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Learn how to use common design patterns to build innovative, XML-based enterprise solutions faster-with guidance from two veterans of the Microsoft InfoPath development team. A new program in the Microsoft Office System, InfoPath offers a rich development environment for creating a dynamic, easy-to-use, forms-based front end for business process and workflow solutions. The authors walk you through a three-tiered solution featuring InfoPath as the client, Web services and Microsoft BizTalk(r) in the middle tier, and Microsoft SQL Server(tm), Microsoft Exchange Server, or line-of-business applications on the back end. You'll learn best practices for using the most common design and deployment patterns to expedite your development efforts. And you'll see InfoPath in action through a series of vertical industry case-study examples.

The inside scoop...for when you want more than the official line!
Microsoft Outlook 2007 is a major update and to use it with confidence you need to know its quirks and shortcuts. Find out what the manual doesn't always tell you in this insider's guide to using Outlook 2007 in the real world. What's the best way to use the new features? How can you avoid repetitive tasks? From setting up single-view calendaring to managing RSS feeds, first get the official way, then the best way from an expert.
Unbiased coverage of how to get the most out of Outlook, from the new user interface and To-Do bar to the improved Navigation Panel
Savvy, real-world advice from synchronizing Outlook with a PDA to using it with SharePoint(r) services and Business Contact Manager
Time-saving techniques and practical guidance on working around Outlook quirks, avoiding pitfalls, and increasing your productivity
Tips and hacks on turning e-mail messages into tasks, managing file attachments, and using Outlook to browse the Web
Sidebars and tables on keyboard shortcuts, why Outlook blocks certain file types, and working offline in Outlook
Watch for these graphic icons in every chapter to guide you to specific practicalinformation. Bright Ideas are smart innovations that will save you time or hassle. Hacks are insider tips and shortcuts that increase productivity. When you see Watch Out! heed the cautions or warnings to help you avoid commonpitfalls. And finally, check out Inside Scoops for practical insights from the author. It's like having your own expert at your side!

Get your e-business started with ease and quickly boost sales and productivity with help from this hands-on guide. How to Do Everything with Microsoft Office Live explains how to harness this all-in-one service to create and maintain a dynamic online presence for your business. Learn how to set up a commerce-driven website and take advantage of free hosting, website statistics, personalized domain names, and e-mail addresses. You'll also discover how to get the most out of the project management, communications, inventory, and accounting tools available in Microsoft Office Live.

• Create a professional, e-commerce website for your business
• Improve communication using the e-mail and time management functions
• Promote your site via search engine optimization
• Create an employee workspace to share contacts, calendars, schedules, and other business applications
• Schedule and manage projects
• Track your assets and inventory
• Make it easy for customers to find and purchase your products
• Manage and store documents and sales collateral
• Create and run an eBay business with Office Live
• Streamline accounting and business administration tasks

ISA Server 2006 is a robust application layer firewall that provides organizations with the ability to secure critical business infrastructure from the exploits and threats of the modern computing world. ISA’s ability to act as an edge firewall, a Virtual Private Networking solution, a reverse proxy server, or a content caching device give it unprecedented flexibility and position it as a valuable security tool for many types of organizations.

ISA Server 2006 Unleashed provides insight into the inner workings of the product, as well as providing best-practice advice on design and implementation concepts for ISA. In addition to detailing commonly requested topics such as securing Outlook Web Access, deploying ISA in a firewall DMZ, and monitoring ISA traffic, this book provides up-to-date information about the new enhancements made to the 2006 version of the product. The author draws upon his experience deploying and managing enterprise ISA environments to present real-world scenarios, outline tips and tricks, and provide step-by-step guides to securing infrastructure using ISA.

Tap into the power of the newest member of Microsoft's Office suite. Learn to use InfoPath's robust set of tools to capture information that's locked away in document-based forms. Quickly create forms and data-gathering applications that use XML to separate form and content. This raw information can then be integrated into back-end systems, providing an end-to-end solution for data capture in the enterprise.

* Nearly 450 pages of highly visual, task-oriented instruction make this guide a must for network technicians and administrators who want to take the next step in expertise
* A two-color interior with detailed, step-by-step screen shots walks readers through intermediate-to-advanced topics, demonstrating how to install, configure, and maintain Windows Server 2003
* Task coverage includes setting up users, computers, and printers; managing networked file and print servers; creating an e-mail server; and most important, how to keep all data protected and secure
* Features an invaluable overview of SharePoint Services

Get to grips with Programming Office 2007 using Visual Studio Tools for Office

• A step-by-step guide for brand-new Office developers who want to explore programming with VSTO
• Precise information on programming in Microsoft InfoPath, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, and Project 2007 using VSTO
• Create your own fully featured Office extensions
• Packed with easy-to-follow examples covering all the Office applications

In Detail

With the arrival of Visual Studio Tools for Office 3.0 (VSTO), developers can now program Microsoft Office from the .NET framework. There are huge books in the market that give loads of unnecessary information but are of no real help to brand-new Office developers. Wouldn't it be great to have a precise book that simply covers the basics and introduces programming Office 2007 with VSTO using the latest version of Visual Studio? This is that book.

