(Using the client on a local PC with the database on a remote server will work but your experience will suffer due to much lower network speeds and higher latency). The backend connection allows all the traffic between the servers to be on a fast and private 1 Gig per second connection. The recommended solution is to use two servers that have a private/backend connection between them. FileMaker does not support or recommend installing the FileMaker Pro client and FileMaker Server (database) together on a terminal server.

We often get the question “How do I install the FileMaker Pro client and the FileMaker Server database on a remote desktop or terminal server?” Often people want to install the FileMaker Pro (client) and the FileMaker Server database on a remote desktop/terminal server. FileMaker has also changed their licensing model/pricing which you can see at this link: The server is dedicated to you (in fact, you can load other programs and applications on the server(s) if you wish at no extra charge).

We provide a dedicated Windows Server operating system environment for you to load FileMaker on. Hosting providers that were offering one FileMaker Server database to many clients are no longer be able to offer that. IMPORTANT UPDATE – The End-User License Agreement for FileMaker Server 15 requires each customer to have their own software license and no longer allows hosting providers to offer shared hosting. Riptide Hosting provides servers with Dedicated Windows Operating System environments for you to host FileMaker 15!!! See our FileMaker hosting page on our website at HOSTING FILEMAKER SERVER (database) AND FILEMAKER PRO (client) ON HOSTED SERVERS

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