Topic Last Modified: 2013-02-22
You can install or remove apps for Outlook for your organization by using the EAC or the Shell.
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| By default, after you install an app for your organization, the app is available for all users in your organization. After installation, you can use the EAC or the Shell to make the app optional or required for your users, and to specify whether you want the app to be enabled or disabled. For information about how to change the default settings for an app, see Manage User Access to Apps for Outlook. To limit availability of apps to specific users in your organization, you must use the Shell. For more information, see Manage User Access to Apps for Outlook. |
For additional management tasks related to apps for Outlook, see Apps for Outlook.
What do you need to know before you begin?
- Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes.
- You need to be assigned permissions before you can perform this
procedure or procedures. To see what permissions you need, see the
"Apps for Outlook" entry in the Recipients
Permissions topic.
- You can assign administrators permission to install and manage
apps for your organization. You can also assign users permission to
install and manage apps for their own use. For more information,
see Specify the
Administrators and Users Who Can Install and Manage Apps for
Outlook.
- For information about keyboard shortcuts that may apply to the
procedures in this topic, see Keyboard Shortcuts in
the Exchange Admin Center.
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| Having problems? Ask for help in the Exchange forums. Visit the forums at: Exchange Server, Exchange Online, or Exchange Online Protection. |
What do you want to do?
Add an app for Outlook
Use the EAC to add an app
- In the EAC, navigate to Organization >
Apps.
- Click New
, and then choose the location that you want to install
the app from.
- Add from the Office Store. At the Office Store, select
the app you want to install, and then click Add. Apps that
work with Outlook Web App are listed under Apps for Office and
SharePoint > Outlook.
- Add from URL. In URL, enter the full URL for the
app manifest file that you want to install.
- Add from file. Select Browse, and then navigate
to the location of the app manifest file that you want to
install.
- Add from the Office Store. At the Office Store, select
the app you want to install, and then click Add. Apps that
work with Outlook Web App are listed under Apps for Office and
SharePoint > Outlook.
- Click Save.
Use the Shell to add an app
This example shows you how to add an app from a URL.
New-App -OrganizationApp -Url <URL location
for App Manifest file>
This example shows you how to add an app from a file.
New-App -OrganizationApp -FileData <File
location for App Manifest file>
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| When you use the Shell to install an app for your organization, you can install the app and configure settings for it at the same time. |
For syntax and parameters, see New-App.
Remove an app for Outlook
Use the EAC to remove an app
- In the EAC, navigate to Organization >
Apps.
- In the list view, select the app that you want to remove, and
then click Delete
.
Use the Shell to remove an app
You can use the Shell to remove an app from your organization.
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Run the following command to look up the display names and
application IDs for all the apps for Outlook installed for your
organization.Get-App -OrganizationApp |FL DisplayName,AppID |
Run the following command to remove the custom app Finance Test App from the organization.
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Remove-App -OrganizationApp -Identity <GUID for Finance Test App> |
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For syntax and parameters, see Remove-App.
How do you know this worked?
To view the apps for Outlook that are installed in your organization, do one the following:
- In the EAC, navigate to Organization > Apps,
and then review the list of installed apps.
- From the Shell, run
Get-App, and then review the list of installed apps.