Microsoft Point of Sale Released, Will It Help the SBS Market?

Yesterday Microsoft finally unveiled the new Point of Sale System that it has been telling Microsoft Retail Management System Partners about.

Although I personally haven't seen the new sytem if it's anything like it's big brother, RMS, it'll be a nice addition to the family and a direct compete with Quickbooks POS. Probably the biggest thing is out of the box functionality with the new Microsoft Small Business Accounting 2006 package.

Small Business Computing also has a nice story on it. It'll be a tough road to tackle but the nice integration of SBS Standard with Small Business Accounting 2006 and Microsoft POS would give a retailer a nice start at a very reasonable price. As a Microsoft partner I can see us offering a retailer an all in one price that includes the above 3 items. And if accountants join the professional accountants network mentioned in the article above then who will integrate their copy of SBS? :) Ok just thinking ahead.

It's long been said that 25% of all small business is retail so it makes sense to succeed in that market you've to take a look at working with retailers and helping them out. Will POS push Small Business Server more, well only time will tell but it sure won't hurt!