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From e-government to healthcare to education, government organizations are providing a growing variety of online services to their constituents. As these services reach across traditional agency lines, complex computing systems must be interoperable to create workflow efficiencies and exchange and use information. With increasing frequency, governments are seeking solutions based on choice, agility, and return on investment. Focused on this real-world requirement, the Microsoft approach to interoperability meets the differing needs of customers, including governments, by promoting choice, competition, innovation, and opportunity for developers, partners, and independent software vendors.

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Microsoft Interoperability Principles

Microsoft Open Source Interoperability Initiative

Document Interoperability Initiative


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Case studies
Case Study: Suffolk County (UK)
Suffolk’s Single Countywide Portal Is a First for Local Government
Case Study: The General Inspectorate for Communications and Information
Romania Drives New Applications to Portal with E-Government Interoperability Engine
Case Study: The Urban Community of Lezíria do Tejo, Portugal
Municipalities Centralize Server Platform, Standardize and Simplify Service Delivery

News
Microsoft's Interoperability Strategy: A Cost-Effective Business Solution for Enterprise Environments
From UNIX to NetWare and mainframes to Macintoshes, Microsoft works to provide enterprise companies with the tools they need to integrate Windows into established network infrastructures.

Products
BizTalk Server Homepage
Microsoft BizTalk Server has helped over 6,000 organizations worldwide to connect their people, partners, processes, and information. Find out about solutions for your industry.
Exchange Server Homepage
Tools and resources for developers
Identity Integration Server Homepage
Microsoft Operations Manager Homepage
Tools and resources for developers
Windows Server 2003 R2 Homepage
Windows Server 2003 R2 simplifies branch server management, improves identity and access management, reduces storage management costs, provides a rich Web platform, and offers cost-effective server virtualization.

Resources
Office Open XML Formats Overview
Office Open XML Formats are based on industry standard XML and ZIP technologies, support full integration by any technology provider, and are available via a royalty-free license.
Improving Financial Analysis and Reporting Using XBRL and the Microsoft Office System
A Microsoft Office-based XBRL solution enables companies to take advantage of all of the benefits of XBRL, while at the same time working within a familiar environment that requires little or no training.
Automation Specification and Community Promise
UI Automation provides programmatic access to most user interface (UI) elements on the desktop.
Network Access Protection
Network Access Protection (NAP) is a policy enforcement platform built into Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" operating systems that allows you to better protect network assets by enforcing compliance with system health requirements.
SQL Server 2005 Overview
SQL Server is a comprehensive, integrated, end-to-end data solution that empowers your people by providing a more secure, reliable, and productive platform for enterprise data and BI applications.
Microsoft Regulatory Compliance and Planning Guide
This guide demonstrates how currently available Microsoft software and guidance can help your organization address immediate regulatory compliance issues.
Microsoft Dynamic Systems Initiative
The Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) is Microsoft's technology strategy for products and solutions that help businesses enhance the dynamic capability of its people, process, and IT infrastructure using technology.
Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) Overview
Microsoft Identity Integration Server (MIIS) 2003 is a centralized service that stores and integrates identity information for organizations with multiple directories across the enterprise.
Government Interoperability: Enabling the Delivery of E-Services
Many of Microsoft's government customers are working on the challenges associated with the delivery of electronic services (e-services) over the Web. This white paper takes a look at some of those challenges and offers ideas of how to work through them.
Systems Management Server Homepage
Provide your organization a comprehensive change and configuration management solution. Deliver relevant software and updates to users of Microsoft and third-party applications efficiently and cost-effectively with SMS 2003 R2.
Windows Server 2000 Interoperability
The resources in this section provide information about deploying Windows in a mixed-platform environment.
Visual Studio .NET Academic Tools Source Licensing Program
Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic tools complement Visual Studio .NET 2003 through the addition of several new course management features, including Assignment Manager, documentation, and sample code.
WPF/E (codename) Developer Center
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF/E) enables the creation of content and applications that run within multiple browsers and operating systems (Windows and Macintosh) using Web standards for programmability.
Introduction to Office Migration Planning Manager
The Office Migration Planning Manager (OMPM) is a collection of tools that enables you to prepare for migration to the Microsoft 2007 Office system. OMPM checks for, and reports on, file properties to help you analyze your environment.
Microsoft Class Server 4.0 Product Overview
Deploy less-costly and easier-to-maintain application architecture through compliance with open standards, such as schools interoperability framework (SIF) and instructional management systems (IMS).
Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit
The Microsoft SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) is a tool that lets educators create an assignment out of any document in a SharePoint Document Library and includes support for SCORM 2004, SCORM 1.2, and Class Server formats.
Microsoft Assistive Technology Vendor Program (MATvp)
Microsoft works with technology manufacturers in the Microsoft Assistive Technology Vendor Program (MATvp) who design, build, and support assistive technology products that help individuals with difficulties and impairments successfully use computers.
Exchange Server 2007 Partners
Individuals and organizations seeking to get the most out of Exchange Server 2007 can find a wide range of offerings from our partners.
2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS
This download allows you to export and save to the PDF and XPS formats in eight 2007 Microsoft Office programs. It also allows you to send as e-mail attachment in the PDF and XPS formats in a subset of these programs.
Speech Server Homepage
Tools and resources for developers
XML Paper Specification (XPS) Overview
The XML Paper Specification makes modern documents possible for all. Simply put, XPS describes electronic paper in a way that can be read by hardware, read by software, and read by humans.

Webcasts
Systems Management Server Homepage
Provide your organization a comprehensive change and configuration management solution. Deliver relevant software and updates to users of Microsoft and third-party applications efficiently and cost-effectively with SMS 2003 R2.

White papers
Identity Selector Interoperability Profile specification and companion guides
These documents are intended for people building software that implements any of the roles in the Information Card ecosystem: Identity Providers to issue cards, Relying Parties to accept cards, and Identity Selectors to put the person in control by enabling them to employ Information Cards when and where they choose.
Maximizing Interoperability Between Windows 2000 and Legacy Systems in Education Environments
This paper explains what IT managers in education need to know about Windows 2000 and interoperability, what constitutes interoperability, and how the features and tools of the Microsoft Interoperability Framework make interoperability a reality.

News


Nov 18, 2009


GooHooSoft bear-hugs 'Apache for web specs': Open source meets open standards


Oct 29, 2009


Microsoft extends Windows 7 and Azure to open source developers


Oct 29, 2009


Microsoft partners up for open-source Azure, Silverlight tools


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