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Recent Blog Posts

A New Challenge
A great thing about Microsoft as an employee is the ability to manage one's own career and to invest in one's... more
Friday, Mar 19 by Gray Knowlton

Open XML SDK 2.0 RTM is live! Find Articles, Videos, Code Samples, and Resources on MSDN
I’ve been incredibly passionate about Open XML since it’s early beginnings. I remember back in the day I was v... more
Monday, Mar 15 by erikaehrli

Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office Is Live
I speak with customers every day about the productivity solutions they build using Microsoft Office. Rarely no... more
Monday, Mar 15 by johnrdurant

Open XML SDK 2.0 Released
On February 21, 2008, I posted on Microsoft Interoperability Principles, which are designed to make our produc... more
Monday, Mar 15 by Gray Knowlton

Announcing the Release of the Open XML SDK 2.0
Today, I am really excited to announce the worldwide availability of the Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office... more
Friday, Mar 12 by BrianJones

Microsoft Office Developer Sessions from SharePoint Conference 2009 Now Live
Readers of the blog know that SharePoint Conference 2009 had some pretty memorable highlights. Now, we're exci... more
Thursday, Mar 11 by johnrdurant

MySpace for Outlook is Now Available
Following up on my blog for the February update of the Outlook Social Connector (OSC) Beta, MySpace relea... more
Thursday, Mar 11 by angelgolfer

Content from the Office Community

Creating Web Databases with Access 2010 and Access Services (Visual How To)
Watch the video and explore code as you learn how to create an Access 2010 Web database and publish it to Access Services on SharePoint Server 2010. Author: Joel Krist (Other)

Interacting with the Excel Web Services API for SharePoint Server 2007
Get a quick start with the Excel Web Services API, which enables interaction with published Excel 2007 workbooks in SharePoint Server 2007 from a remote application. Learn considerations around session state, security, and performance. Author: Spence Harbar (MVP)

Sample: Connecting to a .NET Framework Source Using Business Connectivity Services in Office 2010
Explore the code in this visual how-to article as you learn to learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 to create a BCS external content type. Author: Joel Krist (Other)

Connecting to a .NET Framework Source Using Business Connectivity Services in Office 2010 (Visual How to)
Watch the video and explore code as you learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 to create a BCS external content type. The external content type then connects to a .NET Framework assembly that uses XLINQ to provide read-write access to data that is stored in Author: Joel Krist (MVP)

Customizing the Content Query Web Part in SharePoint Server 2007
Walk through how to customize the Content Query Web Part in SharePoint Server 2007 to query content across multiple sites in a site collection and display the results in any way that XSL can support. Learn how to get similar results when customizing the C Author: Robert Bogue (Other)

Channel 9 Videos

MSDN Live Meeting: SharePoint 2010 Developer Platform
SharePoint is becoming the platform for business application developers. In this Live Meeting Jan Tielens and Lieven Ili... more
Friday, Mar 5

What's new in Office 2010?
In this session, we will introduce you to the new functionalities of Office 2010 and what functionalities makes working... more
Sunday, Jan 31

InfoPath 2010 - Customize a SharePoint List Form
In this short video, Daniel Broekman, a program manager on the InfoPath product team, will show how you can customize a... more
Tuesday, Dec 22

VSX203: Visual Studio Tools for Applications
In this session, we’ll explore Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA), which provides managed extensibili... more
Wednesday, Dec 9

Ping 40: Black screen claims- retracted, Windows 7, Bing Maps, Office 2010
Paul came back this week and he shared his stories from China and possibly also his cold. But - it was worth it to hear... more
Monday, Dec 7

MSDN Briefing November: Office Client Development
Office Client Development - Präsentation rund um Automatisierung von Word, Open XML, Word uvm. Siehe zugehörigen Blog Be... more
Monday, Nov 30

Outlook Social Connector for Outlook 2010
One of the new features we're announcing today at PDC is the Outlook Social Connector SDK. This is a new way to integrat... more
Thursday, Nov 19

Recent Web Resources

Office 2010 Developer Atlas Training Module
John Durant just announced a new interactive developer training tool, based on Silverlight, called O... more
Sunday, Feb 14

Upgrading Solutions to Office 2010 with Application Compatibility Tools and Guidance
Solutions you develop internally or create for public consumption should function as designed when u... more
Tuesday, Dec 1

Microsoft Office 2010 Beta Developer Center
Your one-stop shop for all Office 2010 developer documentation! This site includes videos, code samp... more
Thursday, Nov 19

Application Compatibility Forum for Microsoft Office 2010
Use this forum to discuss application and document compatibility for Office 2010.
Thursday, Nov 19

Developing with Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 Beta is a broadly extensible platform for building information worker producti... more
Wednesday, Nov 18

Getting Started Developing with Microsoft Office 2010
Find Channel 9 videos, how-to videos, articles, downloads, references, SDKs, and more in this new We... more
Wednesday, Nov 18

Extending the Microsoft Office 2010 Backstage View and Other UI
Microsoft Office 2010 introduces a new UI element that you can extend, called the Backstage view as... more
Wednesday, Nov 18

Featured Library Content

Developing a Microsoft Outlook 2010 Social Connector Provider
OSC is an add-in that shows social network data in... more
Wednesday, Feb 17

Interacting with the Excel Web Services API for SharePoint Server 2007
Get a quick start with the Excel Web Services API,... more
Tuesday, Feb 9

Customizing the Content Query Web Part in SharePoint Server 2007
Walk through how to customize the Content Query We... more
Tuesday, Feb 2

