Install manifest with setup.exe about office-js

[mattgeim]

@CodeCube0 is your question about how to persist settings? or something else?

Add-ins run in a webview / web browser and are sandboxed from accessing resources specific to a machine. You may find some useful documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/concepts/privacy-and-security and https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/develop/persisting-add-in-state-and-settings?view=common-js-preview#application-specific-settings-and-persistence

If that answers your question feel free to close this issue, otherwise please share additional details on the scenario you are looking to accomplish.

[CodeCube0]

I asked this question because I would like to try to create a setup.exe that allows you to install the add-in manifest directly into the client of the user running it, but I can't find anything on the internet or in the forums. I would like to know if there is some way to do it or if there is already some tool that allows you to do it. I know distribution is done through other processes but I would like to try a different approach if possible. @mattgeim

[mattgeim]

There are many options for installing add-in manifests - you can find the documentation on various options here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/publish/publish

you can also look at development options for testing add-ins: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/testing/test-debug-office-add-ins#sideload-an-office-add-in-for-testing

We don't support other approaches outside of our documentation - if you have a feature request please post it here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-365-developer-platform/idb-p/Microsoft365DeveloperPlatform

Please feel free to reopen if this didn't answer your question.

[CodeCube0]

I noticed that using the command "npx @microsoft/teamsapp-cli install --xml-path manifest.xml" it is possible to install the add-in manifest in sideload mode, there is the possibility of doing so without the form appearing entering user credentials? Maybe taking them from somewhere? @mattgeim