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By providing opportunities for innovation through developer programs, Microsoft has helped create the largest developer ecosystem worldwide and driven growth of strong IT economies around the globe. Today, Microsoft continues this support by providing developers access to tools and technology that make it easier to create innovative interoperable solutions. Listening to customer needs and working with the developer community to identify and develop answers for interoperability problems, Microsoft also engages in customer technical collaboration agreements and partner development projects that provide support for developers to deliver increased value in their products and solutions.

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Resources
CodePlex
CodePlex is Microsoft's open source project hosting web site. You can use CodePlex to create new projects to share with the world, join others who have already started their own projects, or use the applications on this site and provide feedback.
Content Management Server Interoperability Partners
Many third-party companies provide services and applications that expand the benefits of Content Management Server. Find out more about these providers and their solutions.
Micro Focus Net Express
Micro Focus Net Express provides a complete development environment for quickly building and modernizing COBOL enterprise components and business applications for the .NET Framework and other distributed systems.
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.
Midrange Alliance Program
The Midrange Alliance is an ecosystem of independent software vendors (ISV) and system integrators that bridge the gap between midrange systems and the Windows platform.
Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services Partners
These Microsoft partners offer products and services that enhance and support Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services.
Microsoft Application Center Community
Tools and resources for developers
Host Integration Server Partners
Many companies are building products that complement Host Integration Server. This growing list is divided into the following categories: independent hardware vendors, independent software vendors, and independent system integrators.
IBM Interoperability with Microsoft
This page contains information on interoperability for a wide range of IBM technologies.
Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) Homepage
WS-I is an open industry organization chartered to promote Web services interoperability across platforms, operating systems, and programming languages.
Internet Security and Acceleration Server Partners
Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server was built to enable companies to customize and extend their security and management features for optimum security and network performance by using a wide range of third-party solutions.
Microsoft Virus Initiative (MVI)
MVI enables Microsoft to share key technical details of Microsoft technologies with our security research partners to provide a better together integration experience designed to help protect our shared customers from malicious software.
Microsoft Identity Integration Server Partners
Numerous Microsoft partners have already received their MIIS 2003 training and are available to help you today. If you need assistance with evaluation, design, planning, or implementation, these partners are ready to help.
Midrange Alliance Program and iSeries
The Midrange Alliance Program brings together the leading technology, service, and application partners each with years of experience in both the System i5 environment as well as .NET.
SQL Server for SAP Business Applications
This page offers links to best-practices white papers, training, customer cases, the most recent SAP benchmarks showing the highest level of availability and scalability to help you leverage the most from your SAP/SQL Server 2005 system.
Speech Server Partners
From voice UI designers to telephony resellers and systems integrators, a full community of Microsoft Speech Partners is available to assist you in the development and deployment of speech solutions.
SQL Server Partners
Find vendors who can help your business extend the functionality and core capabilities of SQL Server to meet your unique organizational requirements.
Systems Management Server Partners
Microsoft is working closely with partners to enable a broad range of solutions supporting System Management Server (SMS). Visit the following partner sites to learn more.
Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) Partners
Microsoft Windows RMS allows independent software vendors, infrastructure service providers, and system integrators to incorporate features into their products and services that leverage the information protection technology in Windows Server 2003.
Windows Server 2003 R2 Partners
Individuals and organizations seeking to get the most out of Windows Server 2003 can choose from a wide range of offerings from independent software vendors (ISVs), original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and other vendors outside Microsoft.
Virtual Server Partners
The following partners can help organizations extend the core capabilities in Virtual Server 2005 R2 and create solutions that meet specific needs.
Windows Storage Server Partners
Find a Storage Solution from Microsoft Storage Partners, including- hardware and platforms, software, services, networking, and Microsoft Technologies. in the Microsoft Storage Partner directory.
Windows Terminal Services Partners
These Microsoft partners offer products and services that enhance and support Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services.
MSDN Industry Banking Center
This site provides prescriptive architecture guidance addressing current and emerging challenges the banking industry faces. Customers, partners, and system integrators can view webcasts, whitepapers, blogs and podcasts that address banking concerns.
MSDN Financial Services Industry Center
This site provides architecture guidance for CIOs, CTOs and Architects looking to solve industry concerns with Microsoft technologies. The site will provide prescriptive architecture guidance addressing current and emerging challenges the industry faces.
MSDN Manufacturing Industry Center
This site provides technical content for architects and technologists in the manufacturing industry. You will find information on new technologies that are transforming manufacturing today, and also architectural guidance around technology solutions.
MSDN Retail Industry Center
This site offers retail technologists the guidance they need to create, deploy, and support solutions built on the Windows platform and includes information on industry trends, retail business scenarios, and guidance aligned by roles and responsibilities.
MSDN Industry Centers
Architects and developers working in vertical industries face challenges that require unique guidance. The MSDN Solution Architecture Center provides specific guidance for addressing these industry challenges.
MSDN Solution Architecture Center
This site provides resources to keep up with the latest trends in software architecture and next generation business solutions.
Microsoft Robotics Studio Program
More than 30 companies have joined the Microsoft Robotics Studio Program. Microsoft Robotics Studio is compatible with many third-party robots, including those from fishertechnik, LEGO, irobot, and many others.
FastCGI for IIS
The FastCGI component is part of the collaboration between Microsoft and Zend to improve performance and stability of PHP on the Windows platform.
Microsoft Dynamics AX Application Integration Framework
The Application Integration Framework (AIF) allows you to connect more easily with customers and internal trading companies. Additionally, partners and customers can extend the functionality using a new development wizard to create custom documents.
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.
Microsoft Security Support Alliance (MSSA)
The MSSA provides authoritative and timely information on newly discovered security threats to our OEM partners and allows them to exchange security information to better communicate to customers the impact and available remediation to these threats.
Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety (GIAIS)
GIAIS is an alliance of the world's leading Internet Service Providers, which have organized to improve security and safety on the Web, manage threats consistently across a broad spectrum, and identify and mitigate existing vulnerabilities.
Virus Information Alliance (VIA)
The Microsoft Product Support Services (PSS) Security Team is pleased to announce our participation in a virus information-sharing program with industry leading anti-virus software vendors.
Microsoft TV IPTV Edition
Microsoft TV IPTV Edition is an integrated and comprehensive software platform developed specifically to deliver broadcast-quality video and new, integrated TV services over broadband networks.


News


Sep 24, 2008


Metadata Working Group Introduces First Specification for Interoperability and Preservation of Metadata in Digital Photography


Sep 12, 2008


Industry Leaders to Create Global Standard Enabling 'Buy Once, Play Anywhere' Consumer Experience for Digital Media


Sep 10, 2008


Microsoft and Novell Deliver Joint Virtualization Solution Through Partners



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Doug Mahugh

Oliver Bell

Sam Ramji, Bil Hilf and Port25

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