1. APPS FOR SHAREPOINT
MAPPING SHAREPOINT CONCEPTS TO APPS
GET FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW APPS TERMINOLOGY
SHAREPOINT SOLUTION
APP FOR SHAREPOINT
App Part
Web Part
Display
information on
SharePoint
pages
▪ Runs on SharePoint
▪ Runs with user permission or with full
permissions (elevated privilege)
▪ Runs on external server or browser
▪ Runs as app identity with specifically granted
permissions
▪ Runs in a different domain providing complete
client-side isolation
▪ Executed outside of SharePoint; no performance
impact
▪ Published internally and/or to the Office Store
Remote Event Receivers
Event and Feature Receivers
Notifications
▪ Requires server-side code
▪ Cannot notify external systems of events
▪ Uses client-side code
▪ Can be used in solutions and apps
▪ Can be used to notify your apps when external
data changes
App Event Receivers
▪ Execute code when apps are installed,
uninstalled, and upgraded
API Set
API Set
▪ Server-side object model
▪ Client-side object model
▪ OData
Data Access
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Client-side object model
REST APIs
OData
Cross-domain library
App Catalog
Solution Packaging and Deployment
Packaging
and deployment
▪ WSPs and Feature packages
▪ Difficult to deploy across a farm
▪ Make the app available within an organization
Office Store
▪ Make it available publicly and/or sell it
External Content Types
App-scoped External Content Types
▪ Installed at farm-level only
▪ Admin or a SharePoint Designer user must
create/install
Use external data
▪ Applies only to the created app
▪ Administration not required
▪ Access to OData sources
Application Pages
Web Hosted Pages
▪ Hosted by SharePoint
▪ Shared across all sites on the server
▪ Ideal for custom code
Add custom and
master pages
Site Pages
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▪ Hosted by SharePoint
▪ Custom code will break after customization
▪ Page controls must be listed in safe controls list
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Hosted externally
Available anywhere the app is installed
Allows greater customization
Built-in Web Parts can be used on site pages