Following my TechEd session in Auckland, and in anticipation of my TechEd session in Sydney. All via Paul Stubbs - in particular his DEV303 post from TechEd Boston:

PSS VSTO 2005 Client Troubleshooter

Download this brand new tool to make it simple to diagnose and remediate issues arising from missing or misconfigured prequisites on VSTO 2005 client machines. Gives a great report on the state of the machine and its components:

VSTO Application Manifest Editor Sample

Sample application (with full source code) that allows you to inspect and update the application manifest file embedded in VSTO documents.

Manifest Generation and Editing Tool

Not strictly a VSTO-related app (designed for ClickOnce manifests), but can be used with VSTO deployment manifests. Drag a VSTO deployment manifest into the MAGEUI window and inspect and update the manifest. Ships with the .NET Framework SDK. Details in MSDN.

White Papers and Documentation

White Papers

Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solutions Using Windows Installer (Part 1 of 2) http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_vsto2005_ta/html/OfficeVSTOWindowsInstallerOverview.asp Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solutions Using Windows Installer: Walkthroughs (Part 2 of 2) http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_vsto2005_ta/html/OfficeVSTOWindowsInstallerWalkthrough.asp

Documentation

VSTO Security MSDN documentation http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/k64zb6we(VS.80).aspx VSTO Deployment MSDN documentation http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/hesc2788(VS.80).aspx Security and Deployment walkthroughs http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms404813.aspx Visual Studio 2005 Bootstrapper http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/10/Bootstrapper/ VSTO Outlook add-in architecture