Thanks to the stability, good availability, stereoselectivity and broad substrate specificity, oligosaccharide synthesis catalyzed by glycosidases represents an elegant way to complex carbohydrate structures. Twoapproachestoglycosidasecatalysisarepresented:i)theuseofstructurallymodifiedsubstratesthatcarry variousfunctionalmoietiesinthemolecule,andii)thedesignofmutantglycosidasesvoidofhydrolyticactivity. Productsofglycosidase-catalyzedsynthesisareapplicableinarangeofareassuchasimmunology,therapyof Alzheimer'sorParkinson'sdiseasesandthesynthesisofneoglycoproteins.