vsto - Is it possible to develop an add-in for Skype for Business (formerly MS Lync)?

Question

Thanks for looking.

I need to develop an add-in for the Skype for Business UI similar to the way in which one can develop an add-in for Excel or Outlook. Is this possible?

I have found documentation and several tutorials for using the Skype APIs to integrate Skype for Business with other applications, but I can't find much with regards to building an add-in for Skype for Business itself.

I would like to be able to do things like add custom menu items to the Skype for Business UI, Integrate a custom conversation window extension, capture and use data from the chat window, contacts list, etc. To be clear, I am looking to do all of this above board with the user's approval.

Any answers, advice, links, etc. are appreciated.

Answer 1

Skype For Business 并没有真正的加载项系统。在 Lync 时代，提供附加内容的解决方案是通过对话窗口扩展或CWE，我相信它们仍然在某些 Skype for Business 中发挥作用，但技术本身目前还没有更新。

您希望更好地自定义客户端软件，这有助于使用统一通信 Web API（一种 RESTful Web API）实现自定义客户端/功能，但您可能会发现自己受限于 Microsoft 为 Android/iOS 提供JavaScript SDK和工具使用App SDK。如果 UCWA 是您要走的路线，那么 MSDN 上有相当多的文档可用于实现基本任务。