Technical Articles for the 2007 Microsoft Office System

In this section, find technical articles about planning, coding, building, deploying, and migrating solutions based on the 2007 Microsoft Office system. The list below includes articles from the MSDN Library, Office Talk columns, and MSDN Magazine.

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Solution Guides

10 Tips for Migrating VBA to Visual Basic Using Visual Studio Tools for Office Second Edition (Part 1 of 2)
Find conversion scenarios, migration pitfalls, and advice to help you successfully migrate your code.

Building Office Business Applications Using Visual Studio Tools for the Office System (3.0)
Take advantage of Visual Studio 2008 to easily build and deploy customized Office Business Applications.

Customizing the 2007 Office Fluent Ribbon for Developers (Part 1 of 3)
Learn how the Ribbon feature uses text-based, declarative XML markup that simplifies creating and customizing the Ribbon.

Customizing and Brand Web Content Management-Enabled SharePoint Sites (Part 1 of 3): Understanding Web Content Management and the Default Features
Review topics that you should understand before you use SharePoint Server 2007 to create sites that support WCM.

Deploying Solutions for 2007 Office System with ClickOnce Using Visual Studio Tools for the Office System (3.0)
ClickOnce, by default, gives Microsoft Office solutions full trust permissions. The extra step that has caused issues in the past is now built-in.

Developer Introduction to Workflows for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and SharePoint Server 2007
High-level overview of how Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 implements the workflow capabilities of the Windows Workflow Foundation, and how SharePoint Server 2007 extends those capabilities with InfoPath 2007 forms.

Implementing SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Solutions
Methodology outline for team SharePoint development combining custom code and content, with the aim of accelerating implementation and mitigating production risks.

Introducing the Office (2007) Open XML File Formats
Learn to access documents as sources of data, manipulate them without the Office applications, and process them in enterprise solutions.

Introduction to SharePoint Products and Technologies for the Professional .NET Developer
Explore the extensible solution platform of SharePoint Products and Technologies and opportunities for its use in .NET development.

Office Business Application for Customer Support Management
Build custom applications that useSharePoint Server 2007, InfoPath 2007, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Integration Services, and the Business Data Catalog.

Office Business Application for Sales Proposal Document Management
Use the Microsoft Office platform to create a custom solution that allows multiple users to collaborate on the creation of a sales proposal response document.

Setting Up Development Environments for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Set up development environments for the 2007 Microsoft Office system, including client and server applications.

Understanding the Administrative Object Model of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Understand the structure and relationships of the high-level classes in the Microsoft.SharePoint and Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration namespaces of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0.

What You Need to Know About Using Office as a Development Platform (MSDN Magazine)
Learn how Office can serve as a robust development platform and how it provides the building blocks for creating entirely new applications.