Office developer product map

Find developer resources and training for Office products organized by product, version, and extensibility tools and technologies.

Office extensibility

Apps for Office
Build secure, scalable, and flexible apps to extend the way users create and consume information.
Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
Create application-level add-ins with Visual Studio project templates.
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
Automate repetitive tasks by running macros—step-by-step procedures written in Visual Basic.
Open XML
Exchange data between Office applications and enterprise systems using XML and ZIP technologies.
Office Fluent UI
Customize the Backstage view and Ribbon UI for Office 2010 and Office 2007.

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