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• “Napa” Development Tools for SharePoint 2013 and Office 2013
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2012 Nov/Dec
  Release Date: Thursday, October 04, 2012
  Quick ID: 1211031
  One of the biggest issues in getting started with SharePoint development are the 2091097 steps you need to go through, and the heavy duty machine you need to invest in, to create a development environment for a SharePoint and Office developer. This is not unlike the fact that creating and running a production SharePoint farm can be extremely time-consuming.
  
  
• Cloudy SharePoint: Office 365 and Azure
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2011 Jul/Aug
  Release Date: Monday, July 04, 2011
  Quick ID: 1108021
  Everyone is excited about the cloud! Well, at least that is the theory. Microsoft introduced Azure such a long time ago - how many of us are really using it? SharePoint BPOS is around, but we still run servers in our backyard! So, why now? And why are things different this time around?
  
  
• Add Some Spark to Your OData: Creating and Consuming Data Services with Visual Studio and Excel 2010
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2010 Sep/Oct
  Release Date: Friday, August 20, 2010
  Quick ID: 1009091
  The Open Data Protocol (OData) is an open REST-ful protocol for exposing and consuming data on the web. Also known as Astoria, ADO.NET Data Services, now officially called WCF Data Services in the .NET Framework. There are also SDKs available for other platforms like JavaScript and PHP. Visit the OData site at www.odata.org.
  
  
• Excel Services in SharePoint 2010
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2010 Jul/Aug
  Release Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
  Quick ID: 1008031
  Excel services is yet another important pillar in Microsoft’s business intelligence offering. Business users really like Excel because it is easy to use and they can add complex formulas to Excel to express their logic.They can do so without involving the IT guy. The problem with this scenario, however, is that it becomes very difficult to share some Excel sheets with their coworkers. Usually users prefer to send workbooks via email, but sometimes the workbooks are too large for email, sometimes they have backend data connections, and sometimes workbooks send via email cause version confusion hell.
  
  
• Post Mortem - Office 2010 the Movie
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2010 Mar/Apr
  Release Date: Friday, February 05, 2010
  Quick ID: 1003091
  
  
  
• Post Mortem Web Project
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2010 Jan/Feb
  Release Date: Friday, December 11, 2009
  Quick ID: 1001091
  First Premier Bankcard (www.firstpremier.com) is the 10th largest issuer of Visa and MasterCard credit cards in the United States.First Premier employs multiple thousands of people spread across the state of South Dakota. A major percentage of the employees at First Premier work in call-center operations helping people apply for credit cards.
  
  
• Introduction to Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302032
  Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003 is a form creation program allowing seamless integration of data with various databases, Web services, XML, or any other XML-enabled system.To create the input forms, you just drag and drop controls onto the InfoPath form and specify how the controls connect to the data that is either entered in the form or referenced from external data sources. The result is a data entry form with advanced controls that conforms to Microsoft's interface standards, complete with Microsoft Office 2003 toolbars. Information entered in an InfoPath 2003 form is saved as an XML file and can be processed by a backend system.
  
  
• Smart Tags in Office 2003
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302042
  If you developed smart tags in Office XP, you'll be interested in the changes in Office 2003.Smart tag technology links text to resources that provide relevant information useful in creating a document. Or even better, relevant information can be inserted right into the document itself. Smart tags in Microsoft Office 2003 have been improved to make them even easier to develop, and they conquer a few limitations.
  
  
• Creating Your Own Research Service for the Microsoft Office 2003 Research Library
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302052
  Microsoft Office 2003 Editions add a powerful new tool to the Office task pane: the Research Library.By default, the Research Library allows you to type in a word or phrase and search for the term using several built-in resources. The Research Library is also extensible: you can add your own research service simply by creating a Web service that follows schemas defined by Microsoft for research services.
  
  
• A Developer's First Look at Web Parts
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302072
  Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services offer an exciting key technology: Web Parts.Both SharePoint offerings ship with an array of sample Web Parts; putting them in action is the best way to learn what Web Parts are and how they are used. Creating Web Parts in Visual Studio.NET is about to become one of the most powerful tools in your developer's repertoire.
  
  
• Microsoft Office System: Enabling Developers to Turn Information into Impact
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302022
  Product Manager Letter
  
  
• Introducing Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302062
  The much-anticipated release of Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services is not far away.This is the successor to SharePoint Team Services, and the changes go beyond small enhancements. In the new release, Microsoft has unified the way the technologies work. This article introduces Windows SharePoint Services and shows how it truly responds to the need for highly productive and collaborative desktop tools. Additionally, you'll explore how Windows SharePoint Services work with Office 2003 applications to bring information to users when they need it, and also making it easier for people to work together around common objectives.
  
  
• Using the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302092
  Microsoft has opened wide Office development to Visual Studio .NET developers by creating the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System. These tools work with Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition.In its previous versions, Microsoft has spent considerable time making Office available for integration with other Windows-based applications. The ability to integrate with Office began with DDE, went on to OLE 1.0, then to automation, and finally added Visual Basic for Applications. The Visual Studio Tools for Office combine the vision of its predecessors with the functionality of the future in Office 2003.
  
  
• Microsoft Office System: Connecting People, Information, and Business Processes
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302012
  Executive Letter
  
  
• Working with Microsoft Office Word 2003's XML
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Focus Magazine, 2003 - Vol. 1 - Issue 2 - Microsoft Office System
  Release Date: Thursday, October 23, 2003
  Quick ID: 0302082
  One of Microsoft Office 2003's most significant new features is the integration of XML technology.The XML features of Word 2003 are a great way to ensure that you can always get to the information stored within documents. This article focuses on taking advantage of Word 2003's XML features from within your applications.
  
  
• Office Server Quirks
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2003 - Jan/Feb
  Release Date: Sunday, December 15, 2002
  Quick ID: 0301081
  Word, Excel and PowerPoint all use VBA, so you would think that using Automation in one should be pretty much like using Automation in another, right? In fact, they do have a lot in common. However, there are a number of subtle differences in the way the servers operate that makes writing generic code tricky.
  
  
• Creating Smart Interfaces with Smart Tags and VFP 7
  
  Magazine/Issue: CoDe Magazine, 2002 - Jan/Feb
  Release Date: Saturday, December 15, 2001
  Quick ID: 0201101
  As developers, we're used to data sitting in tables and databases.However, this is not how data exists in the real world?it's merely how developers want data to appear. Typically, data resides in documents and forms, emails and spreadsheets. Smart Tags are Microsoft's first serious attempt to utilize that kind of information and make it available to knowledge workers in a sensible fashion.
  
  
• An Introduction to Office Programming
  
  Magazine/Issue: Online CoDe Magazine, Book Excerpts
  Release Date: Monday, January 01, 1753
  Quick ID: 090153
  THis has not been published and sent out yet....