This document provides an overview of provider hosted apps in SharePoint 2013. It discusses what SharePoint apps are, the different types of apps, and the definition of host and app webs. It also covers how to create a high trust provider hosted app, including debugging, packaging, and deployment. The presentation includes a demo and questions from attendees.

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SharePoint 2013 “App Model”
Developing and Deploying Provider HostedApps
Sanjay Patel
Principal Consultant
Neudesic
Sanjay.Patel@neudesic.com

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Agenda
 What are they(SharePoint apps)?
 Types of SharePoint Apps
 Definition: Host Web and App Web
 Creating High trust SharePoint Provider Hosted App
 Debugging - Provider Hosted App
 Packaging and Deployment of Provider Hosted App
 Demo
 Questions
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SharePoint Apps The “new coolness” of adding functionality to your SharePoint site
 It is a new and preferred way of doing development going forward
 Apps are essentially web applications which run “Outside” of
SharePoint Host Web
 It is a web application that is registered with SharePoint using an
app manifest.
 You can use any language, such as HTML, JavaScript, PHP, or
.NET
 Common IDEs are Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, and a new web-
based tool, "Napa" Office 365 Development Tools
 You can connect your app with just about any internal or public web
services, take advantage of the new OAuth 2.0 support in
SharePoint, and use the Representational State Transfer (REST)
and client APIs (JavaScript and .NET) to integrate and connect your
app with SharePoint.
 Use Client Side Object Model (CSOM) to talk to SharePoint
 JavaScript (asynchronous)
 .NET (synchronous or asynchronous)
 A lot more hassle then the old method, but it is the “new coolness”
 Why Apps?

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Summary: Cloud Hosted vs.
SharePoint Hosted
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Cloud Hosted Apps SharePoint Hosted Apps
It is a preferred hosting model for almost all types
of apps
It is good only for smaller apps & resource
storage
It provides full power of web – choose your
infrastructure & technology
It is SharePoint-based; no server-side
code
This may require your own hosting It is automatically hosted in SharePoint

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Definition: Host Web and
App/Remote Web
 “Host” web – The website where the app is installed, The website from where the app is
launched
 https://neudesic.sharepoint.com/clients/microsoft
 “App” web – The “special” website where the app is deployed to
 In the same site collection as “host” web
 https://app.prefix-app.id.neudesic.sharepoint.com/clients/microsoft
 AKA
 http://app-bdf2016ea7dacb. neudesic.sharepoint.com/clients/microsoft

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Creating a High Trust Provider
Hosted App
 Create a Site Collection using “Developer Site” template
 Create test certificate
 Generate an Issuer ID - A high-trust app uses a certificate instead of a context token to
establish trust
 Configure SharePoint 2013 for server -to-server app use and configure trust for your app
(Add the certificate to SharePoint’s list of trusted root certificate authorities)
 Create a trusted security token service. Which fetches metadata from your app (for
example, the certificate) and establishes trust with it, so that SharePoint 2013 can accept
tokens that are issued by your app
 Create a SharePoint Project using “App for SharePoint 2013” project template
 Configure App Permissions (e.g. Site Collection, BCS etc.)
 Add functionality into the App as per your requirement
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Debugging - Provider Hosted
App
 Point project to the to the “Developer Site” site instance in project properties
 Hit F5
 The application gets deployed to “Developer Site”– it becomes “Host” web
 The App gets deployed to “Remote” web
 When you are debugging the Remote Web will be deployed on IISExpress
 Communication between SharePoint and the Remote web on IISExpress will happen
using server-to-server protocol
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Packaging and Deployment of
Provider Hosted App
 Register your High-Trust app by obtaining an AppId and Secret
(http://yoursite/_layouts/15/appregnew.aspx)
 Publish App – (Use AppId as ClientId)
 Generated Artifacts
 <SharePointApp>.app(.zip file)
 AppIcon.png
 AppManifest.xml
 Elements and Feature file(s)
 <SharePointApp>.Web.deploy.cmd
 <SharePointApp>.Web.deploy-readme.txt
 <SharePointApp>.Web.SetParameters.xml
 <SharePointApp>.Web.zip
 Deploy Remote Web using Microsoft Web Deploy(msdeploy)
 Publish.app in App Catalog
 Install the App
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Demo
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Questions?

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References
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/office/apps/fp179930(v=office.15)
http://extreme-sharepoint.com/2013/03/22/remote-event-receivers-sharepoint-2013/
http://microsoftsharepointandbeyond.blogspot.com/2012/08/sharepoint-2013-remote-event-receivers.html
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/SharePoint-2013-Use-event-8b5a551f
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp179887.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/office/apps/fp179897
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp179925.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn275975.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fp179901.aspx

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