Interoperability by design.

Microsoft products enable technical interoperability out of the box with software and hardware from other vendors. Learn more about Microsoft product interoperability by selecting a role below.

IT Professionals & Architects	Government & Public Institutions	Partners

Executive customer councils, technical collaboration agreements, collaborative development projects, and more are all ways to work with the community on interoperability. Learn more about Microsoft community interoperability by selecting a role below.

IT Professionals & Architects	Government & Public Institutions	Partners

Microsoft makes protocols, data formats, source code, and our entire patent portfolio available to others through commercial, community, and open means to encourage interoperability and enable the creation of translation tools across systems. Learn more about interoperability through Access by selecting a role below.

IT Professionals & Architects	Government & Public Institutions	Partners

Microsoft supports thousands of software and hardware interoperability standards in our products, and participates in hundreds of standards-setting activities annually. Learn more about interoperability through Standards by selecting a role below.

IT Professionals & Architects	Government & Public Institutions	Partners