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Reputation: 5053

How does an organizational user install an Office Add-in?

I developed an add-in for Word.

The Microsoft docs state that

To sell Office Add-ins to organizations, you need to create a licensing database. This is necessary because:

  • ...
  • Centralized deployment does not allow users to buy add-ins from AppSource and deploy them. AppSource paid add-ins today only work with personal identities (Microsoft accounts), not work or school accounts.

So, if I want an organization to adopt my Office Add-in I have to handle the licensing workflow myself. And if I understand this correctly, an organizational user would not download/install my add-in thorough the AppSource(AS). So...

How does an organizational user actually get the add-in? They don't purchase it from the AS—their organization already purchased the add-in. So how does the user "find" the add-in and install it in their Office instance?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 90

Answers (1)

Rick Kirkham
Rick Kirkham

Reputation: 9659

When an add-in uses Centralized Deployment, the add-in is automatically installed for all users. For example, if it has ribbon buttons, they will automatically appear on the ribbons of the users for whom the add-in has been deployed. So, the user doesn't do anything to install the add-in. For details about how this works, see Centralized Deployment.

Upvotes: 2

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