Microsoft has been quietly adding to the cache of reference applications it hopes will help transform Microsoft Office 2007 from a mere productivity suite to a collaboration tool.
Aiming to help users access data from various enterprise sources through the most common Office tools, Microsoft has created add-ons to Office 2007 that it calls Office Business Applications, or OBAs. They add business processes and intelligence to applications such as
Excel and Outlook. Last week, the company quietly unveiled an OBA reference application designed for the health-care industry,
and the company is gearing up to make OBAs a core focus at its Worldwide Partner Conference, which will be held next week
in Denver.
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