In 2007 release, Microsoft is including server side capabilities for MS Excel that make it easier to secure, manage and collaborate with others on spreadsheets, effectively making Excel a more secure and manageable data analysis and presentation tool.
Also in MS Office 2007, Share Point products and technologies become a comprehensive portal for all of the BI content and end-user capabilities in SQL Server Reporting Services and Microsoft Office, providing secure access to business information in one place.
The 2007 release of the Microsoft Office system introduces custom task panes that give the tool to put the features and information the customers need when and where they want them.
It will be easier too to create document templates programmatically for Microsoft Office Word 2007, including information about using the new content controls, document building blocks, and XML mapping.