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Deploying Microsoft Outlook add-ins to users

An administrator can centralize the deployment the HCL Microsoft Add-in so that it is available for users within the organization.

See Determine if Centralized Deployment of add-ins works for your organization.

To distribute the HCL Microsoft Outlook add-in within your environment use the Office 365 admin center. The deployment can be assigned to all users or to specific users and groups. When deployed, the Get Addin button to be available to users.

For additional information, see the Micorsoft Deploy add-ins in the Microsoft 365 admin center topic.

  1. Open the Microsoft Outlook admin center.

  2. Click Deploy Add-in and clickNext.

  3. Click Upload custom apps.

  4. Select where to upload the add-in from.

    You should normally choose Add from URL and enter the URL for your Sametime Meetings add-in. For example: https://host_name_url/outlook/manifest.xml. If the URL is not publicly accessible, open the URL and save the XML file, then select the Add from file.

  5. Click Upload.

  6. Choose which users and groups to deploy to and whether the add-in is mandated or not.

  7. Click Deploy.

    Deployment can take up to 24 hours. Outlook clients must launched their Outlook client again for the add-in to appear in the user interface.

Parent topic: meetings_configuring.md