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How users can add apps from the sharepoint store? there is not any option to do so
We have sharepoint online tenant. and inside the "SharePoint admin center site" >> "App" >> "Configure Store Settings", we are allowing users to App Purchases, as follow:-
but when a non-admin user access the site content page, they did not get any option or link to be able to browse and add Apps from the sharepoint store. while if admin users access the site content page, they can click on "Add App" >> "SharePoint store" >> add/purchase apps from the sharepoint store, as follow:-
so i am not sure how sharepoint will allow users to purchase apps from the SharePoint store in this case?
second question, which is related to my main question, should we keep the default setting for allowing end users to add/purchase apps (as shown in my first picture)? or it is better tot set the "App Purchases" option to "No", so any app purchase need to be confirmed by the admin first ?
Hi John John,
From Request app installation permissions: "Typically, Full Control permission (or membership in the Site Owners group) is the minimum requirement."
In our tenant we disabled App Purchases. There were a number that were broken, had poor support, poor reviews, caused other issues etc. We do allow "approved" Apps but we want the opportunity to confirm that they are reliable and indeed useful.
I hope that helps.
Norm
Norman Young wrote:Hi John John,
From Request app installation permissions: "Typically, Full Control permission (or membership in the Site Owners group) is the minimum requirement."
Norman Young ok thanks for your reply. now i know about the request app installation process, where it will allow sharepoint admin to review any app purchase requests. but my question is how end users (non-admin users) can add/request an app from the sharepoint store. as when non-admin user access the site content page they will not get any link or module to allow them to search and request apps from the sharepoint store.. as shown in the pictures i have uploaded.
Norman Young wrote:Hi John John,
In our tenant we disabled App Purchases. There were a number that were broken, had poor support, poor reviews, caused other issues etc. We do allow "approved" Apps but we want the opportunity to confirm that they are reliable and indeed useful.
so you mean in your case "app purchases" are set to "No". so end users can request apps from the sharepoint store, but the app need to be confirmed by the admin first? to be honest i am not sure why by defualt we have the "App purchases" set to "Yes"?
john john I tested this on my tenant and the option to add an app only shows up for site owners. This includes the SharePoint Store.
"my question is how end users (non-admin users) can add/request an app from the sharepoint store"
They can't based on our mutual experiences.
so end users can request apps from the sharepoint store, but the app need to be confirmed by the admin first? to be honest i am not sure why by defualt we have the "App purchases" set to "Yes"?
Yes the request for a new App goes to the SPO admin. From a governance point of view I agree with you, App purchases should be set to no by default.
