Pro Office 365 Development

PART 1

Introducing Office 365

This section is a high-level overview of the Office 365 platform, which provides a great deal of functionality out of the box. This is intended for readers who are relatively new to Office 365. Before building custom applications it's a good idea to understand the initial feature set so you can envision how the new solutions fit into the big picture.

Many of the Office 365 features are exposed to custom applications through custom controls, web services, or managed APIs. These building blocks simplify the building of some great custom applications. The functionality of each of the server components (SharePoint, Exchange, and Lync) is impressive on its own. But combining them in a fully integrated environment makes ...