@Carnival-Boy said:
I hoped this would be an interesting thread on Google Apps, but it turns out to be another Spiceworks slag-fest 😞
For me, there's an open source feel about Google Apps, with all the third-party scripts available as well as a pretty powerful API that let's you write your own applications. I've spent some time on this trying to get our ERP application to update jobs on Google Maps Coordinate, with limited success. There's a good site here https://developers.google.com/oauthplayground/ where you can see what API features are available with all of Google's products. I find it all a bit of a mess and the documentation is pretty limited. There's an assumption that you have a high degree of competency already when developing Google apps, which I don't have as I'm not a web developer and have no prior experience of OAuth. I think I'm in far too deep trying to develop Google Maps Coordinate, but if you're a professional developer I imagine Google app development is a lot of fun.
Does O365 have similar?
Office 365 uses ADFS, which has an SDK available for it, if you want applications with true SSO. Otherwise, the clients are your typical Outlook, Lync, Excel, etc, so most of the addons would be targeted towards them. SharePoint Designer's available for SharePoint. Since Office 365 includes PowerShell, it can be used as a tie-in for third-party administrative solutions.