Building the Desktop Application

To start building the desktop application, we need to add the necessary references:

1. Open Visual Studio 2010 and start a new project. Choose a WPF Application template and select the location for your project. Name the project SalesManagement. Your screen should appear similar to Figure 16-1.
   

   Figure 16-1. New project in Visual Studio 2010

2. Reference Lync assemblies. Right-click References and click Add Reference. On the Browse tab, navigate to the location shown in Figure 16-2.
   

   Figure 16-2. Lync SDK location

3. Add the assemblies highlighted in Figure 16-3.
   

   Figure 16-3. Lync assemblies for reference

4. Add the Exchange Web Services Managed API. The assemblies can be found in the location shown in Figure 16-4.
   

   Figure 16-4. Exchange Web Services assemblies location