- Install Office Add Ins
- Microsoft 365 Add Ins
- Excel Add Ins Office 365
- How To Install Add Ins In Excel For Mac Office 365 Word
We recently had the question to restrict users from installing Office add-ins. Users were able to install third party add-ins in for example the Outlook client or in Office Web Access. We thought we had set the correct settings but it turned out we missed a few. After some browsing and testing we found the correct settings to disable users from installing them. There were two settings we applied and one of them was in the Office 365 admin portal and the other one was at the Exchange Admin Center. This post is not to hide the store or the add-in button but only to disable users from installing them.
Installing Office add-ins
A user can install add-ins on multiple ways:
1. From the appsource website https://store.office.com/
2. From an Office application
. Excel 2000-2003, select Tools, Add-ins. Excel 2007, select Office Button, Excel Options, Add-ins, and then click the GO. Excel 2010 or Excel 2013, click File tab, Options, Add-ins, and then click the GO Once you do so, a small add-ins dialog will appear. Re-Check Excel Image Assistant if you see it in the list, click OK. Go to the Google Play Store and search for Microsoft Office 365. From the search results, either select the specific Microsoft Office app you want (Microsoft Word, for example). These instructions illustrate how to install the Microsoft Office bundle that includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. When the install completes, press Open. In the Add-Ins available box, select the Solver Add-In check box, and then click OK. If Solver Add-in is not listed in the Add-Ins available box, click Browse to locate the add-in. If you get a prompt that the Solver add-in is not currently installed on your computer, click Yes in the dialog box to install it. After you load the Solver add-in, the Solver button is available on the Data tab.
3. From Outlook Web Access
Install Office Add Ins
Restricting users from adding or installing Office add-ins
We need to change settings on two places.
1. Services & add-ins
Changing the settings in services & add-ins will restrict the user from logging in to the appsource portal to add add-ins using that way.
Go to Settings –> Services & add-ins and then ‘User owned apps and services’
uncheck both options and save the changes
2. Exchange Admin Center
Changing the settings in the Exchange Admin Center will restrict users from adding add-ins in the Office application and Outlook Web Access.
Go to user roles
Microsoft 365 Add Ins
You can add a new role assignment policy and apply it first to a subset of users. You can also change the default role assignment policy.
Disable ‘My Custom Apps’, ‘My Marketplace Apps’, ‘My ReadWriteMailbox Apps’ and save the policy.
Excel Add Ins Office 365
Testing the settings
How To Install Add Ins In Excel For Mac Office 365 Word
It may take some time before the policies are being applied to all users but you can try adding an add-in using Outlook Web Access.