http://forums.method.me/cs/blogs/methodblog/archive/2014/02/11/quickbooks-FAQ-QuickBooks-Lesson-3-quickbooks-desktop-or-online.aspxWhile there are common functions in both Intuit products, there are also functions found in QuickBooks Online not found in QuickBooks Desktop , and vise versa. There is a misconception that QuickBooks Online is just the cloud-based version of QuickBooksenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP2 (Build: 31113.47)