In today’s heterogeneous computing environments and with the emergence of Web services and service-oriented architectures, interoperability has become a critical business and IT need. Microsoft is committed to solving the real-world interoperability challenges of our customers, developers, partners, and independent software providers, through innovative products, community engagement, technology access, and support for technology standards.

More Choice in Document Format Interoperability

There are a variety of software programs and document formats in the market for organizations to exchange data among disparate systems. Significant progress has been made in providing users greater choice in document interoperability with the adoption of multiple open standards and supporting translation tools. Now users have more choice in open-source developed and licensed document formatting and exchange tools with several new tools sponsored by Microsoft.

Microsoft working with Xandros responding to feedback from IEC Council member NATO
Learn more about managing multiple heterogeneous systems across a large distributed network environment from a single point of access and the need to aggregate status information and alerts to other management applications.

Bridges between Microsoft & Non-Microsoft Technologies
The Center is dedicated to technical collaborative work to improve interoperability between Microsoft and non-Microsoft technologies.