Microsoft Office Accounting Test for ISV Solutions
How to Submit Your Application

Just follow the steps below. At any time in the process, a member of the QualityLogic Test Team is available to assist you - send an email to oa@qualitylogic.com.

Before you submit your product

Verify that your product meets the test requirements. Review the Microsoft Office Accounting Application Test Requirements. This document contains guidelines on specific features and functionality that your software product must meet in order to qualify for the Program.

The application must be fully functional and stable, and should install all components as it would be delivered to the customer.

• All ISV application managed assemblies should be strongly named - whether they are loaded by Microsoft Office Accounting or not.
• Any 3rd party managed assemblies loaded by Microsoft Office Accounting should be strongly named.
• All ISV application ActiveX controls must be digitally signed - whether they are loaded by Microsoft Office Accounting or not.
• Any 3rd party ActiveX controls loaded by Microsoft Office Accounting should be strongly named.

  Exceptions:

1. Managed assemblies that DO NOT need to be strongly named: Any 3rd party managed assemblies used by the ISV application that are NOT loaded by Microsoft Office Accounting.
2. ActiveX controls that DO NOT need to be digitally signed: Any 3rd party ActiveX controls used by the ISV application that are NOT loaded by Microsoft Office Accounting.

Submitting your product

1. Register your company.
   Fill out the company and primary contact information on the Registration Form completely and accurately, in English.
   
   
2. Complete and sign the QualityLogic Vendor Test Agreement (VTA).
   After you submit the form, you will be sent to the VTA page. Please review the VTA and indicate your approval by checking the "I approve" checkbox. This agreement is your contract with QualityLogic for the testing, and is required in order to proceed with the test process.
   
   
3. Register your product.
   When you approve the VTA, you will be returned to the Registration Form. Complete the form by providing information about your product(s) and other contacts. If your product will be available by download, please include complete access instructions in the field provided (see Step 5 below).
   
   After you submit your Registration Form, you will receive an email with your Unique Product Identifier(s) (UPID) for your records. Please make note of this number or print the email, as you will use the UPID throughout the testing process to obtain status details on your product.
   
   
4. Complete the Payment Form.
   After you submit the Registration Form, you will be taken to the Payment Form. You may pay for testing with either a company or cashier's check, or with a major credit card. Testing on your software product cannot begin until QualityLogic has received your payment.
   
   If you wish to pay by credit card, a processing fee will apply. This fee is noted on the payment form. Complete the payment form, print it, sign the authorization, and fax it to 805-531-9041 or mail it to:
   QualityLogic Inc.
   ATTN: Microsoft Office Accounting
   5401 Tech Circle
   Moorpark, CA 93021 USA
   

   After you have printed the Payment Form, click "Continue" at the bottom of the form to go to a checklist, which will help you ensure that your submission is complete.
   

5. Assemble and submit your customer-ready product.
   Assemble a final, customer-ready version of your software product. The product should be delivered to the QualityLogic Test Team in the same form it is delivered to your customers. If the product ships on a CD, mail us the CD. If it is downloaded from the web, provide us with the URL or FTP site and any access information required.
   
   The assembled product must include all components necessary to completely install and operate the end product, such as a user guide, installation guide, prerequisite software, registration number, dial-in instructions, required password(s), and any proprietary or prerequisite hardware (e.g., a proprietary memory card).
   

   If you ship any proprietary or prerequisite hardware, please include a return address label.

   If your product must be emailed, please Zip the file(s) and send to: oa@qualitylogic.com
   
   If your product or its components must be mailed, please send them to:
   
   QualityLogic Inc.
   ATTN: Microsoft Office Accounting
   6148 N. Discovery Way, Suite 175
   Boise, ID 83713 USA

QualityLogic will send a confirmation email to your Primary Contact when your test submission has been received and verified.

Your software product and all of its associated components will be treated with the utmost security and confidentiality. Specifics of confidentiality, intellectual property rights, ownership and trademarks, as well as disposition of products and components submitted to QualityLogic for testing are covered in the VTA.


6. Receive your test results.
   Testing is typically completed within ten (10) business days of QualityLogic's receipt of your complete package. Upon successful completion of testing, a Test Report will be sent electronically to the individual listed as the Primary Contact on the Registration Form and Microsoft will be notified. If your product does not pass the testing, your Primary Contact will receive an electronic Test Failure Notification detailing the reason(s) for failure. Please refer to the Pricing section for retest prices.