Intuit and Microsoft Join Forces to Deliver Web Applications to Millions of Small Businesses: Companies expand cloud opportunity for developers and channel partners.

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Intuit Inc. (Nasdaq: INTU) and Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) plan to create new opportunities for software developers to deliver and market Web applications to small-business customers through the Intuit App Center. The two companies plan to integrate the capabilities of their cloud services platforms — the Intuit Partner Platform and Windows Azure platform — to enable developers and channel partners to deliver solutions to the millions of employees within businesses that use QuickBooks^® financial software. In addition, the two companies will provide small businesses with Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity applications via the Intuit App Center.

Intuit and Microsoft Join Forces to Deliver Web Applications to Millions of Small Businesses: Companies expand cloud opportunity for developers and channel partners.