The Microsoft Office System A Platform for Organizational Productivity Solutions Mark Quirk Head of Technology Developer & Platform Group Microsoft UK

The Davos “Doodle” …“If only I’d have had OneNote!”

Web Services & Offline/Online support Device Adaptability Tough to Deploy Heavy Footprint DLL Hell Network Dependency Poor User Experience Rich UI Complex To Develop Rich User Experience Developer Productivity Responsive Broad Reach Easy Change Management Ease of Deployment

Platform Investments for Smart Clients Native XML File Format XML custom schemas Web services InfoPath Task pane Research pane Smart documents SharePoint web parts Visual Studio Tools for Office Information Bridge Framework

The Office Connection

Access Access FrontPage FrontPageInfoPathWord Excel Visio The Office 2003 XML Desktop A strategic investment Data Analysis Content Authoring Reporting and Storing Information Gathering Data Driven Web Sites Diagramming

InfoPath 2003 Solutions An Electronic Forms Platform EnterpriseApplicationsDepartmentalApplicationsTeamCollaboration FormalProcesses Ad-hocProcesses Capture information more flexibly and accurately Develop and deploy information gathering solutions more easily Connect people, information and business processes more effectively

XML With Office 2003 Bringing XML data into Excel 2003 Richard Riley

What XML Means For Office Fundamental business challenges: Disconnected Islands of Information Intranet Backend(s), Local PC (s), Extranet Do we have Documents or Databases? Contract, Proposal, Insurance, Mortgage, Status Report, Meeting Minutes, Functional Specification, Customer Inquiry, Project Bid, Project Schedule, Bill of Materials, Budget Proposal, Customer Pitch, Project Timeline Diagrams, Org Chart Diagrams, Furniture Selection Book Long term Archival of documents

3/24/2004 XML Conference (Europe) Role of XML on the Desktop Health Agency % The team comprises great innovators Contact their IT Manager Finance Agency Organize another European tour

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Office System XML Schemas Custom-defined Schemas Industry (HL7,XBRL...) or Locally Defined (Order, Contract…) Data-oriented Represent business information Developer Opportunity System integration Improved data capture and processing Developer defines and manages XML Reference Schemas Display-oriented Represent document format Developer Opportunity Document construction Interoperability Document display interchange Microsoft defines and manages for Word, Excel, InfoPath, Visio Open and royalty-free documentation and licensing

XML With Office 2003 Smart Documents - XML Markup with in Word 2003 Richard Riley

Information Bridge Framework IBF

Information Bridge Framework Metadata Finance ERP CRM Smart Clients Web Services Framework bridging Content and Information Brings your assets to any Office 2003 document that supports SmartTags Classic Complementary Client Solution Web Services

Richard Riley Information Bridge Framework

Information Bridge Fx Architecture MS WordTask Pane Option1 Child Label Metadata Interactive Web Service Interactive Web ServiceInteractive Interactive Office 2003 MSCRM Context & Action Service (CAS) Metadata Service Metadata Service Custom CAS Client Engine (Single Sign-on) Active Directory

Windows SharePoint Services WSS

Windows SharePoint Services Live Meeting Exchange Server SharePoint Portal Server Content Management Server Project Server Live Communications Server Discovering and Organizing Content-Driven Web Sites CommunicatingCollaborating Access Access FrontPage FrontPageInfoPathWord Excel Visio Meeting Information Worker Needs Complementary Clients and Servers

Windows SharePoint Services Server Foundation for Microsoft Office System Documents Discussions Tasks Contacts Surveys Members Calendar Workspace Provides Web site infrastructure Document sharing and collaborating Custom communities on demand Tools to empower individuals

Developing with SharePoint Products and Technologies Component Building Web Parts, event handlers, etc. Using sites as information stores Read/write data/documents from/to sites Site customization by users FrontPage 2003 Solution site development Site definitions / packaging

Windows SharePoint Services Web Parts Office FrontPage 2003 Richard Riley

Microsoft Office System Project Server 2003 Workspaces

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Visual Studio 2005 Team System leverages sites, Web services

Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System VSTO

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System Transform a document into an Office Smart Client application Central, incremental deployments Builds upon Office XML file formats Easily connect solutions to Web services and distributed data

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NEW Outlook Managed Development Add-in loader component Uses existing VSTO infrastructure Secure and robust Outlook Add-ins Snippets and samples for common Outlook development tasks

The Microsoft Office System A Platform for Solutions Knowledge Discovery & Insight Making the right information available to more people Collaboration Keeping co-workers, partners and customers in sync Enterprise Content Lifecycle Making it simple to author & manage content and documents Individual Impact Increasing employee self-sufficiency and effectiveness

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