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06 | Deploying Apps

Chris Johnson | SharePoint Guru

Christopher Harrison | Microsoft Certified Trainer
Module Overview

App Management Architecture

Understanding App Packages
Publishing Apps
• Installing, Updating, and Uninstalling Apps
Lesson 1: App Management Architecture

Service Applications for App Management

• Publishing Locations
Service Applications for App Management

• The App Management Service

– Create by using Central Administration or PowerShell
• The Site Subscription Settings Service
– Create by using PowerShell
$ApplicationPool = New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name "Site
Subscription Settings Pool" -Account CONTOSO\Administrator
$SiteSubService = New-
SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplication
-Name "Subscription Settings Service"
-Databasename "SubscriptionSettingsServiceDatabase"
-applicationpool $applicationPool
$AppProxy = New-
SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplicationProxy
-ServiceApplication $SiteSubService
Publishing Locations

• App Packages are published in:

– The Office Store
• For global access
– An App Catalog
• For access from the same web application
Lesson 2: Understanding App Packages

App Package Format

Packages for Remote Hosted Apps
• Demonstration: Exploring an App Package
App Package Format

• AppManifest.xml
– Required for all apps
• AppIcon.png
– Recommended for all apps
• App Web Solution
– Required for SharePoint hosted apps
– Optional for remote hosted apps
• Host Web Features
– Optional for all apps
Packages for Remote Hosted Apps
SharePoint Autohosted App Provider Hosted
Hosted App Package App Package
Package
• App Manifest
• App Manifest
• App Manifest • App Icon
• App Icon
• App Icon • Web Deploy
• Solution Package
Package: • Remote
• Web Pages Web
• Scripts • Data Tier
• SharePoint Application
Items Package
• Database
Lesson 3: Publishing Apps

The Publishing Wizard

Publishing to the Office Store
• Publishing to an App Catalog
The Publishing Wizard
Publishing to the Office Store
• The Office Store is a global catalog of apps for SharePoint, Office, and Azure
• A Dashboard Seller Account is required
• Upload you apps and provide:
– A title
– A version number
– A description
– A category
– A logo
– Screenshots

• Microsoft tests and approves the quality of all apps

Publishing to an App Catalog

• You can use an App Catalog to publish an app to the users of a

single tenancy or web application
• Use Central Administration to create a new App Catalog site
• Upload app package files to the app catalog and complete the
metadata to publish apps
DEMO
Publishing an App
Lesson 4: Installing, Updating, and Uninstalling Apps

App Installation
Updating an App
• Uninstalling Apps
App Installation

• Installation procedures
• Installation permissions
• Agreement to Permission Requests
• Installation with PowerShell
$web = "http://intranet.contoso.com/"
$apppackage = "C:\Apps\MyApp.app"
$appsource =
([microsoft.sharepoint.administration.spappsource]
::CorporateCatalog)
$spapp = Import-SPAppPackage –Path $apppackge –Site $web
–Source $appsource –Confirm: $false
Install-SPApp –Web $web –Identity $spapp –Confirm: $false
Updating an App

• Upgrades are based on the version number in the app manifest

– Upgrades are voluntary
• Upgrades are simplified because SharePoint hosted apps and
autohosted apps are self-contained
• For provider hosted apps ensure that the remote web supports
both old and new versions
Uninstalling Apps

• When you remove an app the app web is deleted

• Shortcuts and the app identifier are deleted so permission no
longer apply
• Remote webs are not deleted

$web = "http://intranet.contoso.com/"
$appname = "Contoso Ledgers App"
$appInstance = Get-SPAppInstance –Web $web |
Where-Object {$_.Title –eq $appname}
Uninstall-SPAppInstance –Identity $appInstance –Con
$false
DEMO
Upgrading an App
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