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martijnk79
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Aug 11, 2020

MSIX Office 365 (addins)

Hi, sorry for posting a lot of questions. I'm just trying to figure out some stuff that MSIX can do, as we are trying to move away from App-V 5 which is not all that easy.

 

Next up is Office Addins, from what I understand MSIX doesn't support these, when Office is installed locally, correct? So what is the procedure with Office addins, do I package Office together with the addins? Or should I not use MSIX for addins and just install them locally.

 

Is MSIX supported with Office 365 anyway?

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  • Faizal A P's avatar
    Faizal A P
    Copper Contributor
    Nov 15, 2024

    Team, Any update on this ? Is this supporting Office Add ins now?

  • Jozef Izso's avatar
    Jozef Izso
    Iron Contributor
    May 22, 2023
    As developers of classic Office addins (because the HTML addins does not provide usefull API) we need ability to package out addins in MSIX.
  • Dian Hartono's avatar
    Dian Hartono
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    Aug 18, 2020

    Hi martijnk79 Thank you for posting. We currently do not support this scenario. We do not recommend you package Office and its addins as an MSIX. Office is working longer term on adopting MSIX through a phased approach in a way that addresses Enterprise needs without disruption. 

    • HoratiuV's avatar
      HoratiuV
      Copper Contributor
      May 17, 2023
      Any updates on this? More and more organization now are planning to upgrade to Win 11 and MSIX in the same time. Considering that there are lot of business critical apps that also install an Office addin, this could be a big blocker for them in their journey towards MSIX.
    • Ryan_Deschaine's avatar
      Ryan_Deschaine
      Copper Contributor
      Sep 21, 2021

      Dian Hartono Any reason why not.  It would make Office365 mountable in seconds with AppAttach and patch management a breeze 🙂

       

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