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Why you should not add a modern SharePoint app

Why you should not add a modern SharePoint app

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Why you should not add a modern SharePoint app

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You might wonder, well, if the template that I want isn't available as a Microsoft list, what are my other options? And if you look, you'll see that one of the choices is to add an app, an app from the Microsoft Store, or that your organization is provided. And there are lots of great apps that are available. And I want to tell you right now why we're going to spend no more time doing this. All of these SharePoint apps are going to be removed in the summer of 2026, and anything that you put in your site that people begin to rely on, if it goes away, they're not going to be very happy with you. So if you add an app, even if you put text at the top of the page that says, this app will be removed from this site in April, May, whatever of 2026, your users will be asking, then why did you put it in here to begin with? And if you don't tell them, they'll be disappointed later when it goes away. So even though it's an option currently, when you are in your site, to add an app when you click…

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