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Develop, Build, Package and Deploy Apps for Office 2013 with Visual Studio 2013 Bram de Jager SharePoint Architect | Microsoft Certified Solution Master: SharePoint
Develop, Build, Package and Deploy Apps for Office 2013 with Visual Studio 2013
Bram de JagerSharePoint Architect | Microsoft Certified Solution Master: SharePoint
Poll
• Who had a coffee?
• Are you familiar with the concept of Apps for Office?
• Are you a developer?
• Who build an App for Office?
• Who build an App for Office with Visual Studio?
• Who build an App for Office for a customer?
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Grab your phone andnavigate tohttp://pollev.com
Are you familiar with Apps for Office?
Are you a developer?
Did you build an App for Office?
Did you build an App for Office with Visual Studio?
Who build an App for Office for a customer?
• Intro to Apps for Office
• New in Office 2013 Service Pack 1
• Develop, Build apps
• Package and Deploy apps
• Wrap-up
Agenda
INTRO TO APPS FOR OFFICE
History
• Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
• VSTO 2003 downloadable for Visual Studio 2003
• VSTO 2005 (SE) downloadable for Visual Studio 2005
• VSTO 3.0 build into Visual Studio 2008
• VSTO 4.0 build into Visual Studio 2010
• Office Developer Tools
• Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012
• Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013
Apps for Office and SharePoint
Task pane apps
• Side-by-side
• Shown next to the Office document
• Supported by Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project
• Contextual information
• Insert content into the document
• Gets content to perform an action
• Can be used for
• Retrieving information from web service based on the selection of the user
Content apps
• Appears in body
• Shown in line of the document
• Integrate
• Integrate rich, web-based data, visualizations, embedded media, as well as other external content
• Can be used for
• Display Excel data plotted on top of geographical maps
Mail apps
• Shown in Outlook item
• Requires Outlook 2013 & Exchange 2013
• Seamless integration on desktop, browser and devices
• Scenarios
• Based on contextual trigger in item body
• Runs in messages and/or appointments
• Can be used for
• Shows Bing Maps centered on the address found in the body of the email
Supported applications
Office application Task Pane Content Mail
Access app for SharePoint Yes*
Excel Yes Yes
Excel Online Yes Yes
Word Yes
Outlook Yes
Outlook Web App Yes
OWA for Devices Yes*
PowerPoint Yes* Yes*
PowerPoint Online Yes* Yes*
Project Yes
* = requires Office 2013 Service Pack 1
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DEMOHow does a Content App look in Excel
Demo scenario
• Introduction to Content App in Excel
• Use the Bing Maps app to visualize geographical dispersed information
• Show the same Excel sheet in both Excel desktop client and Excel Online
NEW IN OFFICE 2013 SERVICE PACK 1
What's new for Apps for Office in Office SP1
• Highlights
• Support for PowerPoint 2013 & PowerPoint Online
• Changes in licensing model (no sign-in required)
• New API's: Navigation API, Data Formatting API, File Properties API
• Mail apps in compose email and appointments
• Office UI updates
• Requirements
• Office 2013 Service Pack 1
• Update to Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio (March 2014 update)
DEVELOP, BUILD APPS
Anatomy of an app for Office
HTML5, CSS, JavaScript (in all its glory!)
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Web applications hosted by any HTTP delivery mechanism
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Document-based manifest driven applications.
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Developer tool sets and APIs
• “Napa” Office 365 Development Tools
• Browser based developer tool, http://dev.office.com
• Start in Napa, continue in Visual Studio
• Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio
• Visual Studio 2012 extension
• Visual Studio 2013 RTM
• Visual Studio 2013 – March 2014 Update
• Support for Office 2013 SP1
• Office 365 API Tools for Visual Studio Preview
Apps for Office rich client runtime
Apps for Office web clients
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DEMOBuild a Wikipedia TaskPane app in Word
Demo scenario
• Introduction to Apps for Office project template in Visual Studio 2013
• Develop Task Pane app using the Wikipedia REST API
• Build and debug experience
PACKAGE AND DEPLOY APPS
Publish apps for Office
• Office Store
• Public marketplace that Microsoft will host and regulate on Office.com
• Apps for Office catalog on SharePoint
• For task pane and content apps
• Centralized corporate catalog managed by IT
• Exchange catalog
• Private catalog for mail apps
• Network shared folder app catalog
• Deploy task pane and content apps to a central network shared folder
App availability by location
App type
Office Store Corporate catalog Exchange Server Shared folder app
catalog
Task Pane app x x x
Content app x x x
Mail app x x
Same Office-solution
catalog experience
that the Office Store
provides. App Catalog
located in SharePoint.
Apps are only shown
in Office clients.
Availability based on
access to file share.
What goes where?
Visual Studio 2013
MS Build
WebDeploy package
XML Manifest
Office Client
File ShareCorporate Catalog
IIS WebserverAzure Website
Office Store
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DEMOPublish the Wikipedia appto Azure and Corporate Catalog
Demo scenario
• Publish WebDeploy package to Azure
• Upload XML manifest to Corporate Catalog
• Configure Word desktop to consume Apps from the Corporate Catalog
Configure Office client for App Catalog
• Office client configuration
• Open Word 2013
• Open Options » Trust Center » Trust Center Settings
• Select Trusted App Catalogs (on left)
• Add the Corporate Catalog URL (check “Show in menu” box)
• Registry entry
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\WEF\TrustedCatalogs
WRAP-UP
Scenarios
• Start (review/approval) workflow process from within the Office clients
• Allowing employees to browse, select and insert (legal) text snippets into documents, which are managed in a central location
• Pull meeting location from meeting invite and highlight the meeting room plotted onto the building floor plan
• Recognize the tracking number for package delivery and retrieve real-time delivery status
• And many more…
Write once, run everywhere
Key takeaways
• Apps for Office are the means for enabling contextual experiences
• Office 2013 SP1 brings improvements to Apps for Office
• Apps for Office boost productivity by integrating services into Office
• Leverage existing investments when building Apps for Office
Resources
• Build Apps for Office, MSDN Office Dev Center, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj220060(v=office.15).aspx
• What's new for apps for Office in Office 2013 SP1, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn481136(v=office.15).aspx
• What's New in Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013 – March 2014 Update, http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dn610877.aspx
• Office 365 API Tools for Visual Studio Preview, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/officeapps/archive/2014/03/12/announcing-office-365-api-tools-for-visual-studio-preview.aspx
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Questions & AnswersThank You!
