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An action is simply an operation upon a selected item. The operation can retrieve information about the selected item, or it can launch a program or Web page with the selected item as a parameter.

In our everyday work we all use several Line-of-Business systems as well as all of us know well the Office client applications. Although the integration between them is not too common yet, I’d like to show you the advantaged and disadvantages, pros and cons of the integration, and give some useful tips and tricks if you decide to make some OBAs.

We are coming near the end of this 6 part series, but don’t worry, it’s not the last you’ll hear of me! This part focuses on ‘Why develop leveraging the SharePoint Platform?’. This is really targeted at ASP.NET developers specifically, but also other web application developers from other walks of life also. Or anyone currently working with Vanilla SharePoint and wanting to dig a little deeper!

It’s been a long while since I wrote the last part and had to find myself reading through all three parts again to realize how much my SharePoint knowledge has matured since then. This is something familiar to a lot of people in the SharePoint community that are evolving at a rate of knots with the Platform.

Welcome to my seven-part series about Office Business Applications (OBAs). In these articles I want to show you the world of OBAs, which is my favorite topic I’ve ever worked with.
I’m going to do this by introducing you through the whole process, and I’ll build up a demo for you with lots of examples.

After reading this six part series hopefully you’ll have a clearer understanding of what the SharePoint Platform can offer to you and your organization. It will also provide some direction in using the SharePoint Platform.