Is it possible to create a desktop shortcut for a MS Word Office-JS add-in?
Documentation does not have anything.
I'm afraid that this is not possible. An Office add-in can only open in the context of an open Office document.
No, it is not possible. Office web add-ins are just web applications loaded by the embedded web browsers (or standalone in case of Office on the web). They are not designed for running like a standalone application and depend on the OfficeJS library.
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We have a client that uses SCCM to deploy Excel to their users and according to them, they package other add-ins with Excel so that when it's installed they have access to these add-ins.
We have an Office Add-in (specifically Excel), not the VSTO or COM add-ins, a web Office Add-in.
I've done some research and I'm struggling to find a solid answer as to if it's possible to deploy the add-in with SCCM? So far my deduction is no, but I thought let me confirm with the professionals.
And then is there any other solution on how to deploy the add-in otherwise?
Please note the following restrictions on their end
Locked the Office store, users cannot install an add-in from the Office store
Don't have access to the Admin Center to deploy the add-in
What I have tried ?
I have tried using Power Shell to upload office add-in by referring following link,
Use the Centralized Deployment PowerShell cmdlets to manage add-ins
but I ended up receiving,
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> New-OrganizationAddIn -ManifestPath 'D:\Manifest\manifest.xml' -Locale 'en-US'
Extracting Add-In's manifest...
**The Add-In you are trying to upload supports Single Sign On and to upload the Add-In you need to use Office 365 Admin Center.
Press Enter to consent to the Add-In in Office 365 Admin Center.**
If there are any issues you can go to
https://portal.office.com/adminportal/home?assetid=lob&mktcmpid=powershell#/Settings/ServicesAndAddIns
And go to Settings > Services & Add-Ins
Also, the URL mentioned in above message, which is, https://portal.office.com/adminportal/home?assetid=lob&mktcmpid=powershell#/Settings/ServicesAndAddIns is old. We no longer upload add-in from this endpoint.
Additionally, I do have referred,
Deploy and publish Office Add-ins
As, since it is an Outlook add-in, it cancelled out uploading it via SharePoint app catalog.
Is there any other way that I can do it using command shell or rest APIs ?
Additionally, is there any restriction to upload add-in which supports Single sign on via PowerShell ?
The Office add-in I am working on will be supported only for the Office Online platform. There are configuration to set Host in which the add-in will work, that can be added in manifest.
Is there a similar setting/configuration available in manifest to explicitly mention that the add-in will support only Office Online platform and not Office for Windows, etc.
If you are planning to publish your Office Add-in to the Office Store (which I assume you are, since you added the office-store tag to your question), it must comply with all Office Store Validation Policies.
As stated in section 4.12.1 of that documentation:
Your add-in must work across all platforms that support the methods that you define in the Requirements element in your add-in manifest.
In other words, if your add-in uses requirement sets and methods that are supported cross-platform, then your add-in must work cross-platform.
There are three base conceptions behind Office Add-ins as of:
Security
Resiliency
Cross-platform
Your question fall into "Cross-platform" concept which by the way means the following: "Write once, run everywhere Office runs. Add-ins are currently supported on Windows, Office Online, Mac, and iPad."
Basically what you are asking is against of the main concept for Office Add-ins. This means (unfortunately) it cannot be done as long as Microsoft follow those concepts. There are no any manifest settings to limit online products version only. By the way we would like to have this too as our desktop version of COM add-in is feature reach and robust.
If you require this manifest option you may post your scenario at officespdev.uservoice.com
I recently implemented an Outlook plugin for my enterprise and now I want to deploy it to all of the users on the enterprise. Is there a way to deploy the add-in installer to all of the users on the Active Directory, maybe using Outlook Exchange?
I checked this page, and looks like the guys at commvault nailed that.
Any ideas?
You can't deploy add-ins via email with Exchange, if that's what you are hoping for. If your add-in is packaged in a Windows Installer setup file, then you can use traditional Windows Desktop Application deployment methods to distribute your add-in.
Is it possible to place an application using vsto if the office is not installed? It doesn't appear to be so, but I was wondering if anyone had a work-around.
VSTO wraps Office's Automation interfaces. Office is doing the work under the covers, so must be installed.
Just to compare with Web Office Extensions, did it also need Office installed on the server?