Outlook style Form layout

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.NET beginner here.

When I select one of the items in the Outlook Bar ( Mail, Contacts, Tasks etc) instantly I get the different components (Email, Contacts or Tasks grids) on the right and their respective menus, toolbars, status bar etc.

I am trying to figure how to do something like this. Are these multiple forms that are docked in the parent window? Are they multiple forms that all have a common layout that persists on each other? Multiple stacked panels (or Tabsheets without the tabs) that are hidden and shown depending on the selector?

How do I go about laying out an application in this style using Winforms?
 
Control groups hidden and displayed based on selected buttons is the easiest way. You could write your own component class and load it up.
 
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