Microsoft Money
Microsoft Money For Windows 8
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| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Personal finance |
| License | Proprietary commercial software |
| Website | www |
Microsoft Money is a personal finance management software program by Microsoft. It has capabilities for viewing bank account balances, creating budgets, and tracking expenses, among other features. It was designed for computers using the Microsoft Windows operating system, and versions for Windows Mobile were also available (available for Money 2000-2006 on select versions of Windows Mobile, up to, but not including, Windows Mobile 5.0).
Money is no longer being actively developed as a retail program. From its inception in 1991 until its discontinuation in 2009, Microsoft Money was commercial software. Microsoft discontinued sales of the software on June 30, 2009 and removed access to online services for existing Money installations in January 2011. In 2010, Microsoft released a replacement version, called Microsoft Money Plus Sunset, which allows users to open and edit Money data files, but lacks any online features or support. It is available in two editions: Deluxe, and Home & Business.
In 2012, Money returned as a modern "Metro App", however this version of Money is heavily dumbed down and only tracks worldwide stocks, money news and features calculators. It does not track personal expenses and does not link to banks.
There were localized editions of Microsoft Money for the United Kingdom, France, Japan, Canada and an International English edition for other English speaking countries. However, Microsoft had not updated the U.K., French and international editions since Money 2005. The last Canadian edition was Money 2006.
There were also localized editions for other countries, such as Russia, Brazil, Germany and Italy. However, these editions were discontinued due to what was believed to be an insufficient user-base to justify the expense of localization for more recent editions or the expense to integrate support for the national online-banking standard like HBCI in Germany.
Microsoft offered a free downloadable time-limited trial version of Microsoft Money Plus. This trial version can import data files from the Canadian edition of Money, but not from other non-US editions. Users upgrading from other non-US editions must manually export and reimport their accounts, and may have to re-enter certain information by hand.
The first version of Microsoft Money dates back to 1991 and was originally part of the Microsoft Home series.
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