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Real World App Development for Office365 & SharePoint 2013

Brian Culver

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About Brian Culver, MCM

• SharePoint Solutions Architect for Expert Point Solutions• Microsoft Certified Solution Master – Charter SharePoint• Based in Houston, TX• Author• Speaker and Blogger

• What is Real World?• What are Apps/Add-ins for SharePoint?• SharePoint Solution Evolution• What can you do with Apps/Add-ins• App/Add-in Hosting

• SharePoint-Hosted Add-ins• Provider-Hosted Add-ins

• Deployment Options

Session Agenda

• Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 x64 or Windows Server 2012• Visual Studio 2015/2013

• Update 5• 24 GB RAM or more• To be sure that you have the latest version of the tools use run the installer for Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2013, or installer for Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2015. • Office 365 Developer Site

• MSDN Subscription / Office 365 Trial / Office 365 Dev Subscription

• https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/fp179924.aspx

What is real world?

• Things are changing fast … really fast• MS is releasing new features for Azure and Office 365 at least once a week. Often twice a week.• Google Search results - last year or less• Auto-hosted Apps gone … a long time ago

• Office 365 Patterns and Practices• http://aka.ms/OfficeDevPnP

• Microsoft Virtual Academy• http://dev.office.com/training

What is real world?

• SharePoint Add-ins are self-contained extensions of SharePoint websites that you create, and that run without custom code on the SharePoint server.• As of August 19, 2015: The name "apps for SharePoint" is changing to "SharePoint Add-ins".

What are Apps/Add-ins for SharePoint?

SharePoint Solution Evolution

Full Trust SolutionsNo limits

• Support is complex and difficult

• Upgrade is challenging• Securing code to run in

hosted environments is effectively impossible

Custom Code

SP Code

More custom code: aspx, dlls, web services, GAC

SandboxPartial control

App ModelControl, Trust, Manage

• Way too strict for developers

• Hard to maintain and Managed

• Not consistent between On-prem and Office 365

• Not Scalable

SP Code

Sandboxed Custom Code

App code (client or server)

SP Code

Isolated App client-side

code

• Host/language independent

• Management and update easily doable per app

• Encourages reusability• No server-side sandbox,

improved CSOM

Solution Evolution Demo

• Full Trust and Sandbox Solutions• Developers have the full control with no any security

measurement. • The Sandbox solution is deprecated in SharePoint 2013• Neither is cloud friendly. But sandbox solutions can be deploy

to the cloud (with some more limitations). • Lots of potential for outages and failures. Not a sustainable

model.

Demo Recap

• SharePoint Add-ins• Cloud friendly and On-premise friendly• Integrate cloud-based resources in smoother and more

flexible ways.• Easier to upgrade.• Leverage existing non-SharePoint programming skills.• Enable your extension to have permissions that are distinct

from the permissions of the user who is running the add-in.• Enable you to use cross-platform standards, including HTML,

REST, OData, JavaScript, and OAuth.

Demo Recap

So what can you do?

_api

REST/ OData

Search BCS

SharePoint Client APIs

Office 365 REST API’s

.app file extension—a package typically includes the following files:

AppManifest.xml

AppIcon.png

Solution file

Data tier application package

Auto hosted apps

Office Store

App catalogs

App Hosting Options

App Hosting Options

App Hosting Options

SharePoint Hosted Add-ins

SharePoint Hosted Add-ins

https://Apps-12345678ABCDEF.eps.com/App1Name/Pages/Default.aspx

https:// /appname/etcAppPrefix-UniqueID.appdomain

Provider-Hosted Add-ins

• High Trust (S2S)

Provider-Hosted Add-ins

• Low Trust (ACS)

Provider-Hosted Add-ins

Add-in Deployment

Add-in Deployment

Add-in Demo

• SharePoint App/Add-in Model is cloud friendly and great for on premise• Understand the differences between SharePoint-hosted Add-ins and Provider-hosted Add-ins• Leverage Office 365 Developer Patterns & Practices• Read a lot

In Summary

Questions

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• Patterns and Practices• http://aka.ms/OfficeDevPnP

• Microsoft Virtual Academy• http://dev.office.com/training

• Code Samples• http://dev.office.com/code-samples

• Office 365 Summit Developer Tracks• http://summit.office.com

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Brian Culver, MCMTwitter: @spbrianculver

E-mail:brian.culver@expertpointsolutions.com

Blog:http://blog.expertpointsolutions.com/

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