Two new developer focused articles on Excel Services

Clint Covington — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:07:00 GMT

Here are a couple developer focused articles on Excel Services that were published today.

Extending the Excel Services Programmability Framework

Summary: Optimize version 1 of the Excel Services programmability framework to extend Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Excel Services functionalities to work with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 lists, query tables on Excel Services, external workbook references, SQL write-back, and user-defined functions (UDFs). (19 printed pages)

Developing User-Defined Functions for Excel 2007 and Excel Services

Summary: Learn how to develop and reuse user-defined functions (UDFs) for use in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Excel Services in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. (13 printed pages)

Enjoy!

Links to resources about Excel Services

Clint Covington — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:10:00 GMT

As part of my new role, I'm learning more about Excel Services and the ability to render spreadsheets on the server. Excel Services is available through the Microsoft Office SharePoint Services SKU. Here are links and a screenshot.

Conditional Formatting displayed in Excel Services:

This is probably the most comprehensive article:

Learn Excel Services: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb203828.aspx

Excel Services Technical Overview: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa972194.aspx (linked from the above)

SharePoint Server Business Intelligence: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101747701033.aspx

Introduction to Excel Services and Excel Web Access: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA101054761033.aspx?pid=CH101768471033

Excel Services Overview Whitepapers: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102058281033.aspx?pid=CL100796281033

Excel Services Data Sheet: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver/HA102041261033.aspx?pid=CL100796281033

Some videos (all these are also linked from the Learn Excel Services page above):

Business Intelligence in Excel 2007 (it covers Excel/Excel Services): http://channel9.msdn.com/showpost.aspx?postid=164396

More Business Intelligence in Office 2007: http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=177827

Building Custom Solutions with Excel Services: http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/episode.aspx?xml=episodes/en/20060427ExcelDK/manifest.xml

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Two new developer focused articles on Excel Services

Links to resources about Excel Services