Sydney SharePoint User Group – The Transition to Modern Office Add-in Development

I had the pleasure this week of speaking at the Sydney SharePoint User Group on the topic of transitioning to the modern Office Add-in development model.

We discussed:

• The existing COM/VSTO Office Add-in development model
• The reasons and drivers for needing a new development model
• What the modern Office Add-in development is and how it works
• Benefits of the modern model
• What this transition means for Office developers
• A look at the typical modern add-in technology stack and discussing some of the options
• The wider Office Developer Vision (Extending Office through add-ins + accessing Office 365 data via Graph)

Thanks to those who attended and as promised here’s a link to the slide deck from the nights presentation.

Transitioning to Modern Office Add-in Development (slide deck)