This webinar gives a first-hand look into AvePoint’s journey to build an app for the SharePoint 2013 Marketplace. It discusses the details of the technical decisions made throughout the entire process – from idea inception to delivery into the Microsoft Office store. The webinar also gives demonstrations on how to get started, and tells what resources you’ll need to use on your journey to build your own app.

1. The App Building Playbook for
SharePoint 2013 Marketplace
Jeremy Thake
Chief Architect, AvePoint Inc.

2. Jeremy Thake

3. Agenda
• The marketplace
• The new app model
• Submission process
• AvePoint Task & Calendar Sync
• AvePoint Meetings

4. The marketplace

5. Concerns
• Submission process approves SharePoint manifest
– No control over external changes
– Once App granted permissions
• App can do what it likes in that scope
• Trust element of vendor
– Will hurt small unknown companies
– Different to phone market – corporate data

6. The app model

7. SP App Design - A Choice of Three Approaches
App Web
(from .app)
Parent
Web
SharePoint-hosted App
Provision an isolated sub web
on a parent web
• Reuse web elements
(lists, files, out-of-box web
parts)
• No server code allowed;
use client JavaScript for
logic, UX
Azure Auto-
Provisioned App
Windows Azure + SQL Azure
provisioned invisibly as apps
are installed
Azure
(from
WebDeploy,
DacPac)
SharePoint
Web
Get remote
events from
SharePoint
Use CSOM/REST
+
OAuth to work
with SP
Cloud-based
Apps
Provider-Hosted App
“Bring your own server hosting
infrastructure”
Developers will need to isolate
tenants
SharePoint
Web
Your Hosted
Site

8. Architecture of Apps
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without the prior written consent of AvePoint, Inc.
SharePoint
SharePoint Azure Web & Worker Roles
Web application
IIS Web Server
Site Collection
Root Site
App 1
SP Hosted
App 2
Azure
Hosted
App 3
Provider
Hosted
App 2
Web
App 2
SQL
App 3
Web
Sub Site
App 3
Provider
Hosted

9. Versioning
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written consent of AvePoint, Inc.
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without the prior written consent of AvePoint, Inc.
© 2011 AvePoint, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means,
without the prior written consent of AvePoint, Inc.
SharePoint
SharePoint Azure Web & Worker Roles
Web application
IIS Web Server
Site Collection
Root Site
App 1
V1.0
App 2
V1.0
App 3
V1.0
App 2
Web
V1.0
App 2
SQL
V1.0
App 3
Web
V1.0
Sub Site
App 3
V1.0
App 2
Web
V1.1
App 2
SQL
V1.1
App 2
Web
V2.0
App 2
SQL
V2.0
App 3
V1.1
App 3
Web
V1.1
App 2
V2.0

10. SP App upgrade process
Parent
Site
Child
Site A
Child
Site B
Child
Site C
Meetings
App
V1.0.0.0
Parent
Site
Child
Site A
Child
Site B
Child
Site C
Meetings
App
V1.0.0.0
Meetings
App
V1.0.0.0
Meetings
App
V2.0.0.0
Meetings
App
V2.0.0.0

11. App Trust

12. OAuth Token Example
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SharePoint
SharePoint Azure Web & Worker Roles
Web application
IIS Web Server
Site Collection
Root Site
App 1 App 2 App 3
App 2
Web
App 2
SQL
App 3
Web
Site Collection
Root Site
App 3

13. App Scopes
• SPSite—site collection
• SPWeb—website
• SPList—list
• Tenancy—the tenancy scope is at
http://<sharepointserver>/<content>/<tenant>/
• performing search queries, accessing taxonomy
data, user profiles, etc.

