To view features of the Microsoft accounting products side by side, click on a feature category in the list below.

Accounting Software Features

Microsoft® Office Accounting Express 2008

Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008

Microsoft Small Business Financials

Microsoft Dynamics™ Business Essentials

Microsoft Dynamics Advanced Management

Core Accounting Functionality

Price	FREE	Estimated Retail Price: $149 per user (licensing is per computer)	Suggested List Price: Starting at $995 for two users** (licensing is per concurrent user)	Suggested List Price: Starting at $2250** (licensing is per concurrent user)	Suggested List Price: Starting at $4,250** (licensing is per concurrent user)
Multiple User Access	1	Up to 10	Up to 10	Unlimited	Unlimited
How to Purchase	Downloadable	Retail Stores	Partner	Partner	Partner
Double entry accrual accounting	x	x	x	x	x
Cash basis accounting	x	x		x	x
Setup wizard	x	x	x	x	x
Multi-level chart of accounts and general ledger	x	x	x	x	x
Accounts receivable and accounts payable	x	x	x	x	x
Invoicing, bill payments, and returns	x	x	x	x	x
Audit trail and change tracking	x	x	x	x	x
Financial reports		x	x	x	x
Financial reports	20 reports only	Over 60 reports	Over 150	Over 500	Over 500
Rich form customization	x	x	x	x	x
Role-based security	x	x		x	x
Backup and restore with data compression	x	x	x	x	x

^**Prices are estimated. Actual prices will vary. Final prices are determined by Microsoft Certified Professionals.

Advanced Accounting

Cash flow forecasting tools and reports		x	x	x	x
Multicurrency support		x		x	x
Budgeting			x	x	x
Collections management	x	x			x
Grant management					x
Encumbrance management				x	x
Vendor consolidations				x	x
National accounts				x	x
Customer refund checks				x	x
Vendor checks				x	x
Electronic funds transfer					x
1099 vendors and reporting		x	x	x	x
Sales territories and salesperson commissions			x	x	x
General ledger batch approval workflows					x
AR and AP batch approval workflows					x
Memorized documents for recurring transactions		x	x	x	x
Finance charges		x	x	x	x
Create and track inventory and kits		x	x	x	x
Fixed asset manager		x	x		x
Office Excel-based manual payroll (in product)		x
Letter writing assistant	x	x	x	x	x

Data migration (import from Microsoft Office Excel®, QuickBooks, Microsoft Money)	x	x	x	x	x
Familiar Microsoft Office user interface	x	x		x	x
Full integration with Microsoft Office Outlook®	x	x		x	x
Customize and personalize documents in Microsoft Office Word	x	x	x	x	x
Create and send letters to customers with Office Word	x	x	x	x	x
Send forms, letters, and reports in e-mail	x	x	x	x	x
Export data to Office Excel for analysis and charting	x	x	x	x	x

Accept credit card payments via Chase Payment Services^***	x	x
Integrated online banking	x	x		x	x
Monitor customer and vendor credit worthiness via Equifax	x	x
List, sell, and process items on eBay	x	x
Integrated PayPal electronic invoicing	x	x
Process payroll for employees, direct deposit salary, and pay taxes via ADP	x	x	x	x	x
Order checks and forms for high-precision printing from Deluxe	x	x	x	x	x
Online sharing of books with accountant via Microsoft Office Live	x	x

Multi-client accountant navigator	x	x
Multi-client payroll center	x	x
Batch journal entry (worksheet)	x	x	x	x
Accountant transfer export wizard	x	x

Employees			Includes the ability to set up an unlimited number of employees	Includes the ability to set up an unlimited number of employees
Web-based employee, HR self-service options				x
Paid time off management			x	x
Tax sheltered annuities			x	x
Integration with payables			x	x
Garnishing wages	x	x	x	x
Federal, state, and FICA tax deductions	x	x	x	x
Vacation and sick time tracking			x	x
Retroactive pay changes			x	x
Overtime pay	x	x	x	x
Human resource management			x	x
Canadian payroll			x	x
Deductions in arrears			x	x
Accrual labor hours and cost by calendar date or pay period			x	x
Web applications for HR and payroll	x	x		x

