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PC Magazine - Kathy Yakal

• "Microsoft Office Accounting 2008 goes where no other small-business accounting program has gone before, thanks to smooth integration with eBay and PayPal. Add solid connection to Microsoft Outlook 2008, an effective Microsoft Office-like interface, a strong set of accounting tools, and the ability to easily transfer data to your accountant, and this app looks like a serious contender."
• "I found Office Accounting 2008's Office-like interface to be more intuitive and aesthetically pleasing than the QuickBooks interface."
• "Transaction forms such as purchase orders and invoices are more customizable than those offered with the previous edition. If you've already built an underlying database of information, processing the forms is a breeze. A good cash-flow management tool helps you track your financial progress, as do customizable reports."
• "This capability [integration with Microsoft Outlook's Business Contact Manager] is extremely convenient, and one of my favorite parts of this app."
• "The program's greatest selling point, however, is its tight connection with eBay and PayPal."

PC World - Richard Morochove

• "Security is more flexible and it's easier to share data with your CPA, who can make adjustments while you continue to work on your books. The program also adds new capabilities such as fixed asset management."
• "Microsoft Office Accounting 2008's multi-currency support ... easily beat out similar features in QuickBooks, which assumes the rest of the world's currency doesn't exist."
• "Microsoft Office Accounting looks slick, with an informative company dashboard that summarizes business financial performance and to-dos."
• "Despite enhancements in the latest versions of QuickBooks and Peachtree, Office Accounting still offers the best integration with Microsoft Office Applications."

CNET - Alpha Blog - Elsa Wenzel

• "If eBay is the bread and butter of your home-based business, no other accounting software will enable you to track eBay auctions in real time while making and receiving payments through PayPal."

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Small Business Accounting 2008

Accounting Technology

• "Microsoft SBA is perfect for businesses that want accounting that is completely integrated with Microsoft Office." — Accounting Technology, May 2006
• "Because SBA is strongly integrated with Outlook and the rest of Office, e-mailing reports and invoices is a snap." — Accounting Technology, May 2006
• "[SBA] has a wide range of features that will make it attractive to small businesses that are already using Microsoft Office." — Accounting Technology, May 2006

CPA Tech Advisor

• "SBA’s integration with Word, Excel, Outlook, and Access are probably the best on the market for accounting systems." — CPA Technology Advisor, May 2006
• "Data-entry screens are very user friendly, with drop-down lists that aid in selection of clients, accounts, employees and many other fields, as well as drilldown report access." — CPA Technology Advisor, May 2006
• "Outstanding Excel integration is a boost with list export, and customer and vendor management functions are also enhanced by the Outlook integration." — CPA Technology Advisor, May 2006
• "[SBA] is very simple to learn and use, with design elements that only Microsoft could develop and the instant familiarity of an Office product." — CPA Technology Advisor, May 2006
• "But suffice it to say that the choice of .NET as the foundation for SBA was a very good one, and it will mean that enhancements and add-ons can come to market quickly and with less effort on the part of the developers." — CPA Technology Advisor, October 2005
• "Microsoft has built this product from the ground up. Consequently, the development team was able to create new features and innovations with the product that take advantage of the Windows platform in ways never seen before." — CPA Technology Advisor, October 2005
• "Microsoft has forced competitors to reconsider their current strategy and product features. It has also given consumers a reason to stop and think about their accounting solutions for their small businesses." — CPA Technology Advisor, October 2005
• "If [clients] have salespeople who need to share customer and prospect database information, they’ll be very impressed with SBA’s Outlook integration features." — CPA Technology Advisor, October 2005

BusinessWeek

• “If you're running the Contact Manager version of Outlook 2003 with SBA, salespeople, for example, can see and update sales and payment information for their customers, and they can create new quotes and invoices through Outlook. For professional and consulting firms, appointments on the Outlook calendar can be used to track billable time." — BusinessWeek Online, September 19, 2005

CNET

• "Microsoft has done a fine job with the accounting basics by creating an easy-to-learn, aesthetically appealing interface that keeps jargon to a minimum and offers plenty of wizards to help novices. Converts from QuickBooks should take to SBA right away-hardly a coincidence, we're sure." — CNET, September 2005

PC Magazine

• "Effective mail-merge tools and integration with Outlook, Excel, and Access." — PC Magazine, September 2005
• "The company has produced a small-business accounting package that holds its own against the long-established rival products available." — PC Magazine, September 2005

CRN

• "SBA is a complete accounting application designed to work closely with Office tools for inter-application workflow scenarios." — CRN, September 2005
• "It has a clean interface, a clear process flowchart, many wizards and myriad highly customizable features." — CRN, September 2005

Small Business Computing

• "Of course, all the data in the world won't help if you can't make sense of it. SBA’s nearly 60 reports — from profit-and-loss to cash flow to item profitability and customer transaction history — help you gain fiduciary perspective." — Small Business Computing, September 2005
• "SBA covers the accounting bases with features to help you manage sales and inventory, create and process invoices, perform banking, manage payroll and track jobs, sales and more. It’s impressive that a first-time entry contains such a comprehensive feature set." — Small Business Computing, September 2005

PC World

• "SBA’s strength rests with the software’s ties into the customer relationship management features found in Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager." — PC World, September 2005
• "SBA lets sales reps use Business Contact Manager to create sales quotes and start the order process, automatically passing the order information to SBA. The application uses Word for customizing accounting forms, such as invoices, and Excel for transferring financial data into spreadsheet form." — PC World, September 2005

Entrepreneur

• "You can connect your books' key employee, vendor and customer records to Outlook’s Contact Manager. You'll not only have a complete record of contacts with business partners over any medium, but also a history of your financial transactions together." — Entrepreneur, January 2005
• “Project-oriented businesses like consulting firms can track income and expenses by job; a history of estimated versus actual costs for both time and materials can make your bids more accurate.” — Entrepreneur, January 2005
• "Customize invoices, purchase orders and other business forms in Word and e-mail or fax them from Outlook. Need to create different budgets or cash flow and pricing scenarios? Bring any of Accounting’s lists or 60 standing reports into an Excel work sheet and what-if away." — Entrepreneur, January 2005