What are Microsoft Office Business Applications?

Microsoft describe their Office Business Applications as “a new breed of application that help businesses unlock the value of their line-of-business (LOB) systems and turn document-based processes into real applications.”

Essentially, Office Business Applications provide a way for your business to integrate backend systems such as CRM or accounting systems with products in the Office 2007 suite of programs.

For businesses this has two advantages:

• Business critical data can sometimes be locked away in line of business systems that are too complex for many people within your organisation to access. This data can now be made accessible to everyone through the familiar Office programs they use every day.
• Data that was previously captured only in Office programs can now be captured by line of business software at the same time. This enables your business to streamline processes by removing the need to input data into two separate systems. In some cases this even means that data which was captured but not made use of can now be interrogated by line of business applications such as CRM systems.

To find out more about what Microsoft Office Business Applications can do for your business check out the case study.