Cloud Roadshow
Advanced Office add-in
Development with Outlook
Agenda
• Intro to Mail Add-ins
• Contextual Activation and Rules
• Office.js API Outlook
• Compose Add-ins
• Outlook Add-in Vision
Office Add-ins
• Built with web standards <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
Office.js provides interop
<OfficeApp xsi:type="MailApp">
• <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
<ProviderName>Salesforce.com</ProviderName>
• Hosted centrally <DefaultLocale>en-US</DefaultLocale>
<DisplayName DefaultValue=“Salesforce" />
<Capabilities>
Almost zero client footprint
Office.js
• <Capability Name="Mailbox" />
</Capabilities> Browser Control
Runs where Office runs
<DesktopSettings>
• or iFrame
<SourceLocation DefaultValue=“https://salesforce.com/office" />
Web Server With HTML5,
<RequestedHeight>300</RequestedHeight>
Discoverable marketplace
</DesktopSettings>
• JavaScript, CSS
<Permissions>ReadItem</Permissions>
<Rule xsi:type="RuleCollection" Mode="Or">
<Rule xsi:type="ItemIs" ItemType="Message"/>
<Rule xsi:type="ItemIs" ItemType="Appointment"/>
</Rule>
</OfficeApp>
A new way to build extensions for Office
Contextual Mail Add-in
Add-in launched contextually from a mail message or appointment
Outlook and Outlook Web Access (OWA)
Task Pane Add-in
Add-in that runs beside a document/mail with read/write access
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook
Content Add-in
Add-in that runs within a document content with read/write access
Excel, PowerPoint, Access
Add-in Command
Command in the Office UI to launch add-in or perform UI-less operation
Outlook, Outlook Web Access (OWA)
Add-in Name
Mail Add-in Body
Context trigger
Exchange Server
• Hosts mailboxes for users
• Host Mail Add-in Manifests
Web Server
• Hosts HTML, CSS and
JavaScript
<Rule xsi:type=“ItemIs” ItemType=“Message”>
<Rule xsi:type=“ItemHasKnownEntity” EntityType=“Address” />
Entity type Recognition condition
Address United States street addresses
1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 07722
EmailAddress Any SMTP email address
MeetingSuggestion A reference to an event or meeting
Let’s meet next Tuesday for lunch.
Contact A personal name related to other entities
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft, 1 Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 07722
PhoneNumber United States telephone numbers
(507) 555-1212
TaskSuggestion Actionable sentences in an email
Please install Office 2013 on my computer.
Url A file name or web address
Item can be
cast to one of
four different
types
{
"aud" : "https://mailhost.contoso.com/IdentityTest.html",
"iss" : "
[email protected]",
"nbf" : "1331579055",
"exp" : "1331607855",
"appctxsender":"
[email protected]",
"isbrowserhostedapp":"true",
"appctx" : {
"msexchuid" : "
[email protected]",
"version" : "ExIdTok.V1“,
"amurl" : "https://mailhost.contoso.com:443/autodiscover/metadata/json/1"
}
}
Use core JS APIs User Identity Token
O365 API requests
Read/Write recipients Settings
Read/Write subject User Profile
Get/set/add recipients or
attendees
Read/Write recipients
Read/Write subject Get/set the subject
Add file or item attachments
Read/Write recipients
Read/Write subject
Add attachments
Prepend to the body
Read/Write recipients Overwrite current selection in
Read/Write subject body
Add attachments
Write to the body
Get/set start or end time
Get/set location
Read/Write recipients Get/set/add attendees
Read/Write subject
Add attachments
Write to the body
R/W appointment properties
Saved on the sent item
Read/Write recipients Can be used to mark a
Read/Write subject composed message (eg
“Tracked” in CRM)
Add attachments
Write to the body
R/W appointment properties
Custom item properties
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Summary
• Intro to Mail Add-ins
• Contextual Activation and Rules
• Office.js API Outlook
• Compose Add-ins
• Outlook Add-in Vision
Getting Started with Office add-ins
Office add-in Code Samples
Office add-in Training videos & hands on labs
Office add-in Snack videos
Office add-in documentation
http://dev.office.com/devprogram
St ar t
https://www.yammer.com/itpronetwork @OfficeDev
http://aka.ms/O365DevShow
http://dev.office.com/podcasts
http://officespdev.userv
oice.com/
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