VSTO 3.0 for Office 2007 Programming shows you how to write Office 2007 applications with Visual Studio Tools for Office 3.0. Learn how to automate tasks in InfoPath, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and Project 2007 with greater programming power and flexibility than was available from the VBA language. With this book and the mastery of VSTO you will learn, Office will no longer be an application to you; it will be a platform for developing custom applications.

VSTO 3 is the most recent version of VSTO, making use of Visual Studio 2008, and working with Office 2007. This book shows how VSTO puts Office automation into the hands of developers, allowing them to use the power of the .NET framework to automate Office applications thus increasing the speed of the applications, their security, and the opportunity to use other parts of the .NET Framework such as its data handling capabilities.

This book builds a solid programming foundation in VSTO for brand-new Office developers. You will leave behind the world of VBA programming and take your first steps into the powerful and exciting world of using C# to create Office 2007 applications. Packed with examples and covering all the main Office applications, this book will have you creating fully featured Office extensions before you know it.

What you will learn from this book?

• Enhance Office applications with the features of VSTO
• Learn Microsoft Office InfoPath programming in Visual Studio and discover its role in SharePoint Workflow
• Get confident with Microsoft Word Programming in Visual Studio 2008, working with task panes, menus, toolbars, and ribbons
• Build a Microsoft Excel solution in Visual Studio, process data with Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and work with host items in Excel and charts
• Customize Microsoft Outlook using VSTO, work with Ribbons for Outlook 2007, and understand SQL server database interaction
• Explore Programming in PowerPoint using VSTO 3.0 including creating presentations, adding slides, ribbons, and using Visual designer for ribbons
• Learn Programming in Visio and Project 2007 using VSTO 3.0

Approach

This book contains complete step-by-step instructions and simple explanations about VSTO programming of entire Office applications. It covers the concepts of VSTO, VSTO architecture, its features, and versions using practical examples, to help beginners and intermediate developers develop real-world Office applications. Separate chapters cover programming InfoPath, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

Who this book is written for?

This book is aimed at .NET developers, familiar with C#, who want to get to grips with programming Office 2007. The book will also be useful for those of you who already have experience with VBA and programming Office, but are ready to take the next step into the more powerful world of Office programming with VSTO.

The Nov/Dec 2009 issue focuses on VS 2010. Other articles include WPF, Sharepoint, ASP.NET, VB 10 and Silverlight.
Table of Contents:
*) Not a Spectator Sport
*) Post Mortem: Getting it Right
*) Why Use WPF?
*) SharePoint Applied: Document Management in SharePoint 2010
*) A Guided Tour of What to Look for in ASP.NET 4.0
*) Get Ready for Visual Basic 10
*) What’s New in Visual C# 4.0?
*) ASP.NET MVC 2 in Action
*) Silverlight 3: The Highlights
*) Easy Validation in ASP.NET MVC with the Enterprise Library Validation Application Block
*) Heard on .NET Rocks! Is Software Development Too Complex?
*) What’s New in Entity Framework 4, Part 2: Modeling Changes
*) Ask the Doc Detective
*) Managed Coder: On Software Developers
For more information, visit www.codemag.com

Code - The Leading Independent .NET Magazine
This is the ad-free version of this publication.
Table of Contents:
*) So You Want to Be a Consultant?
*) Centering Text on a WPF Shape Using a User Control
*) Excel Services in SharePoint 2010
*) Embracing Community: More Advice on Running Your Own Code Camp Event
*) Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 - A Platform for Packaged Software?
*) The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Examples of Functionality in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
*) PostMortem: Harms Millennium MedSpa
*) Ask the Doc Detective
*) Git, from a Developer's Perspective
*) Managed Coder: Yes or No (But Maybe…)
For more information, visit www.codemag.com

The January/February 2007 issue of CODE Magazine Focuses on Reporting.
Table of Contents:
*) Surfs Up!
*) Agile Development: Swimming with the Current
*) The Baker’s Dozen: 13 Productivity Tips for Crystal Reports Redux
*) Hosting WCF Services
*) Enterprise Reporting with Excel
*) Integrating .NET Code and SQL Server Reporting Services
*) ASP.NET 2.0 Web Part Infrastructure and SharePoint 2007
*) CODE on the Road: DevConnections 2006
*) Heard on .NET Rocks! Moving VB6 Applications to .NET
*) Ask the Doc Detective
*) .Finalize():There’s a Time and Place for Everything
For more information, visit www.codemag.com