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Windows Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Windows (including .NET Framework) protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Open Specifications Documentation
Ask questions about the Open Specifications documents, their organization, language conventions, and references.
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Using the SharePoint Products and Technologies Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the SharePoint Products and Technologies protocols described in the Open Specifications
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File Services
Discuss technical content and implementation of Server Message Block (SMB) protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Exchange Server Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Exchange and Outlook protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Using the Office Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Microsoft Office protocols described in the Open Specifications
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Office File Formats
Discuss technical content and implementation of the .doc, .xls, .xlsb, .ppt and .pst file formats.
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Using the Microsoft SQL Server Protocols
Discuss technical content and implementation of the SQL Server protocols described in the Open Specifications.
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Documentation on Standards
Discuss technical content and implementation of certain standards as they are implemented in Exchange Server, Outlook, SQL Server, and Internet Explorer.
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Office Open XML File Format Implementation
Discuss issues related to the implementation of the Open XML file format (e.g., ISO/IEC 29500) in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This forum is for discussion of the Microsoft implementation of the Office Open XML file format – for questions about the format itself, you may want to visit the forums on OpenXMLDeveloper.org.
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Interoperability Scenarios: Technical Questions
Discuss implementation of technical scenarios around interoperability
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Office Open Document Format Implementation
Discuss technical content and implementation of the Office implementation of the ODF 1.1 standard
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Open Packaging Conventions (OPC)
Questions and how-to's on using the .NET managed-code and Win32 native-code Open Packaging Conventions (OPC) APIs. General discussion of the ISO/IEC 29500-2 and ECMA 376-2 OPC file technology standard.
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