Microsoft launches Office Accounting 2008

It’s been a long time coming, writes Nigel Harris. Microsoft began developing the concept back in 2001, devoting 12 months just to conceptual stuff, finding out what users and their advisers wanted and getting the design right. Coding started in 2002 and the US version was launched in 2005. Along with the US release of version 3, Microsoft Office Accounting 2008 has finally hit these shores. Should we, as finance professionals, get excited? Is this going to change the face of small business accounting in the UK?