Microsoft Office Outlook is one of the world's most widely-used personal information management tool. Primarily, the Microsoft Office Outlook serves as an email application for a wide range of users. In this chapter, you will learn the concepts of programming for Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 using VSTO 3.0 and C#. We will take a look at the following:
An overview of the Outlook object model and its features in VSTO
Learning the extensibility of Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 using the object model
Learning to customize Microsoft Office Outlook menus and toolbars using VSTO
Working with form regions in Outlook, manipulating folders, contact information, and mail items using VSTO programming
Learning the concepts and seeing a demonstration of working with Outlook meetings and appointments
Working with Ribbons for Outlook 2007
Outlook applications and the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 database interaction