Making the Connections Add-in for Outlook available to users
The HCL Connections Add-in for Outlook must be added to the users’ Outlook environments. This can be done by the Exchange administrator, or by the users directly.
Deploying as an Exchange administrator:
- Administrators can deploy plugins using the Exchange add-ins admin panel
- Select ‘Upload customer add-in’
- Enter manifest URL or upload manifest file
- Manifest URL: https://<CONNECTIONS_URL>/<CONTEXT_ROOT>/manifest.xml
- For example, https://my.connections.server/outlook-addin/manifest.xml
- As Admin, you can control whether the Outlook add-in automatically appears or is available to users
- Microsoft’s detailed instructions: Deploy add-ins in the admin center
User-deployed (sideloaded) from within Outlook
- Select Get add-ins from ribbon or overflow menu
- Enter the manifest URL or upload the manifest file
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- Manifest URL: https://<CONNECTIONS_URL>/<CONTEXT_ROOT>/manifest.xml
- For example: Micorsoft Outllook Add-in manifest.xml
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- Refer to Microsoft's detailed instructions on sideloading add-ins for additional information.
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