Bringing Data into Desktop Programs Using the Microsoft Office System 2003 Research and Reference Technologies

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design, implement, and deploy research Web Services that extend the Research task pane in Microsoft Office 2003 Editions. After completing this course, students will be able to: • Use the Office 2003 Research task pane to retrieve information. • Add a service to the Research Library. • Identify the XML schemas used by Research Library providers. • Create a custom Research Library provider. • Incorporate smart tags in a query response. • Implement security in a Research Library provider. • Deploy custom Research Library registration information.

This course is intended for developers who need to develop corporate research and reference solutions based on Microsoft Office 2003 Editions. Additionally, application architects looking to understand the capabilities of the Research functionality and what is required to implement a Web Service to support it will find this course useful.