Remote provisioning SharePoint with an App

Eric SchreiberBas Schellevis

About us

About us

Bas Schellevis

Eric Schreiber

About provisioningThe old, classic way

WebTemplate provisioning process• Onet.xml

• Not very user-friendly

• Hard to maintain

• Debugging sucks

• A lot of prerequisites

About provisioningWith SharePoint Apps

Apps, how do they work

SharePoint Farm

Provider Hosted Apps

Own app specific configurationArtefacts

<xml>

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CSOM / REST

Provisioning with AppsCustom User Interface

Complete deployment of Sites

Easy to debug

One point of maintenance

Versioning of sub-webs

DEMO

Key Takeaways

Key TakeawaysUser friendly

Versioning

Administration friendly

Maintainable

✗Deploying appparts not possible

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