Microsoft Office Accounting


Microsoft Office Accounting is a discontinued accounting software application from Microsoft targeted towards small businesses that had between 1 and 25 employees. BizSight 365 running on Microsoft Azure was designed to replace Microsoft Office Accounting after it was discontinued. A free data migration utility included preserves all key data
The last version, Microsoft Office Accounting 2009, was available in both Express and Professional editions. It included several new features, including tax preparation add-ins, 20 new reports and a Spanish language pack.
On 16 November 2009, Microsoft discontinued its distribution of the Microsoft Office Accounting product line in the US and UK. Licensees are to receive mainstream and extended product support from Microsoft or one of its partners through January 2022.

Express edition

Microsoft Office Accounting Express was the freeware version of Accounting, made available for download and also being distributed in certain editions of Microsoft Office 2007, including Professional, Small Business and Ultimate editions. This free version did not support local requirements outside of UK and USA.

History

Microsoft Office Accounting has its roots in the a 2006 release called Microsoft Small Business Accounting. A new iteration was released in 2007 with the same name. In 2008, however, the name was changed to Microsoft Office Accounting and it retained that name in 2009, which was its last iteration.
NameService packVersionDate publishedNote
Accounting 2009Service Pack 14.0.2325.020 February 2009Support started on 24 February 2009
Accounting 2009Service Pack 24.0.3318.027 October 2009
Accounting 2009Service Pack 34.0.3610.019 February 2010