VSTO 2005 Second Edition Beta: Thomas Quinn

Thomas Quinn is the Architect for the Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Office System (code name "Cypress").  TQ discusses the engineering decisions behind the design of the tools.  He explains the decision to create a new base project type that allowed the team to create Application Add-in projects for both Office 2003 and Office 2007.  He explains the rationale behind the change to the Outlook Add-in project type.  After watching this video, please visit his blog and download sample code  http://blogs.msdn.com/tq

VSTO 2005 SE Beta is the recommended tool for developing for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Technical Refresh.  You can download the tools from the Office Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/2005SE