stand alone

If you purchased it, its a separate program, it was my understanding that once its installed, you could access it through this menu option in Proseries though

It doesn’t get installed.  It is an online product that you can access through ProSeries but then you sign into it using your ProSeries/Intuit login and password 

Ah ok, so once youve paid for it you access through ProSeries, can you access outside of ProSeries as well?

Never tried😊

QEF, Quick Employer Forms is a paid service. If you have it bought for TY23, then the Menu Option Print and E-File W2s and 1099s... under Tools Menu shall take you to QEF web page and you are set. 

@Just-Lisa-Now- Yes you can

At least when I used it you could access it outside of Lacerte.