Enabling the add-in
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Open Add-ins
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Choose who can use the Excel add-in
On the Excel Add-in row, select Nobody, Everyone, or Specific members and groups.Nobody keeps the add-in unavailable. Everyone lets every member use it. Specific members and groups opens Manage access to Excel Add-in. Click Add access to choose members and groups. Outlook is a separate row on the same page.
Enabling the add-in for dedicated deployments
Before you start, make sure you have Microsoft admin access to the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal and Langdock admin access to your Workspace. Setting up the Excel add-in involves four parts:- A Langdock admin copies the manifest link or downloads the manifest file from Set up Excel Add-in
- A Microsoft admin deploys that custom app in the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal
- A Langdock admin chooses who can use the Excel add-in in Langdock, as described above
- Each user opens the Add-in in Excel and signs in
Upload the custom app in Microsoft 365
This step must be completed by a Microsoft admin.1
Open Integrated apps
Navigate to Settings > Integrated apps in the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal sidebar.
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Upload the custom app
On the Integrated apps page, click Upload custom apps.
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Configure the app deployment
On the Excel Add-in row, click the settings icon Set up Excel Add-in, then Copy link or Download manifest.
- App type: Office Add-in
- Upload option: Provide link to manifest file, or Upload manifest file (.xml) from device for the downloaded file
- Manifest link: link from Set up Excel Add-in,
https://<your-deployment-url>/api/addin/dedicated/excel/manifest.xml
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Assign the target group
Choose who should get access to the Excel add-in, then click Next.
- Select Entire organization if every user in your Microsoft 365 tenant should get access.
- Select Specific users/groups if you want to roll out the add-in to a smaller group first.
- Select Just me only if you want to test the add-in before a wider rollout.
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Finish deployment
Review the configuration and click Finish Deployment.
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Confirm the Add-in appears
Confirm that the Add-in appears on the overview page.
Update the add-in in Microsoft 365
When Langdock releases a new version of the Excel add-in, for example with a new name or icon, a Microsoft admin applies it once for your organization. Microsoft doesn’t update custom add-ins automatically. Update the existing Add-in instead of uploading it again, so users don’t see it twice.1
Open the Add-in
Navigate to Settings > Integrated apps in the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal and select the Excel add-in you deployed.
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Update the manifest
Click Update add-in. Paste the link from Set up Excel Add-in,
https://<your-deployment-url>/api/addin/dedicated/excel/manifest.xml, or upload the downloaded manifest file, and click Validate.3
Finish the update
Keep the existing target group, then click Accept and update.
Removing the add-in
How you remove the Excel add-in depends on how it was installed. If a Microsoft admin deployed it in Integrated apps, which is always the case on dedicated deployments, the admin removes it there for everyone. If someone installed it from the Microsoft Marketplace with Get it now, it belongs to their own account and stays after the admin deployment is removed, so they remove it in Excel. Setting Excel Add-in to Nobody on the Add-ins page doesn’t uninstall it. It only stops people from using it.Remove the add-in in Microsoft 365
This step must be completed by a Microsoft admin.1
Open the Add-in
Navigate to Settings > Integrated apps in the Microsoft 365 Admin Portal and select the Excel add-in you deployed.
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Remove the Add-in
On the Overview tab, choose to remove the app. Select Yes, I’m sure I want to remove the app and associated data and click Remove.
Remove the add-in from your own Excel
If you installed the add-in yourself from the Microsoft Marketplace, for example while testing, remove it in Excel. This copy stays even after the admin deployment is removed.1
Open your add-ins
In Excel, click Home > Add-ins > More Add-ins, then Manage your apps.
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Remove Langdock
Open the … menu next to Langdock, click Remove, and restart Excel.