Before we begin

This article is for SharePoint 2019. Also, make sure you have completed the following steps for your Web Application before you proceed with this article:

• Prerequisite 1: Set up App Catalog (Setup for each Web Application where you want to use ShortPoint)
• Prerequisite 2: Enable Scripting Capabilities (required if you want to use ShortPoint on classic sites and pages)
• Download Latest version of ShortPoint SPFx

Step 1: Go to Central Administration

From your SharePoint Server 2019 farm, open SharePoint 2019 Central Administration

Step 2: Go to Manage App Catalog

Navigate to Manage App Catalog page

From your Central Administration, Click on Apps > Manage App Catalog

Step 3: Open App Catalog

Click on the App Catalog Url

Step 4: Go to Apps for SharePoint library

In the next screen, on the side menu, choose Apps for SharePoint.

Step 5: Download the latest version of ShortPoint SPFx

1. Download the latest version of ShortPoint SPFx
2. Extract the file ShortPoint-SPFx_XXXX.zip
3. You will find after extracting the file: shortpoint-spfx.sppkg
4. Upload shortpoint-spfx.sppkg as described in the following step:

Step 6: Upload ShortPoint SPFx to App Catalog

In the pop-up, click Choose Files:

Click OK in the pop-up window:

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

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