Feature Stapling and the FeatureActivated Event in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
You can attach (or staple) a SharePoint Feature to... more
Tuesday, Feb 2

Working with In-Memory Open XML Documents (Office Talk Column)
Working with Open XML Documents without loading fr... more
Tuesday, Feb 2

Automating Business Processes by Using InfoPath 2007 Forms with SharePoint Designer 2007 Workflows
Forms and workflows are essential to business proc... more
Tuesday, Jan 26

Working with Numbered Lists in Open XML WordprocessingML
Word processing documents often contain numbered a... more
Tuesday, Jan 19

Managing Custom Configuration Options for a SharePoint Application
Learn how to store configuration data in various w... more
Wednesday, Jan 13

Recent How-to Content

Creating Web Databases with Access 2010 and Access Services (Visual How To)
Watch the video and explore code as you learn how to create an Access 2010 Web database and publish... more
Wednesday, Feb 24

Connecting to a .NET Framework Source Using Business Connectivity Services in Office 2010 (Visual How to)
Watch the video and explore code as you learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 to create a BCS externa... more
Wednesday, Feb 3

Manipulating Multiple Exchange Accounts in Outlook 2010 (Visual How To)
Watch the video and explore code as you create an add-in to manipulate multiple Exchange accounts th... more
Wednesday, Jan 20

Converting Word Documents to PDF using SharePoint Server 2010 and Word Services (Visual How To)
Watch the video and explore code as you learn how to programmatically convert Word documents to PDF... more
Wednesday, Jan 20

Customizing the Context Menu of a Contact Card in Microsoft Outlook 2010 (Visual How To)
Watch the video and explore code as you learn to create an add-in to add a custom item to the contex... more
Tuesday, Jan 12

Adding Solution-Specific Folders to the Solutions Module in Outlook 2010 (Visual How To)
Watch the video and explore code as you learn to create and use a Visual Studio Tools for Office add... more
Tuesday, Jan 5

Recent Code Samples

Sample: Creating Web Databases with Access 2010 and Access Services
Explore the code in this visual how-to article as you learn how to create an Access 2010 Web database and publish it to... more
Tuesday, Feb 23

Sample: Developing a Microsoft Outlook 2010 Social Connector Provider
Download a sample Outlook Social Connector provider and several provider templates (in C++, C#, and Visual Basic) for Mi... more
Wednesday, Feb 17

Sample: Connecting to a .NET Framework Source Using Business Connectivity Services in Office 2010
Explore the code in this visual how-to article as you learn to learn how to use Visual Studio 2010 to create a BCS exte... more
Tuesday, Feb 9

Sample: Converting Word Documents to PDF using SharePoint Server 2010 and Word Automation Services
Explore the code in this visual how-to article as you learn how to programmatically convert Word documents to PDF format... more
Wednesday, Jan 20

Sample: Manipulating Multiple Exchange Accounts in Outlook 2010 (Visual How To)
Explore the code in this visual how-to article as you create an add-in to manipulate multiple Exchange accounts that are... more
Tuesday, Jan 19

Sample: Input Method Editor (IME) Header File: ime.h
This download provides the public IME API, imepad.h, for use by developers when using functions from the Microsoft Offic... more
Friday, Jan 15

Recent Downloads

Office Document: TIFF Format Guidance
Download a document and code sample that provides guidance about custom tags that Microsoft Office Document Imaging (MOD... more
Wednesday, Dec 9

Download the Open XML SDK 2.0 for Microsoft Office (Dec09 CTP)
This download provides strongly typed part and content classes for use with Open XML documents.
Tuesday, Dec 8

Office 2010 Tool: Office Environment Assessment Tool
Download this comprehensive environment scanning tool for use in deploying Microsoft Office 2010.
Tuesday, Dec 1

Office 2010 Tool: Compatibility Inspector
Compare existing (legacy) code against the Microsoft Office 2010 object model by using a text search for known propertie... more
Tuesday, Dec 1

SharePoint 2010 (Beta) SDK Download
Download documentation and code samples for Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 and for Microsoft SharePoint Server 201... more
Wednesday, Nov 18

Groove Web Services SDK for Microsoft SharePoint Workspace 2010
Download documentation, WSDL, and sample code for applications that use Groove Web Services.
Wednesday, Nov 18

Microsoft Project 2010 Beta SDK Download
The Project 2010 Beta SDK download includes HTML Help files for the Project 2010 SDK and for the Reporting Database Sche... more
Tuesday, Nov 17

Recent Videos

Video: Creating Web Databases with Access 2010 and Access Services
Create an Access 2010 Web database and publish it to SharePoint Server 2010 by using Access Services... more
Tuesday, Feb 23

Video: The Access Show: Client Performance Improvements against SharePoint Lists
Today’s guest is DJ Cole, architect and primary developer of SharePoint connectivity performance imp... more
Friday, Feb 5

Video: Connecting to a .NET Framework Source Using Business Connectivity Services in Office 2010
Watch this visual how-to video as you learn to create an Office 2010 Business Connectivity Services... more
Tuesday, Feb 2

Video: The Access Show: Classified Ads Demo
Microsoft has an internal classified ad Web site that allows employees to buy and sell stuff—think o... more
Sunday, Jan 31

Video: Manipulating Multiple Exchange Accounts in Outlook 2010
Watch this visual how-to video as you create an add-in to manipulate multiple Exchange accounts that... more
Tuesday, Jan 19

Video: Converting Word Documents to PDF Format Using SharePoint Server 2010 and Word Services
Watch this visual how-to video as you learn how to programmatically convert Word documents to PDF fo... more
Tuesday, Jan 19