Apps for SharePoint are self-contained pieces of functionality that extend the capabilities of a SharePoint website. Apps integrate the best of the web and SharePoint; they are targeted, lightweight, and easy-to-use, and do a great job at solving a user need.
Users discover and download apps from the SharePoint Store or from their organization's private App Catalog and install them on their SharePoint sites.
In this post I will list out some of the Pros and Cons of Apps in SharePoint 2013.
PROS
CONS
Users discover and download apps from the SharePoint Store or from their organization's private App Catalog and install them on their SharePoint sites.
In this post I will list out some of the Pros and Cons of Apps in SharePoint 2013.
PROS
- Protects data since they run as isolated
- Avoids security breaches
- Controlled Security access per App
- Deployed to own App Web
- Different Hosted options.
- Easier to upgrade.
- Advantage is that the Code is out of sharepoint
- Reduction of server outages and downtown
- Admins can Monitor apps
- Multiple development platforms supported for creating Apps
- Apps will work with Cross device
CONS
- Need to Create a Subsite to install App
- You need new Dns entry for each App (if required)
- Corporate catalog is paid or needs to be purchased
- Apps cannot talk to each other
