During a recent POC, I ran into this with a customer and also had the question come up several times so I thought I’d post the answer: Q: Why can’t I “Publish to Excel Services” from Excel 2007? The option is not available. A: The following SKUs of Office 2007 contain the “Publish to Excel...

As you work with Excel Services, you may want to review this white paper . It will help the experienced Excel user get up to speed on the new features in Excel 2007, and help the new-to-Excel user as well. </steve>

During a recent POC, I was reminded (again) that the double-hop problem is a thorn in the side. For those living on another planet or a big rock and haven't heard or experieced the double-hop, basically this occurs when our SharePoint page (or Web parts on the page) attempts to access resources on a...

For those of you using Excel Services and need to refresh the data from an external data source you should review this info. </steve>

If you are using or plan to use Excel Services then you need to check out this article. Plan External Data Connections for Excel Services </steve>