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As I discovered in my previous post, we can’t directly use the Lync API from a Metro style app, so to create a Metro style UI for Lync we’re going to build a WCF wrapper around the Lync API.
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Great – we can run an application that uses Lync in UI Suppression mode on Windows 8. This means that building a Metro style UI for Lync should be a breeze. I’ve decided to keep it simple – my (contrived) requirements are to be able to list my contacts, and see their presence in real-time. That’s it. For now, anyway.
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So the standard Lync client works well on the tablet, but what about custom code? I happen to have a custom Lync application we’ve written for one of our customers, so I’m going to give that a try – it’s a WPF application that uses Lync in UI Suppression mode, so it’s intended as a replacement for the Lync client.
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As you may know, Microsoft have just made 5000 developers very happy with their Build conference giveaway – the mighty Samsung Series 7 tablet running the developer preview of Windows 8.
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As I’m typing this, I’m flying over the Atlantic to attend the Microsoft Build 2011 conference in Anaheim where as well as getting an early look at Windows 8 and the new direction it’s heading in, I’m also hoping to get a better understanding of what Windows 8 might mean for the Lync development platform.