Pro Office 365 Development

Pro Office 365 Development is a practical, hands-on guide to building cloud-based solutions using the Office 365 platform. This groundbreaking offering from Microsoft provides enterprise-class collaborative solutions at an affordable price, and this book shows you how to use the Office 365 platform to easily build amazing custom applications, including coding for Excel Services, Microsoft Access, and SharePoint Online.

This book provides everything you’ll need to start developing custom solutions. You’ll find step-by-step instructions for providing custom features using the cloud-based services, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online. There are lots of sample programs using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), JavaScript and Silverlight. Whether you want to build desktop client applications or browser-only solutions with Microsoft’s new cloud-based productivity offering, this book will show you how to do it.

• Develop SharePoint solutions, including declarative workflows * Use Access and Excel services to quickly build SharePoint sites * Build content-sensitive collaborative solutions with instant messaging and video conferencing What you’ll learn * Configure and administer an enterprise Office 365 account * Implement declarative workflows using Visio and SharePoint Designer * Create web databases using Access and SharePoint * Utilize the SharePoint object model in Visual Studio * Write Silverlight and JScript applications hosted in SharePoint * Build WPF applications to expose Lync and Exchange services Who this book is for Pro Office 365 Development is written for programmers who have experience with Visual Studio and .NET development and want to take the leap into cloud-based solutions. It is ideal for developers making their first foray into collaborative systems such as SharePoint and Exchange, as no prior experience is required. Table of Contents * Getting Started with Office 365 * Using Advanced Features * Office 365 Overview * Customizing SharePoint * Creating Declarative Workflows * Creating Sites with Access 2010 * Excel Services * Accessing External Data * Sharepoint Content * Developing SharePoint Applications * Developing Silverlight and JavaScript Applications * Developing Exchange Online Solutions * Developing Lync Solutions * Solution Overview * Creating a Web Database * Integrating Office365 Technologies * Creating a Public Web Site * SharePoint Primer * Additional Resources

Author Biography

Mark Collins has developed software for more than 25 years, mostly using the Microsoft stack. He has served many roles including development manager, architect, team lead, database administrator, and project manager. He has extensive experience in retail (point-of-sale and inventory) and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. Mark currently serves as a senior software engineer for a non-profit organization, providing a custom CRM, mail processing, and fulfillment system.