{"id":13324,"date":"2023-03-31T08:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/?p=13324"},"modified":"2023-06-06T12:26:36","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T19:26:36","slug":"top-five-appsource-validation-errors-for-office-add-ins-submissions-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/microsoft365dev\/top-five-appsource-validation-errors-for-office-add-ins-submissions-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five AppSource validation errors for Office Add-ins submissions \u2013 March 2023\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

AppSource validation ensures your Office Add-in submission follows Microsoft\u2019s quality standards. Don\u2019t lose valuable time getting to market \u2013 learn how to avoid these common validation pitfalls!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Between December 2022 and February 2023, the following were the top AppSource errors affecting Office Add-ins\u2019 submissions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. D<\/span>o<\/span>esn\u2019t work on Office for Mac<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Functionality doesn\u2019t work as described<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Outlook add-in doesn\u2019t work on Safari<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Privacy policy unavailable or insufficient<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Provides insufficient value<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    In this post, you\u2019ll learn about what the affected AppSource policies are looking for so you can be confident your Office Add-in submission won\u2019t hit these issues.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    <\/a>Doesn\u2019t work on Office for Mac<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

    Your add-in should work properly in all operating systems, browsers, and devices compatible with and supported by the minimum required set of APIs declared in the <\/span>Requirements<\/span><\/b> element in its manifest. For example, if the add-in runs successfully in Office on Windows, it should also work properly in Office on Mac.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n