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 |