With this unique resource, you'll discover how to unlock the power behind Excel Services in order to effectively utilize server-side spreadsheet calculation and rendering. It walks you through all programming aspects of Excel Services, covering everything from APIs to UDFs (User Defined Functions). You'll quickly gain a strong understanding of what Excel Services is, how to work with it, and how to develop applications using its robust features. Written by the senior software deve opment engineer for Excel Services, this book first provides you with detailed explanations about the various programmability options Excel Services offers. You'll then gain an inside look into the problematic areas that you must avoid. And you'll find ideas for solutions that you can create using this server technology. This information will help you extend and work against Excel Services as you develop business-critical applications. 作者简介:Shahar Prish (Redmond, WA) is originally from Tel-Aviv, Isreal and always dreamed of becoming a Microsoft employee. He worked for a company that developed Data Visualization applications over Analysis Services (MS’s OLAP Server), which was eventually purchased by Microsoft. The company extended job offers to the original employees, and several months later the company shipped Max 3.0, which was re-branded as Microsoft Data Analyzer. After that, Shahar and his family moved from Tel-Aviv to Redmond to work for Microsoft. A few months before work began on the Office 2007 rollout, the concept of an Excel Services server started to form, and Shahar was moved to work specifically on that product development. Throughout the past 5 years, Shahar has worked with some of the best and the brightest to develop the first version ofthe revolutionary Excel Services. He provides information and previews of Excel Services through his blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/cumgranosalis.