Azure & Office 365

App service Application is a new Service Application in 2013 required to download and use APPS from SharePoint App store. To do so we will follow below

1. New New DNS zone OR if you using same DNS namespace you can just create new wildcard(*) DNS entry as shown below:

Create new Zone

1. Under your DNS management console, first create a forward Lookup zone for the app domain name
   

2. Now Click on DNS on top > Right click select new Zone

 

1. Now Select Primary Zone and click Next

 

1. Add new Zone URL  here.

1. Select the default option

 

1. Review the details and hit Finish

 

1. Now create the Host entry for APP URL

8.

 

 

Now we will create Subscription Settings Service Application using Powershell (This option is not available in GUI).

1. Open Powershell as Admin.

1. Lets pull managed account into a variable $account:
   $acc = Get-SPManagedAccount domain\user

2. Now we will create application pool for Subscription Settings service application
   $appPool = New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name SettingsServiceApp -Account $acc

3. Create Subscription Settings service application using the variable to associate it with the application pool that was created above
   $appSubSvc = New-SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplication –ApplicationPool $appPool –Name SettingsServiceApp –DatabaseName SettingsServiceDB

4. Creates proxy for Subscription Settings service application
   $proxySubSvc = New-SPSubscriptionSettingsServiceApplicationProxy –ServiceApplication $appSubSvc

 

Now we will create App management Service Application using Powershell
1. Create Instance name to be used in future.
$appsInsName = “AppManagementServiceInstance”

1. Lets pull managed account into a variable $account:
   $acc = Get-SPManagedAccount domain\user

2. Now we will create application pool for App management service application
   $appPool = New-SPServiceApplicationPool -Name AppservicePool -Account $acc

3. Create App management service application using the variable to associate it with the application pool that was created above
   $appAppSvc = New-SPAppManagementServiceApplication -ApplicationPool $appPool -Name “App Management Service” -DatabaseName AppManagementDB1

4. Creates proxy for App management service application
   $proxySubSvc = New-SPAppManagementServiceApplicationProxy -ServiceApplication $appAppSvc -Name “App Management Service proxy”

Configure App Domain
Set-spappdomain -appdomain “apps.itfreesupport.com”
Set-spappSiteSubscriptionName -Name “prefix”

Or
Go to “Configure app URLs” on Apps menu and update details accordingly

In Manage App Catalog, you will be asked to create a Apps Site collection. Please create a new site collection.

 

 

Now you will be able to download and use APP from APP store.. Enjoy……………….

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