5 Cool SharePoint Apps in the Microsoft App Store

1: Daily Information For SharePoint 2013 – Metal Cloud LTD
From on-call lists to cafeteria menus, and beyond. Here’s a way to get people to actually look at a SharePoint site daily. This daily update app could  go on a SharePoint site for a school, or a network of fire stations, or a department in a hospital--or?

2: SharePoint Sticky Notes – Yaroslav Pentsarskyy

You either find sticky notes useful or you abhor them. Thus, the end users who love sticky notes will love this sticky note app. How well do you know your end users?

 

3: Social Hub – Dell
If your users are social media wonks, they’ll like this social app. The question is, Will they be able to handle the power of viewing social media feeds from within a single SharePoint site that’s updated in real time? You decide.


4: Password Generator – 3 Pro
How many people in an organization change their passwords on a given day? Set up this password generator app on a SharePoint site and see if it reduces the number of Help desk calls from users like me, who dislike coming up with new passwords.



5: VisualSP Help System (Trial) for Office 365
Ingenious. A user who stumbles in SharePoint can get a video or screenshot or other Help item--while in SharePoint. This in-context Help app might even transform your user from a SharePoint avoider to a SharePoint evangelist.