White paper: Good, better, best: Office and SharePoint Products and Technologies

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2016-11-14

This white paper describes how different versions of Microsoft Office programs work together with the 2003 and 2007 versions of SharePoint Products and Technologies. Although an overview of the integration features of Microsoft Office 2000 versus Microsoft Office XP with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is provided, the paper’s focus is on the integration features of the Office 2003 Editions versions the 2007 Office Suites with the 2007 SharePoint Products and Technologies.

The paper concludes that in order to realize the best user experience with Office and SharePoint Products and Technologies integration features, the client programs must be upgraded to a 2007 Office Suite, namely, Office Professional Plus 2007 or Office Enterprise 2007 and the server technologies must be upgraded to either Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 or Office SharePoint Server 2007.

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Microsoft Office Programs and SharePoint Products and Technologies Integration – Fair, Good, Better, Best (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91025)