Explore the possibilities

With Office and SharePoint 2013, you can now build a new class of apps that extend and personalize the way we create and consume information.

Build apps with your existing skills, using familiar languages and your favorite web development tools. Use any hosting services to run and deploy your app.

The possibilities are limitless.

Apps can change the way we work every day, by combining cloud services and web technologies within the UI of Office and SharePoint.

Imagine inserting an app in Excel to visualize your data in a Bing Map, right from your spreadsheet.

SharePoint can already do so many great things: create websites, manage projects with team members, and much more. Wouldn’t it be great to help users to set up what they need from SharePoint in just one click?

And those are just a few examples of what apps can do. Got any ideas? Thought so.

Create apps for Office and SharePoint using the same tools and skills. The new development model is consistent between the two.

Develop apps as web applications. You can use HTML and JavaScript for client-side code, and your choice of language for server-side code, such as VB.NET, C#, or PHP. Use your favorite tools and hosting environment to develop, test, and deploy your app.

Apps can interact with Office thanks to a new JavaScript API, consistent across multiple Office applications. Take advantage of OAuth support in SharePoint, along with a new set of REST APIs, to connect and interact with SharePoint while hosting your app in the cloud.

Finally, publish and sell your apps through the Office and SharePoint Store or distribute IT-approved apps through an internal App Catalog.