This document is designed to help solution developers and architects understand how Microsoft Office Excel 2003 can be integrated with back-end systems (in this case Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services) to create powerful client-side applications through which back-end functionality is exposed. In particular, this solution is used by project managers to launch a new Windows SharePoint Services team site and to collect data that will be used to manage a project. It shows how various Microsoft technologies can work together to improve and simplify business processes, with an emphasis on Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office. The code sample is available in C# and Visual Basic.