{"id":23632,"date":"2024-12-23T09:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T17:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/?p=23632"},"modified":"2025-01-06T09:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:35:30","slug":"office-add-ins-development-kit-ga-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/office-add-ins-development-kit-ga-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Office Add-ins Development Kit GA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are thrilled to announce that the Office Add-ins Dev Kit for Visual Studio Code is now generally available! After months of public preview, we&#8217;ve gathered invaluable feedback from the community and improved the experience.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s new in the Office Add-ins Development Kit<\/h2>\n<p>The Dev Kit helps set up your environment, create Office Add-ins, and debug your code in a streamlined experience. For more information, see <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/office\/dev\/add-ins\/develop\/development-kit-overview?tabs=vscode\">Create Office Add-in projects using Office Add-ins Development Kit for Visual Studio Code<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In this new version, we enabled entry to the sample gallery from webpages. Now, with a simple click on the sample link, you can navigate directly from the sample webpage to VS Code, create the sample, and try it yourself.<\/p>\n<h2>Get started with our MS Learn documentation<\/h2>\n<p>Before you create your project, make sure you follow the <strong>Prerequisites<\/strong> guidance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download and install <a href=\"https:\/\/code.visualstudio.com\/\">Visual Studio Code<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Node.js (the latest LTS version). Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/nodejs.org\/\">Node.js site<\/a>\u202fto download and install the right version for your operating system. To verify if you&#8217;ve already installed these tools, run the commands `node -v` and `npm -v` in your terminal.<\/li>\n<li>Office connected to a Microsoft 365 subscription. You might qualify for a Microsoft 365 E5 developer subscription through the <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/dev-program\">Microsoft 365 Developer Program<\/a>, see the FAQ for details. Alternatively, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/try\">sign up for a 1-month free trial<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once you&#8217;ve completed the prerequisites, you can go to either Word or Excel Quick start, select \u201cCreate an add-in in Visual Studio Code\u201d button, open a sample in Visual Studio Code, and create the add-in project.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/office\/dev\/add-ins\/quickstarts\/excel-quickstart-jquery\">Quick start &#8211; Build an Excel task pane add-in<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/office\/dev\/add-ins\/quickstarts\/word-quickstart-yo\">Quick start &#8211; Build a Word task pane add-in<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2024\/12\/office-add-ins-dev-kit-create.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23633 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2024\/12\/office-add-ins-dev-kit-create.png\" alt=\"Image of the office add-ins dev kit create button in VS Code\" width=\"624\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2024\/12\/office-add-ins-dev-kit-create.png 624w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2024\/12\/office-add-ins-dev-kit-create-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next<\/h2>\n<p>Currently, you can create Excel, PowerPoint, and Word add-ins using the Office Add-ins Development Kit. We&#8217;re working to provide support for add-ins on other Office applications. Outlook is coming soon!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Try the Office Add-ins Development Kit and <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/8SH42ULSDQ\">let us know your feedback<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>If you have any issues in development, see <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/office\/dev\/add-ins\/testing\/troubleshoot-development-errors\">troubleshoot development errors<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/officedevkitnewissue\">create a GitHub issue<\/a> and we&#8217;ll help you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Additional resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Start Office Add-ins development from <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.microsoft.com\/office\">Office Dev Center<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>For more information about Office Add-ins, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/office\/dev\/add-ins\/overview\/office-add-ins\">official documentation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you\u2019re looking to build experiences for Office Add-ins, we strongly recommend <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/office\/dev\/add-ins\/overview\/office-add-ins-community-call)\">joining the Microsoft Office Add-ins community call<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Office Add-ins Development Kit for Visual Studio Code is now generally available! 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