The Sugar Outlook 2010 Plug-in is not yet officially out but here's an unofficial sneak peek. I almost finished migrating SugarCRM's Outlook 2003 & 2007 plug-in to Microsoft Office Outlook 2010. The old menus were replaced by the ribbon interface. A new completely new addition to this project is the Backstage which was introduced in Microsoft Office 2010.

Before

The product uses CommandBars used in Office 2003/2007:

After

Backstage functionality was provided where previously a Tools > Options menu command was used.

Menus were integrated into the Outlook 2010 ribbon to allow users to access familiar commands. This was achieved by inserting ribbon callbacks so only minimal intervention was required from my end.

This is what the interface looks like from the Outlook's Contacts folder.

Summary of Changes

• The plug-in now completely supports the Office 2010 ribbon interface. It blends really well with the new way of doing things in Office Outlook 2010.
• Backstage functionality provides access to program options.
• Sugar Plug-in for Outlook 2010 now uses .NET 3.5 while it previously used .NET 2.0.
• Program installer correctly detects Outlook 2010 and installs the plug-in.