners & small practices

Move off a single office PC and get a properly backed-up environment for your practice software, without needing your own IT setup.

10–50 users

Growing practices

Give every office and every home-working member of staff the same access to the same practice management system, with proper access control by role.

50–100+ users

Established firms

Enterprise-grade infrastructure and UK-based support for multi-office practices, sized to handle your busy-season peaks.

What you're actually getting

Your existing software, hosted centrally

We install and configure your practice management, bookkeeping and tax software inside the environment, checking licensing terms as part of scoping.

Client data stays managed

Files and client records live on infrastructure we look after directly, rather than spread across individual laptops that leave the building every evening.

Handles your busy season

We talk through your seasonal peaks — self-assessment, year-end — during scoping so the environment is sized for when you actually need it most.

UK-based support

Support from the engineers who run the platform, not a script-reading call centre — useful when a filing deadline is on the line.

Practice software we host for accountants

Hosted desktop services for accountants work best when the apps your firm already relies on run well in one shared environment.

Sage 50 Accounts

Desktop Sage stays available to the whole practice from one managed workspace, without installing and updating it on every PC.

IRIS & TaxCalc

Tax and practice packages sit alongside bookkeeping tools so partners and juniors work from the same live files.

Practice management

We install the desktop systems you already use, then confirm licensing and performance needs during scoping.

Xero & QuickBooks Online

Browser-based tools run alongside desktop apps inside the same secure hosted desktop session.

A practice migration that stuck

Real accountancy software, moved properly — outside working hours.

Hadfields Accountants: from a struggling hosted environment to one that just works

Poorly supported by their previous cloud provider, Hadfields moved to a managed RDS environment with FSLogix. Sage 50 Accounts, IRIS and TaxCalc were all migrated out of hours — the team never lost a working day.

Read the case study →
Platform
RDS + FSLogix
Applications
Sage 50 · IRIS · TaxCalc
Migration window
100% out of hours

Hosted desktop questions from accountancy practices

What are hosted desktop services for accountants?

A hosted desktop gives every member of your practice a full Windows desktop that runs in a UK datacentre instead of on the PC in front of them. Your practice software, client files and settings live in one centrally managed environment, and staff connect securely from the office, home or anywhere else.

Can you host Sage 50, IRIS and TaxCalc?

Yes — desktop practice software like Sage 50 Accounts, IRIS and TaxCalc is exactly what hosted desktops are built for, and we've migrated practices running all three. Cloud tools like Xero or QuickBooks Online run alongside in the browser. We confirm licensing terms for each application during scoping.

Will our accounts, tax and practice management software perform well in a hosted environment?

Yes, when the environment is sized for the applications you run. We check CPU, memory and storage needs for packages like Sage 50, IRIS and TaxCalc during scoping, and size for January peaks rather than quiet months so performance holds when the practice is busiest.

How do you handle self-assessment season?

We size the environment for your January and year-end peaks, not your quiet months — that's part of scoping, not an afterthought. If the practice grows or the workload spikes, resources can be increased without replacing anything.

Is client data kept in the UK?

Yes. The environment runs in a UK datacentre and client data stays on infrastructure we manage directly, which keeps UK GDPR conversations with your clients straightforward.

Do finance teams outside practice use this too?

Yes — in-house finance teams use hosted desktops for the same reasons practices do: one secure environment for finance software and shared data, accessible from anywhere, without an office server to maintain.

Talk to us about your practice

Tell us your headcount and the software you run, and we'll come back with a properly sized quote. You can also review hosted desktop pricing before we speak.

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