How do I package office web add-in for Microsoft store

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I have developed an Event-Driven Office Web Add-In for Outlook in Visual Studio Code based on one of the examples at github. I tested this Add-In by creating a distribution directory using

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npm run build

, put this on our server, and verified that I could load the Add-In in Outlook with a URL pointing to the manifest.xml and that the Add-In operated as expected.

Where I have run into trouble is understanding how to package this Add-In for the Microsoft Store. I am also unclear on whether I must create a PWA from my Web Add-In before I package it up for the Microsoft Store.

What I have tried:

I first tried following these instructions on how to use PWA Studio in VSCode to convert my Web App to a PWA for submission to the Microsoft store. Almost immediately I was asked to select an index.html file that I don't have in my Visual Studio Code project.

I also tried following the instructions here, suggest using PWABuilder to create a manifest.json file. Here I was confused by what the startURL would be, for example.

Before continuing further, I would be grateful for any pointers on the best direction to go in and anything that you can do to clarify how to find the index.html file or startURL.

Posted 5-May-23 12:25pm

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Updated 5-May-23 13:23pm

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Graeme_Grant · Answer 1 · 2023-05-05T13:23:00

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I popped your question into Google Search: How do I package office web add-in for Microsoft store[^] and this was in the section "People also ask:"

.How do I package an add-in?[^]
To package and publish your add-in using IIS, FTP, or Web Deploy using Visual Studio 2019
From the Build tab, choose Publish [Name of your add-in].
In the Pick a publish target window, choose IIS, FTP, etc, and select Configure. ...
A wizard appears that will help guide you through the process.

Posted 5-May-23 13:23pm

Graeme_Grant

Updated 5-May-23 13:24pm

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Member 15893644 5-May-23 21:00pm

Dear Graeme Grant, Thank you for your response! The post you point to describes how to package and publish in Visual Studio. This is essentially what I describe above and have already done in Visual Studio Code. What I was hoping for help with was the next steps of preparing the Add-In for Microsoft Store. In particular, I was hoping to better understand if I was going down the right path. Perhaps you have some thoughts on that? Thank you, Dylan

Graeme_Grant 6-May-23 1:40am

More information here: Test and deploy Microsoft 365 Apps by partners in the Integrated apps portal - Microsoft 365 admin | Microsoft Learn[^]

UPDATE: Also checkout: Publish task pane and content add-ins to a SharePoint app catalog - Office Add-ins | Microsoft Learn[^]