Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) is now fully integrated into Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition. Developers can now easily target the more than 500 million users of Microsoft Office while using the same managed code skills that they've developed for writing Microsoft Windows applications or ASP.NET applications. Visual Studio enables developers to customize Word, Excel®, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio®, InfoPath®, and Project to improve user productivity and take advantage of the many improvements in the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Visual Studio 2008 enables developers to perform tasks such as:
· Target the breadth of the new 2007 Microsoft Office system
o Developers can use the tools in Visual Studio to create both application level and document level managed code customizations behind 2007 Office system applications quickly and easily. Visual Studio's built-in visual designers for key 2007 Office system UI features provide developers with a RAD development experience and enables them to deliver applications with a high-quality Office-based UI.
· Build applications that target Microsoft Office SharePoint Server
o Visual Studio simplifies the task of building and debugging SharePoint Workflow projects, and also enables developers to build applications that provide easy access to back-end data stores and to data from enterprise systems such as SAP, CRM and ERP. Web Parts built for SharePoint are easily reusable in other applications.
· Develop Microsoft Office-based UI workflow solutions
o Easily incorporate key Microsoft Office UI elements, including the Fluent Ribbon and Custom Task Panes, and integrate SharePoint Workflow Services into Visual Studio solutions. Developers can create applications that use Microsoft Office to manage process navigation and enterprise data surfacing, combined with SharePoint workflow services to manage collaboration requirements.
· Deploy applications securely and easily
o Developers now have an easy to use and version resilient security model for their applications that will be compatible with future versions of Visual Studio and Office. With full support for ClickOnce deployment of all Office customizations and applications, developers and administrators now have the right tools and framework for easy deployment and maintenance of their Office solutions. This greatly simplifies the process of creating and deploying new solutions based on the 2007 Office system.
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