Thorsten Hans (@ThorstenHans) and Christian Glessner (@cglessner) showed us how to develop SharePoint Apps (SharePoint hosted, Provider hosted). Live coding Thorsten recommended to use the REST calls instead the JS client object model – they are faster and “more” future-proof. Their experience was that autohosted is a little odd, the price conditions are not very clear. So there is provider hosted (Azure) or SharePoint hosted remaining. Key takeaway I really like their sessions – zero slides sessions – good content.
SharePoint 2013
Controversial discussion about the new App Model and very nice experience sharing. Here are my key questions and thoughts about the session by Christian Groß. Deployment? What are the limits and advantages Security – when you trust you can choose what rights the app has. Technology independent (Coose what every technology you want, e.g. .NET version) Life cycle – when you update you app you have to update the app on each subscriber web.
Session by Dan Holme (@danholme)
This is one of my most anticipated sessions at this years TechEd. Part of my job is it to consult my clients why, when and how they can migrate to SharePoint 2013, so this is a perfect session for me. Here are my notes from Dan’s Session – with many quotes because they rock and have totally influenced my decisions in the past!