Microsoft updating their products, documentation, samples, and other resources to reflect the platform name change from “apps for Office and SharePoint” to “Office and SharePoint Add-ins”. They made this change to better distinguish the extension platform from Office apps (applications). For your reference, the following table lists the names that are changing and the new names.
| Original name | New name | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| apps for Office | Office Add-ins | Office |
| mail app for Outlook | Outlook Add-in | Office |
| app for Excel | Excel Add-in | Office |
| app for PowerPoint | PowerPoint Add-in | Office |
| app for Word | Word Add-in | Office |
| Office App Model | Office Add-in Model | Office |
| apps for SharePoint | SharePoint Add-ins | SharePoint |
| SharePoint App Model | SharePoint Add-in Model | SharePoint |
| app part | add-in part | SharePoint |
| app web | add-in web | SharePoint |
