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 Software : Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 |
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Rating:  - Great accounting software
Really like this product I have since upgraded to 2007 because this will not work with windows vista! Microsoft did the upgrade with no extra charge.
Rating:  - Clunky Software
I had high hopes for Microsoft's SBA program, however, it does not stack up to QuickBooks.
Cons:
- Unable to open file using a file server. For some strange reason, it requires you to have Microsoft's SQL (database) server installed in order to have it served through a file server. This serves as a limitation because it forces you to purchase another Microsoft license. In a small business environment, a user should be able to open their books through any file server.
- Clunky. Another irritating aspect is that it opens a different program window on the task bar for each task that you open. If you multi-task, you will see many icons on your task bar, instead of managing your windows within the program under the menu bar. Navigation is also clunky where it feels like Outlook.
- Reports are limited. It may be that I have not figured it out yet (see above "clunky"), but I'm unable to find a way to easily customize my reports. It forces you to print detailed reconciliation reports (with many pages), instead of a summary.
- CTRL-F (Find). How hard is it to implement CTRL-F and be able to pull up a search box? Transactions are hard to find with SBA. As your book grows, an easily accessible search box is needed to find a check, invoice, and other transactions.
Pros: A QuickBooks alternative.
If you're a small business owner, it's best that you stick with QuickBooks. It's almost a standard for micro/small businesses.
Rating:  - It's not what it seems
I was told it was the same as Quick books! but for a fration of the price!
Theres no such thing as a good deal!
The only way to get this work right is to buy the rest of the software and then im sure it would be fine but then your paying more than Quick Books..
Its only a module!
Rating: - Easy to use home office accounting package.
I used QuickBooks and Quicken in the past and decided to try Microsoft Small Business Accounting and found it much easier to use. The flow is very intuitive with customization of invoicing and purchase orders being very easy with standard Microsoft Office products. I do recommend that the user read the manual first, it does help significantly. The most beneficial aspect of the software was the ability to do journal entries to correct items entered in the graphical interface. If all else fails simply do an accounting entry in the journal to correct things. Hats off to Microsoft on this one, it works well, is easy to use, and integrates with Microsoft Office.
Rating: - OK IF YOU DON'T NEED PAYROLL SERVICE
Though I received two free copies with some hardware, I will not be using Microsoft SBA because it's payroll services are really bad. If you want to get payroll taxes, etc. to do your employee's checks, you can sign up for a service, but the service is an online company for which data is EXCHANGED with SBA. Internet always required, multiple levels of passwords, what data is going out ? To avoid this you can find the tax rates yourself and use Excel to calculate payrolls and then EXCHANGE DATA with SBA. This takes about 4-5 times as much effort as Quickbooks' automatic DOWNLOADS and, if you go with the online company, costs three times as much as does Quickbooks' equivalent service. Too bad that SBA has this fatal flaw because I really liked the layout and feel of the program.
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