OPEN to choice.
Interoperability builds choice, so governments, developers, and citizens can decide what technologies work best for them. At Microsoft, we design our products to work with third-party software, as well as our own.
Microsoft‘s approach to interoperability
Interoperability builds customer choice, drives developer innovation, and grows industry opportunity. That is why Microsoft is committed to advancing interoperability through products, technology access, community collaboration, and standards.
Document interoperability means
customer choice
When document format choices are limited, restrictions on technology choices generally follow. See how Microsoft is giving customers a choice.
Microsoft in standards
Microsoft on the issues (blogs):
- News, perspectives and analysis on legal and policy issues, by
Bill Harmon - Bridging the Standards Divide, by Nasser Ketani
- Standards in the ICT Industry (paper)
Spotlight
Interoperability and the cloud
The Windows Azure software platform lets developers use multiples languages or development tools to build applications. Watch how the Windows Azure interoperability works in the cloud.
Our software has interoperability built in
The Windows 7 operating system was also built with interoperability in mind—watch the video or read how it runs in mixed environments.
iPhone: the ultimate interoperability case study.
How does Microsoft interoperability really work on an iPhone? Watch our video to find out.
