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Missing office/SharePoint template in Visual Studio 2013

Scenario

I installed Visual Studio Community 2013  to develop a SharePoint Solutions, unfortunately, I couldn’t find Office/SharePoint Template to create a new SharePoint solution as shown below:

Cause

Microsoft Office Developer Tools is not installed.

Solution

To install Office Developer Tools, you should follow the mentioned steps below :

• Download Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013
• Double click on the download file to launch the Windows Platform Installer > Click install.

• Click on Direct Download Link.

• After the file download has been completed > Double-click on the file to install the office/SharePoint Tools > click install.

• After the installation Process has been completed > Open Visual Studio > New Project > Navigate > Expand the preferred language.
• Office/SharePoint Template should be now listed.

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Applies To

• Visual Studio 2013.
• SharePoint.

See Also

• Office / SharePoint template missing in Visual Studio 2015.
• The latest Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2015.
• Missing Office / SharePoint template in Visual Studio 2017.