Develop, Build, Package and Deploy Apps for Office 2013 with Visual Studio 2013

Bram de JagerSharePoint Architect | Microsoft Certified Solution Master: SharePoint

• 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

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!)

2

Web applications hosted by any HTTP delivery mechanism

3

Document-based manifest driven applications.

1

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

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

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

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