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 enables choice
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
- Open XML: Read about how XML impacts hundreds of companies globally, which organizations are adopting Open XML and why.
- Views on the European Commission Digital (Cloud Computing) Agenda, by Mark Lange
- News, perspectives and analysis on legal and policy issues, blog by
Bill Harmon
Spotlight
Standards 101: Understanding the importance of open standards
Gregg Brown, Senior Director, Interoperability & Standards at Microsoft, shares the final installment in a series of blog posts that discuss the importance of taking an open approach to standards. Following up on Craig Shank's "Standards that open doors" and Steve Mutkoski's "Openness and choice", Gregg discusses the significance of open standards in an ecosystem based on choice, transparency, and commitment to technical excellence.
Microsoft PlayReady Momentum Growing; Making digital entertainment available across devices and software applications
Microsoft PlayReady is designed to enable digital entertainment services across devices and software applications, with a specific focus on meeting the needs of mobile and network operators, service providers and device manufacturers.
Microsoft launches the Open Specifications Interactive Pivot
The Open Specifications Interactive Pivot simplifies interoperability protocol documentation such as protocols, file formats and standards, using a visual, intuitive interface to browse through the collection of materials that Microsoft has made public around technologies such as Exchange, Lync, Internet Explorer, Office and SharePoint.
Our Software has Interoperability Built In
See how Microsoft addresses the importance of interoperability between the technology stacks (video). Windows 7 was built with interoperability in mind—watch the video or read about running Windows 7 in mixed environments.
Microsoft is a key member of the Interop Vendor Alliance, a community of software and hardware vendors working together to enhance interoperability across a variety of systems. Learn more.
