Lifewire.com describes the word “app” as an abbreviation for “application.” It’s a piece of software that can run through a web browser or offline on your computer, and on a smartphone phone, tablet or other electronic devices, including smart TVs and smartwatches. Apps may or may not have a connection to the internet.
App is a modern term for software application, and it is most often used in reference to a mobile app or a small piece of software that runs on a website. It’s typically used to describe anything that isn’t a full-fledged software program, but even that line has become blurred.
Therefore, the Apps category is blurred too, but is full of handy tips, tricks and advise. Check out some of the Step by Step blogs or learn with our eBooks, How To videos and Webinars.
One of the most talked about topics in the SharePoint community is adoption. It’s pretty safe to say that SharePoint owners strive for a high level of adoption but few have the luxury of experiencing it.
Please log-in to view this video. Sign up for FREE ACCESS HERE Alexander Meijers presents How to Configure High Trust for Provider-hosted Apps using SSL in On Premise Environments. In this video with Alexander you will learn: 1. Learn what needs to be configured to get the provider-hosted app up and running in SharePoint. 2. Creating self-signed certificates… READ MORE
There’s been a lot of confusion about web parts and apps and where they belong these days. This 3 part series focuses on main differences. This part is geared towards business users, the IT pro and Dev editions are coming.
Last time we looked at general differences between apps and web parts.
Now let’s see at some of the key differences for developers.
This is pretty basic task which some apps may need to perform: reading content of a file on a host web.
Let me be clear first that we’re talking here about reading the actual contents of a file and not just pointing to it.
In this post we looked at how you can provision SharePoint 2013 master page and set it as a site master using an app.
Creating Search Based Applications in SharePoint is an easy and effective way to drive contextually valuable information to users without the limitations of having the documents in a specific library. Search can surface content from not just SharePoint but even from File Shares or other document management systems. All you need is the content crawled and you can create a document display mechanism based on search.
Use K2 to deliver powerful business applications that span people, processes, enterprise systems, customers and cloud.
Use SharePoint to surface applications, foster collaboration and manage documents. Bring them together.
Planning on Moving to SharePoint 2013? This Free eBook focuses on the three things you need to do to get ready before making the move to SharePoint 2013. Apps Servers Systems About the Author: Chris McNulty oversees SharePoint Solutions at Quest Software, now part of Dell. He’s a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), Microsoft Certified… READ MORE
If you’re a fan of the Lord of the Rings movies, then you’re familiar with the quote, “one ring to rule them all.” But how does this phrase apply to SharePoint and social?
