Making the Connections Add-in for Outlook available to users

The HCL Connections Add-in for Outlook must be added to the users’ Outlook environments. This can be done by the Exchange administrator, or by the users directly.

Deploying as an Exchange administrator:

• Administrators can deploy plugins using the Exchange add-ins admin panel
• Select ‘Upload customer add-in’
• Enter manifest URL or upload manifest file
• Manifest URL: https://<CONNECTIONS_URL>/<CONTEXT_ROOT>/manifest.xml
• For example, https://my.connections.server/outlook-addin/manifest.xml
• As Admin, you can control whether the Outlook add-in automatically appears or is available to users
• Microsoft’s detailed instructions: Deploy add-ins in the admin center

User-deployed (sideloaded) from within Outlook

• Select Get add-ins from ribbon or overflow menu
• Enter the manifest URL or upload the manifest file
  • Manifest URL: https://<CONNECTIONS_URL>/<CONTEXT_ROOT>/manifest.xml
  • For example: https://myconnections.server.com/outlook-addin/manifest.xml
  • The manifest file can be downloaded from the same URL.
• Refer to Microsoft’s detailed instructions on sideloading add-ins for additional information.
• Note: Microsoft has recently changed how sideloading applications works. Sideloading using a URL is no longer supported. For more details, refer to the Microsoft article Updates to how to install and use Add-ins and apps in Outlook for Windows and Outlook on the web

Parent topic: Integrating with Connections Outlook Add-in for Microsoft Outlook