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The struggle is real, how we solved our AppV Outlook VSTO Add-in errors from a plugin.

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Microsoft AppV 5 have been around the block for a long time and is still widely used by us and many organizations as the preferred virtual application delivery format, while we are waiting for MSIX to mature enough for us and developers to fully adapt to it. Our AppV strategy also applies to the way we deploy MS Office plug-ins in our company, we always strive to deliver them virtually if possible. Most of the time Office Add-ins work right out of the box by creating the AppV package with the “Add-on or Plug-in” choice in the Sequencer, as a pre requirement our main Office version must also first be installed locally on the Sequencing VM image. We standardize on the volume licensed version of Office 2019, but some users also have Microsoft 365 (formerly known as Office 365), both versions use C2R technology, and it seem to be much the same in terms of deployment to machines and Add-in integrations.     AppV and Office Add-ins have been working well si...