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Overview

The 2007 Microsoft Office system goes beyond the desktop to deliver broader, immensely powerful capabilities that can help you and your team greatly improve business performance.

Office system as a platform

Microsoft Office has evolved from a suite of individual productivity technologies to a comprehensive, integrated system. Building on familiar tools, the Microsoft Office system includes server platforms, desktop applications, and online services—all designed to work together to help address a broad array of business needs.

Working with the 2007 Office system, developers may no longer need to build systems from the ground up: they can simply leverage the new and extensible Fluent User Interface to assemble and extend components in order to design and develop powerful, customized applications that offer immediate business benefits.

ISVs can take advantage of this platform to deliver innovative, customized solutions to customers:

The Open XML format allows developers to integrate productivity applications with information systems that manage business processes through the use of custom schemas.
Applications built on these systems—or Office Business Applications (OBAs)— take advantage of the user-friendly 2007 Microsoft Office system user interface to make LOB systems more accessible for your customers and their employees.

Enroll to receive help as you develop low-cost, high-impact solutions, and get them into the marketplace faster. The tools you need are all in one place—the Innovate On website. We will keep adding new information and tools to this site, so be sure to check back with us throughout your development process.

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Enroll Your Application

The first step toward developing your solution is to enroll your application. The enrollment process only takes a minute or two, and entitles you to immediately access all the benefits of the Innovate On Office 2007 system initiative, such as 10 hours of email-based technical support.

Download the Solution Checklist

Use this guidance for each phase of the development cycle. This checklist will help you meet your goals of profitability and customer satisfaction.

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Download the Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map

The Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map is a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that helps developers visualize the different programs, servers, services, and tools that will help them build solutions.

View 2007 Microsoft Office System Webcasts

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Technology-Specific Resources

The following areas contain information and resources that you can use as you plan to build solutions with Open XML, Office for Business Applications (OBA), and SharePoint services.

OBA

Open XML

SharePoint

Microsoft Presents Redesigned OBA Central
Check out the newly redesigned OBA Central site that consolidates all the information you need to learn about, build and promote your OBA solutions. Intended as a vibrant active community bringing together Microsoft, ISVs, services partners and customers, the main features of the refreshed site include:

Clear and easy to access content
"Featured Solutions" are more prominently displayed on the site
Secure "Partner only" area for Partners and Microsoft enable sharing news and promoting events and webcasts
RSS feed subscriptions allow users to have easy access to site updates, news, etc.

Visit OBA Central for Partners.

The Office Business Application Opportunity
Discover how the user-friendly 2007 Microsoft Office system can help you drive revenue. Learn more about making line-of-business systems more accessible for your customers and their employees.

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Wipro Study: The Benefits of Leveraging the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Find out how ISVs that have developed OBAs are taking advantage of an expanding, accessible market and better meeting their customers' business and technical requirements.

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Drill Deeper Into 2007 Office System Capabilities*
Sign up for the following Web seminar to enhance your understanding of the 2007 Office system, and how it can help businesses of all size compete and win:

Customizing the Microsoft Office Ribbon

Learn More About Working with XML in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Visit the MSDN XML in Office Developer Portal to access technical articles, code samples and more.

Open XML Developer Workshop
Trainers from Microsoft, Sonata, InfoSupport, Allette, Predeek Consulting, and others deliver these Open XML developer workshops, structured around a set of inter-related presentations and hands-on labs that cover typical Open XML development scenarios.

Video: Microsoft COO Kevin Turner on Office XML
Watch a short presentation about interoperability, choice, and Open XML from Microsoft COO Kevin Turner at the 2007 Worldwide Partner Conference.

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"Open XML Explained" e-book
Download "Open XML Explained" by Wouter Van Vugt. This 128-page book, the first on Open XML development, covers the basics of Open XML.

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Data Sheet: Improving Opportunities with Ecma Office Open XML Formats
This data sheet shows how developers and ISVs can better meet customer expectations with the enhanced features and functions provided by Open XML formats.

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Visit the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Developer Portal
Find information about planning, coding, building, deploying, and migrating applications.

Learn More About Enterprise Search
Help your customers address their search needs at every level of their organizations with scalable, security-rich solutions that are easy to integrate and manage.

View 2007 Office System Technical Readiness Presentations*
These videos explore the key features in the 2007 Office system and how you can benefit from the partner opportunities surrounding this new platform.

Drill Deeper Into SharePoint Capabilities
Visit the ISV Innovation site to access free training and overview videos on a variety of Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 topics.

*Microsoft Partner Program enrollment is required. Click here to learn more about the benefits of joining the Microsoft Partner Program.

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Get 10 Hours of Free Technical Support

Innovate On members are eligible to receive 10 hours of email-based technical support at no charge. Just click on the link in your solution dashboard to access the support form. Not registered? Click here to enroll now.

Visit the Microsoft Office Developer Center

Use this free resource to download code samples, SDKs, tools and utilities, developer references, and product updates for the Office 2007 developer.

