Office 365 – Customizations too risky? Go for more development!

On the techcommunity site a question was asked about how to reduce the risk of updates breaking your Office 365 SharePoint solutions

In the past too many times SharePoint has been broken by updates deployed by Microsoft. In recent months the new interface broken the global navigation leaving users with unable SharePoint solutions.

So what should SharePoint developers do in Office 365 to avoid systems breaking?

Try to implement SharePoint without any branding. Just use the theme options available.

Then when you get to the point of developing the solutions within SharePoint develop apps/Add-in/customizations instead of pages with web parts.

Add-ins are separate from SharePoint and use CSOM to talk to SharePoint and therefore SharePoint upgrades will not cause any issues.

If you would like any help developing your apps/add-ins for SharePoint contact me.

Pieter Veenstra

Is your business still running on paper trails, sprawling Excel files, or ageing Access databases? There's a better way — and I can show you exactly what it looks like. I'm the Technical Director of Vantage 365, a Microsoft solutions consultancy working with clients across the UK, the Netherlands, and worldwide. For over 30 years I've been turning messy, manual business processes into clean, automated systems that save time, reduce errors, and give teams the visibility they need to make better decisions. You can contact me using contact@sharepains.com