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How to create an outlook extension using Visual Studio 2013?

I need to create an outlook extension which should have a form with two buttons, and it should appear on the right side of the application, like how the todoist app does(red circled in the screenshot).
I tried creating using the "Outlook 2013 Add in" project type, I was able to create an add-in with some basic functionality, but did not know how do add a UI to it.
On little more googling, I found this, this looked like what I needed but didnt seem to be officially from microsoft/visual studio and appeared to be with some kind of fee too.
I am trying to make my first outlook extension.
Couldnt get any good results when I tried googling for the same, can anyone guide me in this ?

VSTO (nor Outlook) doesn't provide such layout for custom forms. However, you are free to use Windows API functions to subclass the Outlook window and inject your own forms. They call them as Adjacent Windows In Outlook. See the Creating Adjacent Windows In Outlook sample code.
Add-in Express uses the same technology for subclassing Outlook windows. As a result you get a convenient way to place .net controls on a Windows form. For example, I have just tested a sample add-in with an advanced Outlook form placed to the RightReadingPane layout. And here is what I get:

Hide/disable/remove/shootintheface office 2007 ribbon programmatically

We are embedding a word control inside of a winforms app, and need to hide and disable the ribbon on Office 2007 and 2010.
Is it possible to hide/disable the office 2007/2010 ribbon programmatically using the office interop dlls? Is there another method available to do this?

I don't think you can disable the ribbon as such, but using a custom XML file you can hide the default tabs, groups and commands (or add your own). Setting the custom XML file can be done via interop (see IRibbonExtensibility and GetCustomUI). This may not be perfect, but perhaps better than nothing.

It is not possible to disable the Office 2007/2010 ribbon.

In the user interface, Ctrl F1 will accomplish the hiding.
If you were able to send keys to the embedded app, that'd accomplish that.
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("^{F1}");
More on SendKeys at MSDN.

How to add 'quick steps' style control to Outlook 2010 Ribbon?

As part of my Outlook Addin I would like to add a control to the Ribbon which has the same format as the 'Home\Quick Steps' and 'View\Arrangement' controls. Does anyone know if these can be created by Addins?

These are variation of the in-ribbon gallery, you are currently not able to build ones yourself, you can only do drop down galleries. I believe that it has been request by alot of devs.
Marcus

Menu Contols like the Office 2007 Ribbon

Is there a way to my WinApp written in C# using Visual Studio 2008 have menu controls which look like on these We can fund in Office 2007.
Menu http://lh6.ggpht.com/_l7ldTfcnI34/S0wk1-eGSYI/AAAAAAAAEYU/IrTyYDV2Muo/s800/menus.jpg

Yes, you can get a free license to incorporate the Office 2007 user interface into your program.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa973809.aspx

You can't get a free control from microsoft, but there are a bunch of people who will sell you a version. DivElements.co.uk are one example (no affiliation).
Microsoft only have a version for C++ and for WPF, not for winforms.

Well, out of the box from VS.NET, the toolbar controls aren't anywhere near what you want in Office apps.
You can write your own custom ones or simply get 3rd party components.
E.g.:
http://www.devcomponents.com/dotnetbar/
http://www.componentone.com/SuperProducts/MenusandToolbarsWinForms/
etc etc

You can use the Telerik RadRibbonBar For WinForms by registering at this link below
http://www.microsoft.com/express/registration/
this provides you with a free ribbon bar control which you can use with C# in your application and can even distribute the applications without any royalities to Telerik.
Otherwise like stated in other answers you would need to buy some commericial toolkit like DevExpress etc.

Here it comes to WPF http://fluent.codeplex.com/

How do I set the office 2007 style with Infragistics?

I have been looking to set the office 2007 form style using infragistics, but just cant find the code lines i need (which I suspect are very few!)
Does anyone have the code I need or a link to a tutorial? Looking on the infragistics site the samples seem few (or I just cant find them).

Finally worked it out:
Add a UltraToolbarsManager
Turn the Ribbon Subobject Visible Property to TRUE
Your app switches entire form style to Office 2007.