Access Free Developer-Focused Training

ISV Innovation Web Seminars
Brush up on 2007 Microsoft Office system development to enhance your own skills, while you help your company develop solutions faster. A variety of live and on-demand training is available.
MSDN Events and Webcasts
Visit this site to join events and take advantage of excellent on-demand training opportunities.
Office Developer Screencasts
If you're new to 2007 Microsoft Office system development, take a look at this screencast series. The Office Developer Screencast Virtual Tour provides the learning materials necessary for you to get started with 2007 Office system development.

Office Partner Webcast Series
Brush up on 2007 Microsoft Office system development to enhance your own skills, while you help your company develop solutions faster. A variety of live and on-demand training is available. View the available webcasts.

Join a Community of 2007 Microsoft Office System Developers

Learn what other developers are working on, and get answers to your own questions.

Technology-Specific Resources

The following areas contain information and resources that you can use as you build solutions with Open XML, Office for Business Applications (OBA), and SharePoint services.

OBA

Open XML

SharePoint

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Join OBA Central
Joining this active community of Microsoft partners can help you get the word out about your solutions and services.

Webcast: Developing Office Business Applications (OBAs) with Visual Studio Tools for Office
To view, go to Live Meeting, enter the Attendee Key: ATTENDEE and the Recording ID: VSTOSETE

XML in Office Developer Portal
Find technical articles, code samples, developer documentation, and multimedia presentations on working with XML in Office.

Data Sheet: Improving Opportunities with Ecma Office Open XML Formats
This data sheet shows how developers and ISVs can better meet customer expectations with Open XML formats enhanced features and functionalities.

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Microsoft Office Open XML SDK
This software development kit is built on top of the System.IO.Packaging API and provides strongly typed part classes to manipulate Open XML documents.

Office SharePoint Server 2007 Developer Portal
Find technical articles, code samples, developer documentation, and multimedia presentations on working with SharePoint 2007.

Training: Implementing Enterprise Search Using SharePoint Technologies
Access a variety of courses to help you build solutions that enable search of desktop and network shares, SharePoint sites, and line-of-business applications.

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Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 SDK
This kit contains conceptual overviews, programming tasks, developer tools, code samples, references, and an Enterprise Content Management (ECM) starter kit to guide you in developing solutions based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

Microsoft Groove 2007 SDK
This kit contains documentation, WSDL, and sample code for applications that use Groove Web Services, and developer documentation for the Groove 2007 Forms and Groove 2007 InfoPath Forms tools.

Microsoft Project 2007 SDK
Find documentation, code samples, and programming references to help customize and integrate the Project 2007 clients and Project Server 2007 with other applications for enterprise project management.

Microsoft Visio 2007 SDK
Download this kit for documentation, samples, header files, libraries and tools needed to develop custom solutions for Microsoft Office Visio 2007.

Market

Now that you've developed your groundbreaking solution, let us help you promote it to Microsoft customers and partners.

Your next steps are:

Profile your solution in the Microsoft Office System Solution Directory (OSSD)
Designed to help you gain greater market exposure for your solution, this website provides Microsoft partners with a collection of marketing resources and solutions built upon the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Use it to get your solution in front of a large audience of decision-makers.

How:
- If your solution is enrolled in Innovate On 2007 Office system, your only requirement is to approve publication in the OSSD. Learn how: Download FAQs (Word)
- If you have other solutions you would like to add to OSSD, visit the OSSD site.
Visit OBA Central and take advantage of the OBA Partner Solution Campaign
OBA Centralis a customer-facing online directory that helps increase the visibility of OBA solutions. You can read about the OBA partner business value, access customer case studies, and see partner demos and interviews.

Also, check out the new OBA partner Solution Campaign and take advantage of benefits like the following:
- Your solution prominently featured on the OBA Central website
- Assistance with training and/or certification
- Assistance with creating OBA case studies, including eligibility to develop a co-funded Microsoft case study
- Nomination to the ISV Telesales service, including eligibility for a co-funded campaign
- Eligibility for the OBA2Go programs

Learn about Customer Campaign Opportunities
Customer Campaigns are designed to present products from multiple business groups in concert and as part of complete customer solutions. Visit Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization (BPIO) University Online to learn about each of the BPIO capabilities, gain insight into the partner marketing opportunity, understand various selling strategies, and learn how to co-engage and sell with Microsoft.
Learn About 2007 Microsoft Office System Licensing Options for ISVs
This guide helps to explain the licensing options available and enables you to choose the best path for your company as well as the most cost-effective approach for your customers.

Title	Recording ID
Developing Office Business Applications (OBAs) with Visual Studio Tools for Office	VSTOSETE
Introduction to Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007	MOSSINTRO102007
Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Workflow	0710MOSSWF
Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Features and Site Templates	MOSSFST
Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 Excel Services	Coming soon!
Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 InfoPath Services	Coming soon!

	Search within OBA partner solutions and services
	Get Intensive Web Training on Office 2007 Fundamentals
	Download a Brief Overview of the 2007 Microsoft Office system
	View a Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map
	Learn About Earning the ISV Solutions Competency for Your OBA Solution
	Review 2007 Microsoft Office system Licensing Options
	Learn More about OBAs at the MSDN Architecture Center
	Get Free Training on the 2007 Microsoft Office system
	Visit Destination.NET for Community Resources
	View Developer-Focused Screencasts for the 2007 Microsoft Office system