How to apply customization through visual studio to the SharePoint online

We have an existing SharePoint online site, now there are some changes in functionality is required, can we do that change through visual studio and send that change to
SharePoint online site? will it work?
or we have to do the same only through the JQuery or other client side code directly to the site?

Short list of what can't be done:
deploy any compiled code to a server. This includes DLLs, EXEs and full trust SharePoint Solutions.
deploy any file to a server disk drive. This includes anything usually stored in the 15 hive, site definitions, etc.
What can be done:
Anything that could also be done with SharePoint Designer.
Anything that is a file that can be loaded into a library. You can create and upload pages, as long as there is no server side code (C# etc.). These pages can include JavaScript, jQuery, CSOM, HTML, CSS, etc.
Create SharePoint 2013 apps. These can run custom code, but only if on an external to SharePoint servers.
See here for more:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/sharepoint-online-developer-service-description.aspx (Developer Features in SharePoint Online)
Overview of SharePoint 2013 development:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj164084(v=office.15).aspx
Mike Smith TechTrainingNotes.blogspot.com
Books:
SharePoint 2007 2010 Customization for the Site Owner,
SharePoint 2010 Security for the Site Owner

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Scripting in Visual Studio 2013 against Sharepoint online - is it possible?

Hi,
I've been plowing through documentation on developing SharePoint apps but all I really want to do (right now anyways) is getting a more robust environment for coding scripts and HTML on SharePoint online 2013.
Currently I'm using SharePoint Designer 2013 to edit scripts that are in webparts like the Content Editor. It works but SharePoint Designer has terrible syntax highlighting and when things get complex it's a pain.
Question is: How can I point Visual Studio 2013 Community at a SharePoint 2013 online (Office 365) site so that I can open scripts and edit/publish like is done in SharePoint designer? I need to be able to achieve this without all the sharepoint server
malarkey.
Is it possible? Can someone point me at a resource? I've done a lot of digging but can't find anything so maybe not doable but couldn't hurt to ask.
Thanks,
Jerry

While working with app development, especially SharePoint hosted apps you can use SPFastDeploy VS extension to deploy the changes from your app.
https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9e03d0f5-f931-4125-a5d1-7c1529554fbd
If you create a SharePoint will create set of script files where App.js is the Key file and for HTML you can use Default.aspx. You can make changes to these files and just deploy only those changes to the App which will save lot of time and you can see the
changes immediately.
Regarding VS 2013 community, i haven't tried yet specific to SharePoint apps development.
Hope this helps.
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Can I use Visual Studio to develop Sharepoint Online workflows on existing site lists?

I've been using Sharepoint Designer to develop workflows in Sharepoint 2013 on Office 365, but hitting limitations. I would like, for example, to be able to trigger a workflow when a list item is deleted.
Perhaps naively I thought Visual Studio should be able to help. I've read of useful things like Remote Event Receivers - sounds exactly what I need. I've used VS before for Windows desktop applications in VB, so downloaded a trial version of VS 2013.
Now I'm having doubts. It looks like I can create a Sharepoint App on a development site and create lists and workflows within it, but I can't access my existing lists to do anything more sophisticated than I already can in SPD. Is that right?
I was expecting to be able to enter my Sharepoint site URL into Visual Studio somewhere, just like in SPD, and do wonderful things with my lists - but unless I'm missing something, that's not possible.
Have I just got it completely wrong??!

Hi,
yes you can check those links
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharatgupta/archive/2013/04/27/sharepoint-2013-app-workflow-with-custom-task-outcomes-in-o365.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj164126.aspx
http://www.andrewconnell.com/blog/sharepoint-online-integrated-workflow-apps-workflows-as-apps-in-the-hostweb
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/jj220043.aspx
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How to create a site column through Visual Studio 2010?

I was trying to create lists, content type and site columns through Visual Studio 2010. But I could not figure out how to add site column? What item do I need to add for this and what kind of coding is to be done?

