# Offsite access and POS decentralization

**URL:** <https://forum.sambapos.com/t/offsite-access-and-pos-decentralization/11269>\
**Category:** V5 Question\
**Created:** [June 15, 2016, 11:06am UTC](https://forum.sambapos.com/t/offsite-access-and-pos-decentralization/11269 "2016-06-15T11:06:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![markjw](https://forum.sambapos.com/user_avatar/forum.sambapos.com/markjw/32/9942_2.png) [@markjw](https://forum.sambapos.com/u/markjw)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2016, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.sambapos.com/t/offsite-access-and-pos-decentralization/11269/2 "2016-06-15T11:17:13Z")

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> [@tuks](#):
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> I need to know if Samba can update a single DB from 5 different Point of Sales

Yes, use SQL Express 2014 for the database, install it on a PC or one of the POS. You can find more information here about setting it up:

> [@Welcome to SambaPOS 5](https://forum.sambapos.com/t/welcome-to-sambapos-5/6911):
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> Hello. Today I’m releasing latest V5 version for forum members. Visit [V5 Release Category][1] for latest updates. For more than 4 years we worked hard to create a useful software for you and released SambaPOS for free to be able to share our idea with everyone. Today SambaPOS V4 working at +60K restaurants from more than 160 countries. We successfully kept SambaPOS project alive for a long time and we reached to a new milestone. We’re releasing a Professional version for people who wants to …

> [@tuks](#):
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> do these 5 different POS need to be full working computers or can they be just touch screen monitors

They can’t “just be touch screen monitors”. Either they can be full PCs or Windows tablets. You can also connect via RDP and use Android tablets or iPad but it is a more advanced setup so I suggest to stick to either PCs / POS Terminals / Windows tablets (which are cheaper than Android a lot of the time these days anyway).

> [@tuks](#):
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> if this data can be accessed from 2 offsite locations (Profit and loss, Debtors, Creditors etc.)

If you just want reports, you can setup rules to send reports by email every day, etc

> [@Email End Of Day Report?](https://forum.sambapos.com/t/email-end-of-day-report/1101):
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> Hello, I’d like to email an end of day report to our partner. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I can’t find any reference documentation on SambaPOS automation. Any help appreciated, thanks.

Or you can connect to one of the systems using RDP / TeamViewer or similar remote access software to get occasional access to reports.

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