Beginning Excel Services

Excel Services is a new technology being delivered as part of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Excel Services will enable managed and secure distribution of Excel reports, incorporating spreadsheets in business intelligence dashboards and portals, protecting the proprietary information in spreadsheets, and building custom applications with Excel-based logic. This book will walk you through the process of understanding what Excel Services is, how your business can benefit from it, and how to incorporate it in your solutions.

This book is designed to be an introduction to Excel Services for all those that want to understand what it is, what it does, what the benefits are, and how to get started. The target audience is IT TDMs and developers that need to come up to speed on the new technologies in Office 2007 and may be responsible for evaluating and deploying Office 2007 and Office SharePoint 2007. This book is also great for all Microsoft partners including system integrators, consulting companies, hosting companies, VARs and independent software vendors that will be building and deploying solutions for their customers based on the new Office technologies. Anyone currently managing or developing solutions with Excel, Windows SharePoint Services, SharePoint Portal Server, or business intelligence solutions should read this book to understand the basics of Excel Services

This book is for anyone who wants to learn what Excel Services is, what it does, what the benefits are, and how to get started. You should have an understanding of Excel, basic knowledge of Excel 2007, and familiarity with Windows SharePoint Services.

TABLE OF CONTENT:
Chapter 01 - Introduction to Excel Services
Chapter 02 - Getting Started with Excel Services
Chapter 03 - Architecture
Chapter 04 - Workbook Support
Chapter 05 - External Data
Chapter 06 - Capacity and Deployment Planning
Chapter 07 - Administration of Excel Services
Chapter 08 - Security
Chapter 09 - Sharing Workbooks with the Browser
Chapter 10 - Interacting with Workbooks in the Browser
Chapter 11 - Controlling Workbook Distribution
Chapter 12 - Business Intelligence Solutions
Chapter 13 - Offloading Workbook Calculation to the Server
Chapter 14 - Building Custom Solutions

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