What Does an OBA Look Like?

We have been talking throughout this chapter about all the different aspects of an Office Business Application: the attributes that make up an OBA, the technologies and capabilities it provides, the various types of integration that can be achieved, and lastly the development tools that can be used. As you very well may imagine, OBAs can be implemented in a multitude of ways using the various client applications provided by the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Figure 1-13 illustrates a sales forecasting scenario.

An example Office Business Application leveraging Microsoft Office Excel 2007

Figure 1-13. An example Office Business Application leveraging Microsoft Office Excel 2007

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