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What Is FileMaker Server?

What Is FileMaker Server? - FileMaker Pro Tutorial

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What Is FileMaker Server?

- [Instructor] For multiple users to work with a single FileMaker custom app at the same time, the users must be connected to a network, and the app must be hosted. Hosting refers to making an app available from a single central point, which would be the host, for multiple clients all at the same time. The best practice is to host FileMaker custom apps using FileMaker Server. Although you should be aware that the FileMaker Pro client software can host apps for use of up to five different client users. This configuration which is known as peer-to-peer hosting is not recommended for regular production use, but if you're interested in trying it out for groups of, really it's for other users, including yourself. You can go under File, Sharing, and then choose Share with FileMaker Clients. Now you can turn this on. I can't turn it on because the machine that I'm using to record right now also has a working version of FileMaker Server running. So you can only have those, one or the other…

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