Tally Virtual User (TVU) in Tally.ERP 9 and Tally Prime
To access Tally.ERP and Tally Prime anytime, anywhere, Tally had made changes in their licensing policy to authorize and support the virtual usage of Tally.ERP 9. This will be operated through a Tally Virtual User (TVU) pack. The change suggests that, if you use Windows RDP, cloud services or similar technologies to access Tally.ERP 9 virtually, you would need a TVU pack.
This change has come into effect from 1st July 2020.
Who is a virtual user of Tally?
Tally virtual user (TVU) is nothing but an instance of Tally.ERP 9 running or being accessed over a virtualised environment or through tools like Windows RDP, Windows thin Client, Citrix, or similar technologies. In simple terms, if you use Windows RDP or similar technologies to access Tally.ERP 9, you will require a license with a Tally Virtual User entitlement.
Default entitlements
Each Tally license comes with a default (free) lifetime entitlement of virtual users. You get one TVU pack free with a single user Tally.ERP license and 10 TVU packs with a multi-user license.
In case, you have a Tally.Server 9 license, you get an additional entitlement of 20 TVU packs for free. In total, you get 30 free TVU packs (20 Tally.Server 9 + 10 Tally.ERP 9 multi-user license)
Transition
To help you move smoothly to the new licensing system and support you in these tough times, we have drawn out a transition phase as outlined below:
Already using Tally.ERP 9 on virtually using RDP, Citrix, cloud services etc.?
Till 31st March 2021, you can continue to use Tally virtually, in the same way, you are using it today. In this period, the Tally Virtual User (TVU) packs, based on your needs, shall be deployed free of cost. Post the free trial, default entitlements will set in.
Your Tally partner will get in touch with you and help you with this.
Using Tally.ERP 9 but not virtually?
If you are interested to try out virtual usage of Tally, please get in touch with your Tally partner. The partner will help propose and deploy a virtual technology solution with authorized TVU access. The TVU authorisation will be free of cost till 30th September 2020. Post that, a 1-month free trial will be available.
You can enjoy the trial period anytime till 31st March 2021, and post that, default entitlements will set in. In case, you have multiple licenses and would like to upgrade them to TVU packs, at the end of the trial period we will upgrade every single user license to 1 TVU pack and every multi-user license to 10 TVU packs. These will be applicable for 1 year and will be over and above the default entitlements.
Just bought Tally.ERP 9?
Your Tally partner will gauge your nature of usage and propose a required implementation, be it on-premise or virtual. In case the recommendation is virtual usage, you will be entitled to a free trial of authorised TVU access till 30th September 2020. Post this, the free trial will be for a month. You can enjoy the free trial anytime till 31st March 2021, post which default entitlements will set in.