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.

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Q&A and Blogs

	Exchange Server Open Specifications and Standards Support - Microsoft Q&A Home to technical questions and answers about Exchange Server Open Specifications and Standards Support documents.
	Office Open Specifications, Standards Support, and File Formats - Microsoft Q&A Home to technical questions and answers about Office Open Specifications, Standards Support, and File Format documents.
	SharePoint Server Open Specifications - Microsoft Q&A Home to technical questions and answers about SharePoint Server Open Specifications documents.
	SQL Server Open Specifications, Standards Support and Data Portability - Microsoft Q&A Home to technical questions and answers about SQL Server Open Specifications, Standards Support and Data Portability documents.
	Windows Open Specifications and Standards Support - Microsoft Q&A Home to technical questions and answers about Windows Open Specifications and Standards Support 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