Office 365 API with Visual Studio 2013

Question

Hello,

I have installed Visual Studio 2013 Prof in my PC. Now i want to integrate Office 365 API Tools in my MVC application and want to customize the Mailbox's, Calender etc... Is it possible ?

As per the below link, Installed Office 365API Tools also. But i couldn't find Connected Service in VS2013 Prof. Can anyone help me on this ?

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/officeapps/archive/2014/03/12/announcing-office-365-api-tools-for-visual-studio-preview.aspx

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hello,

Please take a look at the How to: Create your first mail app for Outlook by using "Napa" Office 365 Development Tools article in MSDN. It describes the whole process of creating an Outlook app in depth.

Answer 2

That document is fine if you want to use NAPA, but, I think the NAPA interface isn't as powerful as VS2013. In fact, some things don't seem to be possible, like editing the manifest, for example.

Is there some detailed information, or even sample code that we can run within VS2013 and have it run in our O365 Portal's?

Answer 3

Hi,

>>Now i want to integrate Office 365 API Tools in my MVC application and want to customize the Mailbox's, Calender etc... Is it possible?<<

Here is an article you could refer:

Using the Mail, Calendar, and Contact REST APIs to work with emails, calendar items, and contacts

However, please note this API may not be available at present.

The features and APIs documented in this article are in preview and are subject to change. Do not use them in production.

Your feedback about these features and APIs is important. Let us know what you think.

>> But i couldn't find Connected Service in VS2013 Prof <<

According to my investigation, I could find Connected Service from a new MVC4 project in VS2013 Ultimate.

I believe it would also be available with VS2013 prof.

Please note that the project must be either an MVC web application or a Windows 8.1 app, targeting .NET Framework 4.5 or 4.5.1.

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Answer 4

Hi George,

Thanks for your reply.

My exact requirement is to integrate mail.Office365.com site to our(for ex: myapp.com) application and office 365 features(Inbox,Sent, Calender etc..) will display automatically once login from myapp.com. However login user will have office365 account credentials also in database.

Can i achieve this using Office 365API tools and VS2103 ? Or if any other solutions please guide me.

Connected Service in VS2013 Prof ?

I am using MVC Web application and .Net framework 4.5. But I Couldn't find Connected Service. Need to install any additional tools ?

Answer 5

Hi Bhanu,

>>Can i achieve this using Office 365API tools and VS2103 ?<<

At present, Office 365 API may not be available since the features and APIs documented in this article are in preview and are subject to change. Do not use them in production.

If you insist on this, you could try the link below to work with Outlook Web App:

Using the Mail, Calendar, and Contact REST APIs to work with emails, calendar items, and contacts

>>Connected Service in VS2013 Prof ?<<

According to my investigation, Office 365API tool also is available for VS2013 prof.

VS version:

What is the build number of VS 2013?

I would suggest you commenting under the blog, Office developer team would give you more effective responses.

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Answer 6

Hi George,

Very strange. This may be due to change in Build/Version number.

Here is my flow of selection new project.

Answer 7

Hi Bhanu,

According to the .Net Framework version, I think you are using Windows 7.

The tool should be available in Window7 and VS2013 prof.

Here are some actions you could check.

Firstly, If there is more than one version of VS in your machine, please make sure that you selected VS2013 prof while installing the tool:

Secondly, please restart VS2013 after installing the tool to create a new MVC project. So that the tool would be available.

Thirdly, please make sure the tool was enable by clicking Tool->Extensions and Updates...

Hope this helps.

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Answer 8

Hi George,

Thank you very much for your response.

Have checked the above three actions. All are perfect in my PC. But still no use.

Can't i see this Connected Service feature in Trial Version ?

Thanks,

Answer 9

Hi Bhanu,

We are not using trial version of VS2013.

As far as I know, there might be many limits in trial version of VS2013.

According to the previous discussion, Office 365 API would be available in VS2013 prof.

I would suggest you using other version of VS2013.

For more information, please refer to Compare Visual Studio Offerings. It told us that 0ffice 365 Cloud Business Apps is available for Ultimate, Premium and prof.

In addition, you could comment under the blog or submit feedback through UserVoice: Your Feedback in Our Products.

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