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Andrew Goldberg
Andrew Goldberg

Reputation: 185

Outlook Add-In in Store validation process: Do changes in code trigger re-validation?

I've submitted an Outlook add-in to the Office Store and it's in the validation process.

I have observed the status go from Release Readiness back to Validation.

My question is whether the Office Store validation process is at all affected by server-side changes to the add-in, seeing as the "meat" of the addin is hosted on one's own server. Does pushing out an update to the HTML displayed in the add-in in any way invalidate a previous validation?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 74

Answers (1)

Marc LaFleur
Marc LaFleur

Reputation: 33124

This is a big of a grey area. In general the answer is no, making simple changes to the web app/add-in does not require you to re-submit a new manifest version.

More substantial changes should be re-submitted to ensure it is tested against the latest validation requirements. This ensures your add-in is working with the latest Office revisions and telegraphs to users both that your add-in can be trusted and that it remains in active development.

For changes to core functionality, there is an explicit validation policy. Section 7.3 explains that changes to the add-in that impacts the accuracy of the Store description need to be resubmitted:

Your app or add-in's title, description, and images must reflect its functionality, and may not mislead the user. If you make changes to your app or add-in such that the functionality does not match the description, you must resubmit your app or add-in.

Upvotes: 1

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