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The team I came to join at Microsoft been working hard on a new printing subsystem and a new digital paper format, known as the XML Paper Specification (or XPS), in Windows Vista.

In addition to being built into Vista, XPS support is included for application developers in the newly released .NET Framework 3.0 and for end users of the new 2007 Microsoft Office System (alongside support for saving as PDF). A quick query in your favourite search engine shows a wide range of partners are adopting XPS.

Today is the business launch day for Windows Vista, the 2007 Microsoft Office System, and Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. More information about that little event is available on www.msnewday.com, but more importantly it offers up a nice segue into congratulations to the Digital Documents Platform Team (D2) for Windows Vista and XPS: Well done.

tags: vista | xps | microsoft