IT administrators looking to deploy add-ins to Office installations more easily can now take advantage of Office 365’s Centralized Development. The feature, which has been in preview, has now hit GA.
Last year, a preview of Centralized Deployment, a new capability geared towards administrators, was announced in preview for Office 365. The good news is that now, it has gone gold.
For those not familiar, the feature allows IT administrators to automatically deploy web add-ins to Office installations via PowerShell scripts, or simply by accessing the relevant option in the Office 365 Admin Center.
As an add-in developer, if you are using things such as Add-in Commands – elements of the UI which extend the Office interface and start actions in your add-in – you won’t need to make any changes.
If you’re an IT admin, with Centralized Development you can take advantage of the following benefits that it brings:
Microsoft was quick to point out that there are already firms taking advantage of this feature. However, it has not clarified whether Centralized Development is available for all Office 365 plans right now, or a staggered roll-out is the method of choice for delivery.
Source: Office Dev Center
