Installation Step 1: Upload ShortPoint SPFx to App Catalog (SharePoint 2019)

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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