Excel Services, part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, extends the capabilities of Microsoft Office Excel 2007 by allowing broad sharing of spreadsheets, improved manageability and security, and the ability to re-use spreadsheet models through a scalable, server-based calculation service and interactive Web-based user interface.

Excel Services provides both a Web-based user interface (UI) for browser-based access and a Web services application programming interface (API) for programmatic access that have robust options for controlling what data is available to users and applications. As part of SharePoint Server 2007, Excel Services also takes advantage of the other capabilities of SharePoint including the enterprise content management features such as: check-in/check-out, auditing, and versioning capabilities.

Learn more about the business value and technical capabilities of Excel Services through the following white papers.

Included in this document:

• Spreadsheets in the Enterprise: The Challenges of Ubiquity
• Excel Services: A Single Version of the Truth
• Putting Excel Services to Work: Scenarios
• Conclusion
• Resources

Included in this document:

• Overview of Excel Services
• Intelligent, Secure, Sharing of Spreadsheets
• Business Intelligence Reporting and Dashboards
• Extending Excel Web Services
• Excel Services Architecture and Deployment
• Conclusion: Security, Robustness, and Extensibility
• Resources

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