Solution Provider and Developer

The System Integrator or Analyst has the opportunity to build additional functionality with each BackOffice family product. Below are some examples.

SQL Server offers the following development tools:

DBLIB

VBSQL, SQL OLE

Transact SQL
MAPI Send Messages
Embedded Transact-SQL for C to build applications that leverage the server infrastructure
Upsizing tool for Access Data

Microsoft Mail and Exchange offers the following development tool sets:

MAPI/CMC let users forward documents from other BackOffice applications to various recipient platforms and devices
Eforms offers custom Message Types and Forms
Workgroup Templates offers access from other tools
MAPI Service Providers to access and offer messages and public folders from various external messaging platforms
GDK for building gateways to other messaging platforms
MAPI VBX
OLE/Messaging
OLE Schedule+
MAPI address book is extensible for user information and routing
Integration with SQL using Transact SQL

SNA Server offers the following development tool sets:

Use APPC for Transportable development for various platforms (OS/2, UNIX, DEC, NT)
Extending support popular emulators for HLLAPI Applications using SNA SDK

HLLAPI, APPC, CPI-C, LUA

ODBC
Integration of data, messaging and SNADS/PROFS Gateways on host for staged migration
Leverage SNA LANs so Systems Management Server can be used Enterprise Wide
Mainframe applications — screen scraping
Attachmate Extra! Tools for Visual Basic
Walldata Rumba for Visual Basic

Systems Management Server offers the following development tool sets:

Systems Management Server SDK to extend capabilities of Systems Management Server with third party platforms

API under development

OLE Interface is planned
ODBC
SQL Server data store
Install Scripts

Windows NT Server offers the following development tool sets: