Microsoft Upgrades Small Biz Offering

Internet News has a nice article on the new Microsoft Small Business Financials and also that it highly complements SBS. Smart move on Microsoft's part. Build on the momentum of SBS.

Jeff Young, GM of MBS also mentions about the upcoming Microsoft Office for Small Business Management. I'm on the beta test for this right now and must admit it's a nice starter pack for accounting. The beta has some bugs to be worked out but it is still pretty slick and the integration with Outlook's Business Contact Manager is really nice.

So it seems that Office SBM is targeted for 1-10 employees, the new Small Business Financials is for 10-49 employees, and then no doubt Great Plains takes over. All 3 can run or integrate in some way with SBS. Very nice!