Office 2007 Pro Plus A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day

I;m resuming my Microsoft Code Name each day series that I started in December 2006. The objective: To give the back story, each day in August, on 1 of Microsoft;s myriad code names. Some of these code names may well be acquainted to Microsoft watchers; others (hopefully) will probably be brand-new.Microsoft code names supply some excellent clues concerning the Redmondians’ development priorities, to not point out a far better comprehension of which future Microsoft goods fit collectively, from a strategy standpoint. Rather than every product group is shifting to uninteresting, numbered codenames (like Windows 7 and Workplace 14).Without additional ado, let the codename video games start.Microsoft
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HarmonicaMicrosoft code title with the day: HarmonicaBest guess on what it can be: A P2P information synchronization company that could possibly be essential to Microsoft;s cloud-computing visionMeaning/context of the code name: This can be 1 of those codenames of which I seriously cannot figure the origin. My guess? Possibly it;s a play around the “harmony” that Harmonica is supposed to bring to Microsoft;s providers?Back tale: Harmonica is a codename I first got wind of a year ago. The way it was described to me was it was some kind of “multi-master mesh” that will underlie everything from the Zune to small-business services. It supposedly is what will allow users to synchronice their photos, email, documents, music and video across applications.Other interesting pieces with the Harmonica puzzle: There supposedly will probably be a Harmonica toolkit to enable third-party software and services to tap into Harmonica and build on top of it. And there also could possibly be consumer-facing Harmonica implementations, such as file-sync utilities.I;m wondering if Harmonica has anythng to do with Microsoft Synchronization Solutions for ADO.Net,Office Pro, which is available for download from Microsoft;s Downloads site. The organization;s explanation of this offering: “Microsoft Synchronization Providers for ADO.NET provides the ability to synchronize information from disparate sources over two-tier, N-tier,Office 2010, and service-based architectures. Instead of simply replicating a database and its schema,Office 2007 Pro Plus, the Synchronization Solutions application programming interface (API) provides a set of components to synchronize data between data providers and a local store. Applications are increasingly used on mobile clients, such as laptops and devices,Office 2010 Professional, that do not have a consistent or reliable network connection to a central server. It really is necessary for these applications to work against a local copy of information about the client. Equally essential is the need to synchronize the local copy with the information with a central server when a network connection is available. The Synchronization Providers API, which is modeled after the ADO.NET information access APIs, gives you an intuitive way to synchronize data. It makes building applications for occasionally connected environments a logical extension of building applications where you can count on a consistent network connection.” Increased info: In case this all sounds like pure vaporware,Office Professional 2007 Key, supposedly Windows Live Favorites synchronization already builds atop Harmonica.Got a Microsoft code identify you’ve been wondering about? Send it my way and I’ll do my best to track down some leads on what it could be.And if you want to keep track of the full month;s worth of Microsoft code names I end up posting, bookmark this “Microsoft Codenames” page. You can also check out this video-whiteboard I did recently on Microsoft codenames.