The category of personal financial-management software has changed considerably in the 17 years since Money was first established. As more users shift their attention to full-service offerings provided by banks and brokerages, demand for a comprehensive personal finance toolset has declined.

Products affected include:

Microsoft Money Essentials

Microsoft Money Plus Deluxe

Microsoft Money Plus Premium

Microsoft Money Plus Home & Business

No. Online services (described below) will no longer be available, but Money has many features that continue to work after the online services have expired. (For Money Plus Deluxe, Premium and Home & Business customers, online services expire two years after initial activation or Jan. 31, 2011, whichever is earlier; for Money Plus Essentials it is one year after activation or Jan. 31, 2011, whichever is earlier. You can verify your expiration date in Money Plus by selecting Help / About Microsoft Money; it appears to the right of the serial number.) As long as your product was already activated, you’ll be able to keep using the product after online services have expired. Note, Money Essentials is not designed to be usable once online services have expired.

An expired version of Money Plus could be used indefinitely on the computer and configuration currently in place, with the exception of the services and features as noted below. Compatibility with future operating systems and hardware configurations cannot be guaranteed.

Microsoft plans to support online services (including updates to rates & tables) for active customers through at least January 2011. If yearly tax updates end, however, users can still manually update the tax rates. (Verify current rates from tax rate schedules on the IRS Web site. In Money, go to Tools / Settings / Tax Settings. Click "Set your filing status and view tax rates by income bracket." Modify the data to match the correct tax year values.).

Per the End User License Agreement for Money Plus Deluxe, Premium and Home & Business products, online services continue for two years after initial activation or until 1/31/2011, whichever comes first.

The End User License Agreement date is the correct date.

No, as per the current End User License Agreement, online services for Money Plus Deluxe, Premium, and Home & Business products continue until 1/31/2011.

After the end of sales date (June 30, 2009), you will not be able to purchase a new or extended version of the online services.

When online services expire, Money no longer supports online quotes nor direct online banking (including bill-pay). Money can still process bank statements imported from your bank’s Web site (if available), and quotes can be manually updated. The following support articles may be helpful:
How to troubleshoot issues that you may experience when you try to download and import a statement from your financial institution into Money
How to re-associate an Online statement to the appropriate Microsoft Money account
How to troubleshoot error messages that you may receive when you import OFX statements into Money

No. Online quotes are part of the online services. Users can still manually update quote prices once online services have expired.

Epay and Apay services will no longer be available from within the Money product after online services expire (which for Money Plus Deluxe, Premium and Home & Business customers is two years after your initial activation or Jan. 31, 2011, whichever is earlier; for Money Plus Essentials it is one year after activation or Jan. 31, 2011, whichever is earlier). This change does not impact you if you pay your bills through your bank's Web site. You can also still access Checkfree bill-pay through MSN Money. (Note: Some customers currently pay a fee to their bank to make online statements available through Money Plus for online bill-pay; those customers should contact their bank and discontinue that delivery once online services have expired.)

The same online services expire for all versions of Money Plus, including Home & Business.

If you are still using Money 2007, it is not recommended that you upgrade to Money Plus at this time.

If you are still using Money 2006, it is not recommended that you upgrade to Money Plus at this time.

Support will be available through Jan. 31, 2011. Refer to http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/ for general Microsoft product support information and http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?C2=870 for specific information about Money Plus. Product Activation will be supported through Jan. 31, 2011. Once the product activation service is no longer available, Money cannot be set up in a new configuration.

The license agreement describes some limitations for setting up Money on different computers. To use Money on a different computer, you will need to have the original media you first used to set up Money (either the original CD, or the original setup program you received when you purchased Money Plus online), and your activation code. Money will need to be activated on the new computer before Jan. 31, 2011.
Update (11/2/09): Prior to Jan. 31, 2011, Microsoft plans to release versions of Money Plus Deluxe and Money Plus Home & Business that will not require online activation. Check back here for additional information or look for future announcements in Money Plus.

Yes, you may do that using your original installation method (CD or download).

Yes, you can activate after sales have ended. Activation must take place before Jan. 31, 2011.

The Extended Download Service provides multiple downloads of software purchased in a single order for a period of two years from the date of purchase. Click here for full details.

Yes, as long as you activate the new installation before Jan. 31, 2011. Keep a copy of the original media and activation key. As previously noted, some features will not work once online services have expired.
Update (11/2/09): Prior to Jan. 31, 2011, Microsoft plans to release versions of Money Plus Deluxe and Money Plus Home & Business that will not require online activation. Check back here for additional information or look for future announcements in Money Plus.

A number of online personal finance management and planning tools are available, many for free, on the Web. Other software solutions may be for sale from companies other than Microsoft. For general account information and transactions, your bank Web site may provide the best solution.

Account transactions from banking and investing accounts (not to include loans) can be exported using QIF Export (see Money Help for more information). Another method used is to create 3 custom transaction reports covering all dates: One for Loans, one for Investments, and one for regular accounts. For each report, export to Excel or to XML. Not all of your data outside of core account information may be able to be exported, however -- for instance, the bill list, favorite reports, household inventory, budgets and cashflow forecasts will not export. The following support articles may be helpful:
How to view Money data in Excel
How to export and import account information in Microsoft Money