Demonstration Overview

Published: April 21, 2008

The Controller Workspace is a portal designed for the Financial Controller enabling him/her to oversee the close processes in one location. It brings together data from several accounting and compliance systems providing real-time status.

Introduction

Financial controllers at Microsoft rely on multiple line-of-business applications to manage their day-to-day finance processes. Faced with the challenge of building a unified experience, the internal Microsoft IT Finance team used out-of-box features of Microsoft Office 2007 Excel® Services in Microsoft® Office SharePoint® Server 2007 to create the Controller Workspace.

The Controller Workspace site provides a central location for aggregating data about the close and compliance processes. The improved visibility into data helps controllers see up-to-the-minute status of their close and compliance processes; helping them better focus their efforts and manage risk appropriately.

This demonstration is intended for enterprise business decision makers, technical decision makers and IT professionals who need a centralized, customizable finance portal solution that provides employees with all of the information used to gain improved financial process management.

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