Resources for the Office Developer

Thanks to Darren Strange for circulating this list:

BDC

• High-Level
  • Click-through demo on BDC and Excel Services
• Lower-Level
  • Using the Business Data Catalog and Smart Tags with the 2007 Microsoft Office System
  • Office Interactive Developer Map
  • Latest MOSS SDK download has an Application Editor which allows you to author ADF files with a UI rather than creating XML on the fly
  • https://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms563661.aspx
  • Visual How-To Center
  • How Do I…
  • MSDN Virtual Lab: Office Business Application Reference Application Pack for Manufacturing Plant Floor Analytics
  • A good book - “Inside Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007” by Patrick Tisseghem

OBA

• High-level
  • OBA Overview .doc and .docx
  • OBA Case Study: Epicor sought to increase the reach of its applications to more workers and provide access to its applications within the context daily business activities (.docx and .wmv)
  • OBA Momentum Book – Customer Success Stories (.pdf)

Websites

• OBA
  • www.OBACentral.com - A repository of OBA resources with a database profiling partner OBA solutions. Solutions developers can join the Microsoft Partner Program and submit their OBA solutions to OBACentral.com. More information here.
  • www.microsoft.com/office/oba
  • https://msdn.microsoft.com/oba
  • MSDN Office Architecture site
• SOA & BPM
  • Video of Steve Ballmer talking about Software + Services in Office 2007 = OBAs
  • Click-through demo on CRM and Workflow
  • Using the Business Data Catalog and Smart Tags with the 2007 Microsoft Office System
• BI
  • Click-through demo on BDC and Excel Services
  • Recorded Webcast on Building BI Solutions using Excel 2007 and SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services
  • Building Custom Solutions with Excel Services video and transcript.
  • Webcast on SharePoint Server and BI
• Application Development
  • OBA Development Overview .docx and .doc
  • OBA Architecture Overview .docx and .doc
  • Video talking about the 2007 Office System Platform with demo of an OBA
  • https://msdn.microsoft.com/oba
  • MSDN Office Architecture site
  • Recorded Webcast of what’s new in development for the Office System clients
  • Recorded Webcast on the Overview of Development Technologies for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
  • Developing with InfoPath forms using VSTA and VSTO recorded webcast
  • Recorded webcast which describes how you can build SharePoint workflows using SharePoint Designer
  • Developing SharePoint Workflows using Visual Studio extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation recorded webcast
  • Office Interactive Developer Map
  • 2007 Office System Developer Posters
  • 2007 Office System Logical Architecture Diagram
• Data Management
  • Compliance Features for the 2007 Microsoft Office System White Paper
  • Item-Level Auditing with SharePoint Server 2007 Code Sample and White Paper
  • Custom User Site Provisioning Code Sample and White Paper
  • Click-through demo on CRM and Workflow
  • OBA/VSTO Starter Kit: Integrating 2007 Office System with SAP using VSTO 2005 SE
• UX               
  • Developer Overview of the new Office System UI white paper
  • Recorded Webcast of what’s new in development for the Office System clients

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