Is the on-premise Sharepoint API the same as hosted Sharepoint?

Question

Hi folks, are the APIs for hosted SharePoint and Sharepoint Server (what I understand to be the name for on-prem Sharepoint) the same? There must be differences in versioning/compatibility. I searched the docs but couldn't find any place where that's tracked.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Ala,

There are definitely differences as SharePoint REST API is used for on-prem (SharePoint Server) and now Microsoft has migrated the cloud to Graph API.

Use the Microsoft Graph API

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/use-the-api

Working with SharePoint sites in Microsoft Graph

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/sharepoint?view=graph-rest-1.0

If you are looking to migrate to the cloud I recommend you get used to Graph API as this is the way for people to interact with M365 services going forward.

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