Try ShortPoint nowThis is the first step of ShortPoint SPFx installation process. It requires uploading ShortPoint SPFx app to the Tenant App Catalog.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Before We Begin
This article is for Office 365 SharePoint Environment.
Make sure you have completed the following steps before you proceed with this article:
- Prerequisite 1: Submit the ShortPoint trial request (watch the tutorial here).
- Prerequisite 2: Download the latest ShortPoint SPFx version (watch the tutorial here).
- Prerequisite 3: Set Up Tenant App Catalog (5 minutes).
- Enable Scripting Capabilities (Required if you want to use ShortPoint on Classic).
Video Tutorial
The following video will go over the steps to upload ShortPoint SPFx to the Tenant App Catalog:
Step-by-Step Tutorial
Step 1: Open the SharePoint Admin Center
From any location in your Office 365 tenant, click the App Launcher button on the top left:
Choose Admin:
In the side App Launcher menu,
- if you're using the new admin center, click All admin centers:
In the opened menu, click SharePoint:
- if you're using the old admin center, scroll down and click Admin centers:
From the drop-down, choose SharePoint:
Step 2: Open the SharePoint App Catalog
Click More features on the left menu section:
Click the Open button under the Apps section:
Select the App Catalog option:
In the next screen, on the side menu, choose Apps for SharePoint:
Step 3: Upload ShortPoint SPFx to App Catalog
Click Upload:
In the pop-up, click Choose Files:
In File Explorer, select the shortpoint-spfx.sppkg file and click Open:
Click OK in the pop-up window:
I cannot add the new package to App Catalog! If the step is not completed successfully, and you have encountered a problem adding the package to the App Catalog, please check this article to fix the issue: I Can Not Upload ShortPoint App to SharePoint App Catalog.
Step 4: Deploy ShortPoint SPFx
After the upload is completed successfully, you will be prompted to deploy the solution.
Press Deploy. This will enable ShortPoint to download the latest files from our global CDN d2zzvnmppezkx.cloudfront.net:
After this step is completed, you will see a message on the top highlighted with green, indicated that the upload is completed successfully.
Important: You should see that ShortPoint SPFx is Deployed.
If you get the following error that the App was not Deployed:
Then all you have to do is to click on the app and try to Deploy again:
Help: To get more help regarding the above deployment error, see here: Known Issue: ShortPoint SPFx App Deployment Error - Deployment Failed. Correlation ID.
Step 5: Proceed to the next step
The next step in the process will show you how to Add ShortPoint SPFx to Site Contents in Office 365.
Related articles:
- Installation Step 1: Upload ShortPoint to the Tenant App Catalog in Office 365
- Installation Step 2: Add ShortPoint SPFx to Site Contents in Office 365
- Installation Step 3: Run ShortPoint Installation from Dashboard
- ShortPoint and Modern SharePoint Pages