How To Deploy Word Add-Ins To Your Organization

Introduction

In this article, I will show you how to deploy Word add-ins to an organization for other users.

Once we are done with the deployment and hosting of Word add-ins, we need to deploy add-ins.

We can deploy Word add-ins using Office 365 so other users of the organization can use them easily.

Prerequisites

For deploying Word add-ins to your organization, you must have exchange admin rights.

Notes
Word add-ins can take up to 24 hours to appear on app ribbons.

Steps to deploy Word add-ins in the organization

Step 1

Open Office 365 Admin Center using the below link.

https://admin.microsoft.com

Step 2

From the left navigation, expand the settings.

Step 3

Then select Integrated apps.

Step 4

Select Add-ins from the Integrated apps page. Or you can open it directly using the below link.

https://admin.microsoft.com/#/Settings/AddIns

Step 5

Then click on Deploy Add-In from the opened page.

Step 6

Once you click on the above button a new dialog box will open. From the dialog box click on the Next button.

Step 7

Then select the Upload custom apps button from the dialog box.

Step 8

Then select your manifest file using Choose File button.

Step 9

Once you selected the file successfully click on the Upload button.

Step 10

Then select Everyone in Assign Users in the next opened dialog.

Step 11

Then do click on the Deploy button.

Step 11

Once it's deployed successfully the below window will open.

Step 12

Then select the Next button.

Step 13

Then select the Close button deployment steps are completed here.

You can add this custom add-in from your word client apps.

Conclusion

This is how we can easily deploy Word add-ins to other users in the organization using the office 365 admin center.