topic Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel in ArcGIS for Excel Questions

Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

Jay_Gregory — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:32:13 GMT

My organization has disabled the Microsoft Store - I'm curious if there is an offline installer for the ArcGIS for Excel (Office 365) plugin that can be deployed to users computers instead of through the MS Store.

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

ShannonCardoza — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:44:05 GMT

Good morning @Jay_Gregory

Thank you for posting this question! It's a hot topic for sure.

We no longer have installables/executables as we have shifted toward Microsoft 365’s SaaS approach, distributing them via Microsoft’s application stores. The closest we can get is with ArcGIS for Excel’s disconnected environment installation, but that is not a traditional executable either.

Can I ask why your organization chose to disable the Microsoft Store?

Happy Holidays,

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

WilliamLazorchak — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:25:55 GMT

Our organization has locked down access to the Microsoft Store for all employees. Even help desk support technicians don't have access to the Microsoft Store. I presume that somebody in our organization has access to the store, but as a general rule nobody does. Our org wants to lock down the 365 applications we use to a specific set of plugins that they feel they can support.

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

Jay_Gregory — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 18:39:08 GMT

Same - I work for a large federal agency and disabling the store seems to be standard practice where IT is on the hook for support. They'd rather deploy known extensions with more centralized and managed IT deployment software.

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

ShannonCardoza — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 19:00:40 GMT

Understood @Jay_Gregory and @WilliamLazorchak I have taken note of this and will share it with the greater team.

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

JayLarsen — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 23:28:00 GMT

It's very common. I work in healthcare, and MSFT store is locked out.

It's really a problem because we relied on the old Excel plugin for several routine workflows that are no very difficult and time-consuming.

My IT didn't even really seem to understand what and how the AppSource store worked...we are all Office365, so you'd think they would be hip to MSFT's concept by now.

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

ShannonCardoza — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:03:31 GMT

Thank you for the feedback @JayLarsen We must do something about this then! I will continue to share the feedback provided.

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

JayLarsen — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:43:07 GMT

Thanks for the reply!

It's a shame that IT security ruins our fun like this. I played around with the Excel Office365 plugin at home on my Mac with my personal license ID and it was very cool--worked like magic. I couldn't believe it!

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

ShannonCardoza — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:12:49 GMT

Thank you everyone for the feedback. Much appreciated. We strive to continue to find a path forward for this topic.

Happy holidays!

- SC

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

liz_r_neus — Mon, 13 May 2024 20:45:19 GMT

I am in a similar situation and cannot install the add-in due to MS Store being blocked by my organization. Any further updates on this?

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

ShannonCardoza — Mon, 13 May 2024 21:41:06 GMT

We are having the necessary conversations to help with this pain point @liz_r_neus Thank you for the follow-up post and your patience.

Re: Offline installer for ArcGIS For Excel

CalebSang — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:59:36 GMT

try filling in the form and getting it from esri UK's site that's mostly for Enterprise from what i read. https://www.esriuk.com/en-gb/arcgis/products/arcgis-for-excel/get-started it's a pretty hefty download ~ 1GB fyi.