The Microsoft® Office® 2007 Suites provide the best level of rich, contextual integration with Windows® SharePoint® Hosting Services 3.0. It allows users to interact with SharePoint sites without leaving their Office programs and to have two-way synchronization with collaborative information and documents, as well as business data stored on SharePoint sites.
SharePoint allows you to effectively bring Microsoft Office online, allowing you to share and collaborate with your colleagues, partners and customers using the Microsoft Office tools that you already use and are familiar with.
Below are just a few examples of the many ways that you can connect SharePoint with the various applications that are part of the Microsoft Office Suite.
You can also perform the following actions from within the various Microsoft Office Client Applications: