Standards Support

The Standards Support section provides detailed support information for certain standards that are implemented in Exchange Server and Outlook; Internet Explorer; OData; Microsoft SQL Server; Windows WordPad; and Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Although the Open Specifications technical documents are freely available, many of them include patented inventions. Some of these patents are available at no charge under the Open Specifications Promise or the Microsoft Community Promise. The remaining patents are available through various licensing programs. For more information, please visit the Microsoft Open Specifications Dev Center website or send an email message to the IP Licensing Team.

Forums and Blogs

	Open Specifications Forums These user forums are available to answer technical questions about the Open Specifications documents
	Open Specifications Blogs These blogs, authored by the engineers who support the Open Specifications documents, provide a different venue for further discussion of those documents.

Explore the Standards Documentation

• Microsoft Exchange Server and Outlook Standards

• Internet Explorer Standards

• OData Standards Support

• SQL Server Standards Support

• Windows Wordpad Standards Support

• Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Standards Support

Downloads	Related Sections	Sites
Exchange Server and Outlook Standards .zip file (4+ MB) Internet Explorer Standards .zip file (19+ MB) OData Standards Support .zip file (671+ KB) SQL Server Standards Support .zip file (3+ MB) Windows WordPad Standards Support .zip file (1+ MB) Word, Excel, and PowerPoint Standards Support .zip file (38+ MB)	Document Programs Protocols Computer Languages Data Portability	Open Specifications Dev Center