When we create a new app in Visual Studio, we are given the option to select an hosting model:
What are the differences between the various models?
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It is totally dependent on how you will host your app, and what you want to do with your app. Microsoft has guidelines here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/apps/fp179887.aspx – Robert Lindgren Sep 20 '13 at 06:58
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@RobertLindgren - edited. Now it should be at least answerable. – SPArcheon Sep 25 '13 at 09:38
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@SPArchaeologist, sure but it is still a fairly broad question. Without any information about what the app i supposed to do, all we can do is make an abstract from my link above – Robert Lindgren Sep 25 '13 at 09:40
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1@RobertLindgren: actually - an abstract was just what I had in mind. Should at least give some quick info to cover the basics and then leave to the user further research. – SPArcheon Sep 25 '13 at 10:28
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I believe this blog post will address your question about the basic difference between SharePoint Hosted App and Provider Hosted App. – Mukesh Kumar Nov 15 '16 at 07:05
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So, a quick introduction of the different hosting options. It is really based on your requirements which one you should / need to choose.
Note that it is possible to mix the different patterns as well
All quotes and images from MSDN:
SharePoint-hosted App
Start with the simplest option: SharePoint-hosted apps, or apps where all components are hosted on either an on-premises or Office 365 SharePoint farm. SharePoint-hosted apps are installed on a SharePoint 2013 website, called the host web. They have their resources hosted on an isolated subsite of a host web, called the app web. It’s important to know the difference between host webs and app webs.
Provider-hosted App
Provider-hosted apps for SharePoint include components that are deployed and hosted outside the SharePoint farm. They are installed to the host web, but their remote components are hosted on another server.
Autohosted App (Now Deprecated!)
Autohosted apps for SharePoint are cloud-hosted apps whose remote components are provisioned and deployed for you on Windows Azure. As with a provider-hosted app, an autohosted app for SharePoint can interact with a SharePoint website but also uses resources and services that are located on a remote site that is hosted by Windows Azure. The SharePoint 2013 installation provisions and deploys these resources for you.
So, there you go! Now you should have enough info to determine which option to choose.
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1BTW, the MSDN article Robert referenced is the first hit in a Google search for "Differences between hosting options for SharePoint apps" – Rob Windsor Sep 25 '13 at 12:11
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1But your the reputation hoarder in you got the upper hand, heeeeeey ;) ? – Cameron Verhelst Mar 17 '14 at 12:02
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As a default I would choose SharePoint hosted. If you can't live with the restrictions on hosting the app on SharePoint, then go for either autohosted which will put it in the cloud for you and still have some restrictions or Provider hosted where you'll have to source you own server to host it on but have full control.
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