visual studio sharepoint not installed

Here is one of the typical issue you will find when you try to create your first SharePoint APP in VS 2012 Ultimate.

visual studio 2012 sharepoint not installed on you server.

This will occure when you try to use App for SharePoint 2013 template in VS 2012

Root cause :

Untill you install Microsoft Office developer tools for SharePoint your Dev platform will not recognize your sharepoint.

Resolution :

You need to install Web Platform installer 4.0 or 4.5 based on your SharePoint Version ( Choose the latest default ):

This download file you can get here

After installation is done open the Web Platform installer.

Search For SharePoint in search area

Then Select Microsoft Office Developer tools for Visual Studio 2012 RC and click on install.

Then Restart is required to make this will effect without fail.

This will fix the issue.



Thank You !!