14. App Rights
• Rights:
– Read-Only
– Write
– Manage
– Full Control (not supported in Store!)
• Not customizable!
• If an app is granted permission to a scope
– the permission applies to all children of the
scope

15. Setting App Rights
• App rights are set when:
– An app is installed by an SPWeb administrator
– An app is explicitly granted permission by a tenant administrator or
SPWeb administrator
– An end user gives consent
– An app is removed
• Once provisioned, the rights for an app cannot
change – they can only be revoked in whole
– This ensures the app will not have to account for missing rights, i.e.
become broken after installation

16. Store Submission Process

17. Seller Dashboard
• Different from Windows 8, Windows Phone, …
• Pre-prepare submission…or just fill in and save as draft
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj220033.aspx
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18. Validation policies
• Apps provide value to the Office store customer
• Can display ads
• In-app purchases
• Behave predictably
• Put the customer in control
• Appropriate for global audience
• Apps are easily identified and understood
• Updates must not decrease your apps functionality
• Refunds
• Utilize supported capabilities
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj220035.aspx
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19. Validation Checklist
• Auto-hosted not supported in store
• No “Full Control” supported
• Locales not supported in SharePoint 2013
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj938162.aspx
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20. Checks – app & submission
• Check your Client ID, Product ID and Version Numbers
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21. Checks – browsers!
• 8 / 9 /10
• Latest
• Latest
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22. Checks – graphic elements
• Icons: 96px x 96px
• Screen shots: 512px x 384px
– no videos like most stores
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23. Checks – Test Steps
• Create a Test Document to walk the tester through how
to use the app
• Upload to SkyDrive
• Link to that in store submission
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24. Checks - Releases
• Keep all your app packages, icons, screenshots in source
control
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25. AvePoint Task & Calendar Sync

26. Syncing SharePoint Calendars with Exchange
Syncing SharePoint Tasks with Exchange

27. App Configuration
Exchange support
SharePoint 2007 and 2010 support

28. Architecture
Azure Worker role
Azure Web role
Azure SQL role
SharePoint 2013
App Package

29. AvePoint Meetings

30. Hard to track meetings
OneNote tracking
Meetings workspace deprecated

31. Planning meetings
In-meeting
Track progress

32. Unlimited Users
Support to have unlimited users accessing the app in real-time
Unlimited App instances
Add the AvePoint Meetings App to any SharePoint Site
Unlimited Meetings
Have as many meetings within your App as you like
One-off & Re-occurring meetings
Support forboth one-offmeetings and re-occurring meetings
Meeting timeline to see past tracked meetings
Track structured information
Support to track notes, actions and decisions

33. Architecture
Azure Web role
Azure SQL role
SharePoint 2013
App Package
Data Here

34. Provider Hosted
Our ownWindows Azure Web service tenant
To protect IP and also developers prefer over JavaScript
Meetings Data
Meetings data is stored in the Parent Site in SharePoint Lists
Online and On-premises
Want one app to work both online and on-premises
Licensing
Freemium/ Premium model
SignalR
Used SignalR for auto update on users browsers

36. Attachments
Add attachmentsto agenda items
Rich Text Editor
Have a richer experience when adding notes to agenda items
Search
Search across Meetings to find notes, decisions and actions
Reporting
Roll-call in meetings to track attendance
Printing
Print out the meeting minute notes

38. Q&A
Jeremy Thake
www.NothingButSharePoint.com
www.jeremythake.com
www.AvePoint.com
jeremy.thake@avepoint.com
@jthake
www.linkedin.com/in/jeremythake

39. References

40. Community
• Getting a SharePoint 2013 app submitted – Aidan
Garnish
http://www.aidangarnish.net/post/Getting-a-SharePoint-
2013-App-Submitted-to-the-Office-Store.aspx
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41. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-
us/preview/sharepoint.aspx
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42. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
us/library/jj162979(v=office.15).aspx
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43. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-
us/sharepoint/fp142366.aspx
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44. http://delicious.com/jthake/%23sharepoint2013
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45. https://www.nothingbutsharepoint.com
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46. https://www.yammer.com/spyam
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