This Recruiting scenario shows how the services offered by the 2007 Office System platform enable developers to build S+S-rich OBAs. A custom task pane, built using VSTO in VS 2008, hosted our solution, enabling the recruiter to live in the Word application while accessing different systems and performing multiple tasks. From a development perspective, we were able to pull data from SharePoint lists using the lists Web service so that the end user could access best practices from the enterprise portal. We used Excel Services Web services to calculate a candidate’s salary range based on a model that was created in a spreadsheet, published, and calculated on the server. The recruiter was also able to retrieve specific candidates or a list of candidates from the LOB system through custom Web services that accessed the Business Data Catalog, which exposes LOB entities in SharePoint. The BDC allows you to surface any LOB system into SharePoint through lists, Web parts, Enterprise Search, and custom applications. Using the richness of the Office Web services APIs coupled with the ability for rapid development enabled by tools such as VSTO in VS 2008, Office 2007 allows developers to build enterprise-ready solutions that are built around information worker processes and bring value to IT investments.