Mastering app for Office Development Ali PowellPrincipal Consultantalip@microsoft.com

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• Office Development Landscape• app for Office Manifest• app for Office User Experience• app for Office Scenarios

Agenda

Devices

1 billionsmartphones by 2016, 350M of those being used at work

People

82% of the world's online population engages in social networking

Cloud

50%of enterprise customers are “on the road” to cloud

Trends impacting the apps we develop

New apps, New Scenarios, New User Experiences

Devices SocialCloudFast and fluid experience with touch, pen, mouse & keyboardImmersive touch-optimized Windows 8 appsSupport for Windows phone, iOS & Android phones

Office - on demand, roaming & up-to-dateNew cloud app development modelEnterprise-grade reliability and standards

Newsfeeds & microblogging, extend with YammerPervasive social capabilities across OfficeMultiparty HD video & Skype federation

Office Mobile across platforms

iPhone AndroidiPadWindows Phone

apps are everywhere…

PersonasObjectivesDevicesSolutionsServicesInfrastructureHAVEAND USETO CONSUMECOMPOSED

OFRUNNING ON

A New Paradigm for Solutions

Best experience across devices

• apps for Office

Loosely coupled services with simpler contracts that enable developers access to more best of breed services in private and public clouds.HTML5 & CSS3 are rapidly becoming the UX code paradigm.Support the standardize identity model that spans computing devices.End-User Focused, Contextual, Web-based, and Discoverable.Bring the web into Office.

apps are activated in Office

Web Applications(Service, Cloud, Platform)

apps are delivered from a central location.

Office Store On-Premiseapps are acquired from

catalogs.

HTML5, CSS, JavaScript (in all its glory!)

Web applications hosted by any HTTP delivery mechanism

What are apps for Office?

2 3Document-based manifest driven applications.

1

app for Office Shapes

TaskPane MailContent

app for Office Framework

Web Sites

High density and scalableEasy deployment and administrationFully self-service

Web Extensions Framework (Wef)

app for Office

Virtual Machines

Offer preconfigured workloadsWindows and LinuxFully self-serviceRich Clients Web Browsers

Office JSOMApplication Specific JSON

(Outlook JSON, etc…)app API’s

(third party api’s)

app ManifestWhere the journey begins…

app for Office Manifesto

Aesthetic DesignService Consumption

Capability Consumption

ConsumptionDeclaration

app ManifestUniquely identify an app for Office.Assert the requested capabilities your app needs.Determine cross domain support.Determine your app type.Control the initial user experience.

First Look atapp for OfficeElection Tracker

app for Office User Experience

App for Office Execution

Web ClientRich Client

app ExecutionElection Tracker

Crossing AppDomains Resource Awareness

Avoid PitfallsTarget Capabilities

app User Experience

Target capabilities by discovering your host.Avoid the common Pitfalls.Your app is being watched, in a good way.Resource sharing leverage oAuth.Give your app style.

app for OfficeUser ExperienceWhere not to go.

app for Office Scenarios

SharePoint Centric

Context Centric

app for Office scenarios

SharePoint Centric:Business ProcessTeam CollaborationWorkflow

Document Centric:Data Visualization / Analysis &

MashupsReference ToolsContextual Content & ServicesContent AuthoringDashboards

Key Takeaways• Apps can be developed with any tool

capable of editing text.• Visual Studio 2012 has apps for Office

project templates that facilitate development.

• Use the task pane/ content templates for document-centric apps.

• Use the Mail apps for mailbox-centric applications.

• apps are HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.

appsCapabilities Hosts

require that target

Type of app

Word Excel/WAC

Outlook/OWA

Project

Content XTask Pane X X* X

Mail X

Enrich SharePoint Apps with app for Office.

Extent the reach of SharePoint Apps

• JavaScript API for Officehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/apps/fp160953.aspx

• Resource Usage Settingshttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/apps/fp142258(v=office.15).aspx

• Apps for Office XML manifesthttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/apps/fp161044.aspx

• Apps for Office Traininghttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/office/apps/fp123626

• Apps for Office Sampleshttp://code.msdn.microsoft.com/officeapps/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=Technology&f%5B0%5D.Value=apps%20for%20Office&pageIndex=2

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