Using the Lync Project Template

Visual Studio 2010 includes a project template that will create a Lync-enabled WPF application. You will use this to create the initial application.

Creating the Visual Studio Project

Let's start the example:

1. Start Visual Studio 2010 and create a new project.
2. Select the Lync WPF Application project template, as shown in Figure 13-2.
3. Enter the project name LyncApp and click the OK button to create the project.

Figure 13-2. Creating a Lync-enabled WPF application project

This project template creates a standard WPF application, but it performs two other steps that will help you get started with Lync. First, it adds the following references:

• Microsoft.Lync.Controls
• Microsoft.Lync.Controls.Framework
• Microsoft.Lync.Model