Did you see the announcement made today by Intuit and Microsoft to integrate the capabilities of their cloud services platforms, the Intuit Partner Platform and Microsoft Windows ® Azure platform TM , to enable developers and channel partners to deliver web-based solutions to the millions of employees within businesses that use QuickBooks ® financial software? This is significant in that it instantly gives Microsoft developers the ability to develop applications for Intuit’s loyal customers and will open up to them a new landscape of sales prospects who are looking for small business solutions. More specifically, the Intuit Partner Platform will give Windows Azure developers the ability to build applications that their customers can use to take advantage of their QuickBooks data, and give them instant access to a pre-built channel for acquiring customers via the Intuit App Center. Small businesses will be able to click from the QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2010 toolbar to visit the Intuit App Center where they can find, buy and use Web-based business applications built on or integrated with the Intuit Partner Platform