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Is it possible to install an application locally?

For example, if I create a custom application how can I make it available to my colleagues at work without having to upload my application to an app store?

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Since this is marked as ‘Microsoft Teams’ I will answer it as such: Custom apps in MS Teams are not published to the App Store. Apps in MS Teams (as generally understood) are not generally freestanding apps either, like win32 apps.

Custom MS Teams Apps are published and authorized via the MS Teams Admin center. EDIT: this is your O365 Tenant’s Teams Admin Center - always. Microsoft has no centralized location for evaluating custom apps, unlike the Windows App Store. Also, there is no stand-alone app like you describe (and as I interpret your question). Although you could integrate the API calls needed to interact with MS Teams into a freestanding app, the tightest integration between the MS Teams service and custom apps - i.e.: the quickest path to awesome - is described below.

Apps for teams are developed using the SharePoint Framework (spfx). All the apps are surfaced from within the MS Teams desktop or mobile app (after approval of the custom app in the MS Teams Admin center).

The SharePoint framework is built on TypeScript, which is a type-safe, syntactical superset of Javascript.

Modern SharePoint web parts, application extensions, list & library command sets, etc. are all built upon the SharePoint Framework.

Most importantly, you can use other TypeScript-based framework(s) / libraries within your projects, e.g.: React, Angular, Handlebars, Vue - and even plain-old vanilla JavaScript. This allows you to leverage any existing familiarity with these frameworks’ conventions.

Teams spfx info links:

• Build for Microsoft Teams using SharePoint Framework
• Adding a Microsoft Teams tab in SharePoint as an spfx web part
• sp-dev-fx-webparts spfx GitHub Repo
• sp-dev-training-spfx-teams-dev spfx Teams GitHub Repo

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