Developers can build applications and solutions for Office 2010 using a number of tools including Visual Studio 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, InfoPath 2010 and Access 2010. With many new features, these tools help developers be more productive by providing greater flexibility in how they approach developing and deploying their solutions. This unit is a tour around the tools and services available to developers for building on the Office platform.
Hands-On Labs
Getting Started with Office 2010 Development Lab
Now with both C# and VB code samples! In this lab, you will build a small add-in for Word 2010 that customizes the Ribbon with a new tab and two buttons. The buttons will export the document in either XPS or PDF fixed format.
Videos
Introducing Office 2010
Office 2010, offering the best productivity experience across the PC, browser and mobile devices, is an integrated platform with tools ready to facilitate both client and server development needs. This video provides an overview of what’s new in Office 2010 and its integration with SharePoint 2010. It also discusses how Business Connectivity Services (BCS) can connect both the client and server with no-code solutions.
Office 2010 Development Tools
Visual Studio 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010, InfoPath 2010 and Access 2010 are tools a developer can use to build solutions for Office and SharePoint 2010. This video provides an introduction to these tools and how they have been greatly enhanced to support solution development.
Developing Office 2010 Customizations
This video provides an introduction to the concepts needed for Office 2010 development on both the client and server. For the Office client, developers can customize the UI and bring rich capabilities to end users, enhancing their productivity and use of Office. For the server, developers tap into the power of Excel, Word, Visio and Access Services as well as use the Open XML SDK for modifying and converting documents en masse.