Create a SharePoint App Catalog and Deploy an Add-in
A SharePoint Online tutorial by Peter Kalmström
Microsoft
has announced that apps for SharePoint will be renamed into
add-ins, and the catalog will subsequently be called add-in
catalog instead of app catalog. But here we call it app
catalog, because that is what it still says in the interface
we have.
An app catalog is a type of site collection that is used
for storing add-ins and web parts for your organization's
internal use. In the first demo below, Peter Kalmström shows
with steps and in a demo how to create an app catalog in
SharePoint Online. You must have full permission
In the second demo Peter uploads the Kanban Task Manager
APP file to the app catalog and adds Kanban Task Manager
to a site. The process is of course the same for any APP
file.
Create an app catalog
(To perform these steps you must have full permission over
the SharePoint tenant.)
Open the SharePoint admin center
Click on "apps" and then on the App Catalog link.
Keep the radio button selected for "Create a new
app catalog site" and click OK.
Fill out the entries in the form and click OK.
Deploy an add-in/app
In the SharePoint Admin center, click on the new
link to the app catalog site collection.
A site collection properties dialog will open. Click
on the address to open the app catalog.
Select "Apps for SharePoint".
Click on "New" and browse to the app file you want
to upload.
Deploy the app for the organization
Add an add-in/app to a site
Open the site collection where you want to add an
app from the catalog.
Click on "Site Contents" in the Quick Launch and
then click on "add an app".
Microsoft
has announced that apps for SharePoint will be renamed into
add-ins, and the catalog will subsequently be called add-in
catalog instead of app catalog. But here we call it app
catalog, because that is what it still says in the interface
we have.
