Month: March 2014

Article 29 from 30 : SPC14 summary on App Development

This post is article 29 from the 30 Articles App series for SharePoint

Future of Auto-hosted apps :

A few blogs from SPC14  say about AutoHosted Apps are being deprecated, This could be a rumor as Microsoft has not yet confirmed anything officially on this. If they are not being deprecated in near future, for how long they will be supported or when they may go from preview to fully supported is still not clear. As they are still in Preview, they should be avoided for Production design and recommended for only prototyping .

Some new Infographics for Apps:

These infographics can be downloaded from here . They give good and quick understanding on Why to build SharePoint apps?, App Concepts, App – hosting options, Data storage/access options etc.

New Office Web Widgets:

These experimental UI widgets were announced at SPC14 and are intended to help building apps for Office and SharePoint. The first release includes People Picker and the List View widgets. As per the Office dev team, these widgets are “experimental” and its primary goal is to collect feedback. They plan to release these controls for production use soon. Download it from NuGet Manager (search for Office Widgets) . Try it and send your feedback on UserVoice using the Office Web Widgets category.

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New Office 365 SDK for Android Preview:

Finally Microsoft is thinking openly ;). this sdk is built by  MS Open Tech and provides access to:

• Microsoft SharePoint Lists

• Microsoft SharePoint Files

• Microsoft Exchange Calendar

• Microsoft Exchange Contacts

• Microsoft Exchange Mail

The SDK is composed of three independent packages, so that you can import only the SDK that you need in your project.

  • office365-files-sdk [depends on office365-base-sdk]
  • office365-lists-sdk [depends on office365-base-sdk]
  • office365-mail-calendar-contact-sdk

For more info on this refer to http://msopentech.com/blog/2014/03/03/new-open-source-sdk-for-android-brings-office-365-apps-to-life/

 

External links to SPC14 Summary articles from SharePoint Community folks:

 

ProConnect app wins first place for Most Business Value at spc14 app awards sharepoint

Link to official Press Release at PRweb

ProSigma took home two prizes at app awards SharePoint Conference 2014 at Las Vegas with our app ProConnect  winning 1st place in Most Business Value SharePoint category and awarded 2nd place in Most Interesting SharePoint Scenario category. The awards honour innovative and high-quality productivity apps dedicated to enhancing Microsoft Office 365 or SharePoint.

“We are thrilled to receive these awards and delighted to be recognized as a leader in this space. We are boosting innovation and adoption of cloud-based solutions. We are committed to bring out increasing business value and the best experience through ProConnect . ” said Analben Mehta, Founder and CEO  at ProSigma.

ProConnect  won first place for “Most Business Value”

The Most Business Value SharePoint category was selected by a panel of Microsoft judges, who based their decision on two criteria: 75 percent on Productivity and 25 percent on Relevance to Platform.

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Proconnect also won 2nd place for “Most Interesting Scenario”

The Most Interesting SharePoint Scenario category was selected by a panel of Microsoft judges, who based their decision on two criteria: 75 percent on the app’s relevance to the platform and 25 percent on app performance.

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ProConnect is a secured location based business networking application that helps you keep in touch with your colleagues anywhere! It is an interactive Microsoft SharePoint 2013 app that allows users to create and share location based contents within organizations. It also offers creating and maintaining places of user’s choice. This app also brings near-by location information and updates.

ProConnect also comes with supporting free smartphone mobile application for users to stay connected while on the move.

See the links below for more details:

Office store link for ProConnect

Windows phone store link for Mobile Client

Please visit http://prosigmaltd.com/ProConnect to know more about ProConnect.

Follow @Proconn3ct to get latest updates about ProConnect

Cheers,

ProConnect Team