Chapter 13. Integrating Office System with SharePoint

With the release of SharePoint Portal Server 2003, Microsoft made a big commitment to integrating SharePoint and Office. The deep integration provides a win-win situation for both users and Microsoft. Users have access to features that increase their productivity and reduce the learning curve, and Microsoft creates additional demand for their well-integrated products.

This chapter focuses on the integration provided between the new 2007 Office System applications and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. The 2007 Office System has significantly changed, providing a more intuitive interface that relies on the new Ribbon concept, which does away with the menu option approach of its predecessors. This chapter describes the enhanced properties integration with all applications as well as the improvements in publishing, exporting, offline access, and information synchronization between clients and servers.