Microsoft is implementing four new interoperability principles and actions across some high volume products:

  1. Ensuring Open Connections.
  2. Promoting Data Portability.
  3. Enhancing Support for Industry Standards.
  4. Fostering more open engagement with customers and the industry (including open source communities).

What products does this initiative cover?

  • Windows Vista.
  • Windows Server 2008.
  • SQL Server 2008.
  • Office 2007.
  • Exchange Server 2007.
  • Office SharePoint Server 2007.

You can find more info on the SharePoint protocols in the following link:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc339475.aspx (at the moment this is preliminary documentation)

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