Try this
1. Create a Empty project in Visual studio.
2.The Empty SharePoint Project template does not include any Features in the Features folder. To add a new Feature to this project, right -click the Features folder, and click Add Feature. This adds a new Feature component to the folder; double – click the
Feature1 icon in Solution Explorer to modify the Feature ’ s
metadata using the Feature designer. The Title and Description values appear on the Features pages in Site settings. It is a good idea to make these values
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< CHOICE > Vision < /CHOICE >
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How to deal with .csproj.user being created/modified by Visual Studio before the project is run?

So, what is the problem?
The problem is that Visual Studio considers .csproj.user a dependency of the project being run.
Let us assume the following:
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- There are Silverlight applications served by the X web application.
- There is no `X.csproj.user` file initially.
Now consider the following flow of events:
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2. Build.
3. Run.
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Hi Mark,
I think your issue is more about project itself. the saved information in the .csproj.user settings is about the project's information.
So I suggest you post your issue to the related project forum.
web forms:http://forums.asp.net/18.aspx/1?Web+Forms
mvc:http://forums.asp.net/1146.aspx/1?MVC
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Generally site pages are created through SP designer. But what are business requirement when we MUST create site pages through visual studio rather than designer? I
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Hi Sunil,
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http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaevans/archive/2010/06/28/creating-a-sharepoint-site-page-with-code-behind-using-visual-studio-2010.aspx
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Hi,
Here is a sample code to send email:
public static string SendEmail(
SPWeb spWeb,
string from,
string to,
string cc,
string bcc,
string subject,
string body,
bool isBodyHtml)
LogHelper.LogMethodStart(logger, "SPEmailHelper", "SendEmail");
string emailSummary;
var messageHeaders = new StringDictionary();
ValidationHelper.VerifyStringArgument(to, "to");
ValidationHelper.VerifyStringArgument(from, "from");
ValidationHelper.VerifyStringArgument(subject, "subject");
ValidationHelper.VerifyStringArgument(cc, "cc");
ValidationHelper.VerifyStringArgument(bcc, "bcc");
messageHeaders.Add("to", to);
messageHeaders.Add("from", from);
messageHeaders.Add("subject", subject);
messageHeaders.Add("cc", cc);
messageHeaders.Add("bcc", bcc);
string mimeType = "text/plain";
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spWeb,
messageHeaders,
body);
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How to create dll in Visual Studio 2008 in Visual C++

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type Visual C++.
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If we look at how AFX_CLASS_EXPORT and AFX_CLASS_IMPORT are defined in afxv_dll.h we see the following.
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Utility used to install the update failed with exit code {0}.
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Transition old-style patching.
Patch 120759-08 failed to install due to a failure produced by pkgadd.
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zone only, you must specify the -G option. To install the new instance
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Tim

I started a new thread on the updatemanager forum.
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I couldn't find any recent information on this issue. It seems the
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--chris

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Hello everybody.
I'm facing a rather naughty problem. In a Windows 2012 environment (hosted inside an Azure virtual machine), with SharePoint installed, I created a VS SharePoint on-premise solution. I added a feature, and started adding lists, libraries, site columns, layout
pages and such. At one point, every time I added a new list definition, the VS would create me a new feature. Which is not what I wanted, so I manually deleted the new feature and added the list to the first feature. No matter how much I try, VS keeps adding
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Hi Fernando,
Thank you for posting in MSND forum.
Based on your issue, could you please tell me what template sharepoint project you create in VS2013?
In addition, I find a similar thread about your issue, please refer the Xiaoying’s reply to check this issue.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25857722/visual-studio-unexpectedly-adding-feature-on-load
Or you could try to download a new sharepoint template in this VS2013 and then create it check if you still get the issue.
I suggest you could try to create a same sharepoint project template from VS2013 on another machine and then check this issue again.
If you have any update message, please feel free to let me know.
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Can't sign in to Azure from Visual Studio with the 2.5 version of Azure tools

I'm getting this message when I try to sign in to Azure from within Visual Studio:
Sorry, but we're having trouble signing you in
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Hi,
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is the support channel:
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