Today I am writing about App Catalog site on SharePoint online. We all know we need to add our app file on SharePoint online Apps for SharePoint under the App Catalogs.
As a developer we develop applications and more, which we need to deploy somewhere on the site to use the function and features. To do this we create our App file in .app format and upload the same to App catalog.
By default App catalog site won’t be available if we are using first time SharePoint online/Office365. We need to create an App catalog site where we can upload our application file to use.
Follow the below steps to configure and deploy your first app file on the same,
- Login to Office portal with Admin account and password.
- Once you login to the page, select Admin centers option from the left side of page.
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- Once you have clicked on Admin centers it will expand with multiple options, here we need to select SharePoint.
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- After selecting SharePoint option it will redirect us to SharePoint online Administrator page. Here we will get an option called APPS in the left side of the screen.
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- Select ingApps will open a new wizard page about apps, here multiple options will be shown and we need to select app catalog option
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- Clicking on App catalog option will take us to App page, here we need to select Apps for SharePoint. Here we will get an option like the below screen shot:
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- We need to create a new app catalog here; if we have an existing one we need to call under the box and click ok.
- In my case I am creating a new App catalog site collection, so follow the below screen shot information and and click on ok.
- Wait for some time; it will be created soon.
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- Once done we can verify the same in the site collection page.
- Now we can go ahead and go to App page, select Apps catalog, and select Apps for SharePoint.
- Here we will not get the earlier screen page directory, it will ask you to upload your app file and start working.
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That’s all.