Automatic PO generation				x
Quotes, orders, invoices, back orders, and returns in sales	x	x	x	x
Pricing by customer or item with tiered pricing			x	x
Multiple warehouses and bins			x	x
Stock counting			x	x
ABC analysis			x	x
Setup buyers			x	x
Drop ship POs			x	x
Allow shipment price and invoice price changes during receiving and invoicing for POs			x	x
Landed cost			x	x
Access to cost during order entry	x		x	x
Automatically calculate selling price			x	x
Multiple ship-to addresses per order			x	x
Create POs from sales orders	x	x	x	x
Separate fulfillment process			x	x
Pick/pack/ship functionality				x
In-transit transfer (two-way transfers)			x	x
Capacity planning				x
Multiple-level bill of materials				x
MRP functionality				x
What-if analysis for MRP				x
Create manufacturing orders				x
PO approval workflow				x
Sales quote approval workflow				x
Customer credit limit override approval workflow				x
Requisition approvals				x
Bulk pricing			x	x
Sales forecasting				x
Serial/lot tracking			x	x

Core Accounting Functionality

Advanced Accounting

Microsoft Office Integration

Integrated Online Services

Accounting Professional Features

Human Resources

Supply Chain Management

Project and Service Management

Business Intelligence and Reporting

System Management

Time and material or fixed price contracts					x
Across-project summaries					x
Project performance analysis					x
Web access to time and expense entry					x
Service contracts					x
RMA functionality					x
Mobile device for field technicians					x
Track warranties by you or vendor					x
Recurring billing for service contracts					x
Service call tracking					x
Preferred service time for service calls					x
Web access for customers to enter service calls					x
Scheduled maintenance per contract					x
Set effective date for contract changes					x

Business Intelligence Tools Available				Smart Lists, Report Writer, Advanced Financial Analysis, Microsoft FRx Financial Reporter, Microsoft FRx DrillDown Viewer, Office Excel, SQL Server Reporting Services	Microsoft Forecaster, Microsoft FRx Suite, Crystal Reports Professional Edition, Analysis Cubes, Performance Point Server
Refreshable Office Excel reports	x	x		x	x
Pre-defined reports available	x	x		x	x
Dashboard reporting		x			x
Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server 2007 report deployment					x
Export to Office Excel	x	x	x	x	x
Integration with Office Outlook	x	x	x	x	x
Office Excel-based budgeting	x	x	x	x	x
Ad-hoc reporting				x	x
View Reports from an Internet Connection					x
Display information through Web parts on Office SharePoint Server 2007					x
Analysis Cubes Powered by OLAP					x
Financial forecasting					x
Microsoft FRx financial statements				x	x
Web access to Microsoft FRx financial statements					x
Automated alerts to monitor changing information				x	x
Business scorecard manager integration					x
Secure access to business data				x	x

Maximum Number of Users	Single User	Up to 10 users with SQL Server Express Edition, unlimited with SQL Server 2005	Up to 10 users	Supports an unlimited number of users accessing the data at the same time	Supports an unlimited number of users accessing the data at the same time
Database	SQL Server Express Edition (4 GB database max per company)	SQL Server 2005 or Express Edition (4 GB database max per company) SQL Server 2005 No Database Limit	SQL Server 2005 or Express Edition (4 GB database max per company) SQL Server 2005 No Database Limit	SQL Server 2005 or Express Edition (4 GB database max per company) SQL Server 2005 No Database Limit	SQL Server 2005 No Database Limit
Server Operating System			Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server® 2003, Microsoft Windows XP SP2	Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server® 2003	Windows Server 2003
Integration to Microsoft MapPoint®			x	x	x
SharePoint servers					Windows SharePoint Services, Office SharePoint Server 2007
Search					x
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM				x	x
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System (RMS)				x	x
Integration with Microsoft Dynamics-Point of Sale		x		x
Process server					x
Business portal for Web access					x
Field level security				x	x
Account level security				x	x
Price	FREE	Estimated Retail Price: $149 per user (licensing is per computer)	List Price: Starting at $995 for 2 users** (licensing is per concurrent user)	List Price: Starting at $2,250** (licensing is per concurrent user)	List Price: Starting at $4,250** (licensing is per concurrent user)