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OBA Professioanls Office Business Applications (OBA) are an emerging breed of application that leverages the power of the Office Business Platform, that is, the clients, servers, services, and tools that comprise the 2007 Microsoft Office system. People typically perform significant additional work outside of the formal processes of a line-of-business (LOB) system as they collaborate with other people via phone and email, obtain information from multiple sources in the form of documents and spreadsheets, and switch between online and offline modes for meetings and business trips. OBAs help simplify this interaction by fitting within the informal processes that information workers actually follow. 2007 Microsoft Office programs Visual Studio 2005/2008 Visual Studio Tools for Office SharePoint Products and Technologies OpenXML http://www.microsoft.com/office/oba

http://msdn.microsoft.com/oba
No-Code Composite Applications Professionals Office SharePoint Designer 2007 has a full set of tools to help you integrate data into SharePoint pages and present that data using XSLT in SharePoint sites. You can access tools for using XSLT Data Views, List View Web Parts, Web Part connections, ASP.NET controls, and workflow. You can also automate business processes associated with SharePoint lists and document libraries using the Workflow Designer, a powerful and easy-to-use tool that comes with Office SharePoint Designer 2007. Set up custom workflow conditions and actions, link them to your SharePoint data, and deploy them with a single click, without installing server code SharePoint Products and Technologies SharePoint Designer 2007 InfoPath 2007 http://office.microsoft.com
/sharepointdesigner

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb421303.aspx
Productive Notebooks Students Office OneNote 2007 is a digital notebook that provides people one place to gather their notes and information, powerful search to find what they are looking for quickly, and easy-to-use shared notebooks so that they can manage information overload and work together more effectively. Building custom On eNote files and augmenting that or integrating it with different systems can enable ad hoc interactions easier via OneNote intuitive interface and rich APIs. Visual Studio OneNote http://office.microsoft.com/onenote

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905452.aspx
Collaborative Desktop Workspaces Students Groove 2007 is a collaboration software program teams can use to share information and work together on project activities — from simple document collaboration to custom solutions integrated with business processes. Teams using Groove 2007 work inside collaborative workspaces, which put all team members, tools, and information in one place. Groove workspaces keep teams up to date automatically and efficiently, and enable them to work anywhere, anytime, and with anyone — even people outside their organization — so they spend less time coordinating and more time working. Things like Form Tools and Groove Data Bridge enables to build custom workspace that connects to line-of-business systems to address collaboration in a business-rich environment. Visual Studio Groove http://office.microsoft.com/groove

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb308957.aspx
Visio-Enabled Software Professionals Visio provides a powerful single platform for your custom visual solutions. In this section, you will find information about how to create custom Visio applications by using the Visio Drawing Control, XML, the .NET Framework, COM add-ins, new code samples, improved data connectivity and graphic display of data, and integration with other Office programs. Visual Studio Visio http://office.microsoft.com/visio

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905478.aspx
I Carry My Office with Me Professionals Students Windows Mobile Powered devices are changing the definition of business and office dramatically. People now have a unique opportunity to "carry their office" with them and the only prerequisite is gprs coverage. Windows Mobile 6 has a full Office Suite including Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, Powerpoint Mobile, Mobile Communicator, Outlook Mobile and OneNote Mobile. Developing solutions that leverage the power of Mobile Office enabling different and innovative ways of improving business productivity will introduce a new paradigm "carry your office with you". .NET Compact Framework Windows Mobile 6 Visual Studio Visual Studio Tools for Office http://www.microsoft.com/
windowsmobile/developers/