Webex integration to Microsoft Outlook is part of Cisco Webex Productivity Tools. Webex integration to Outlook for Mac gives you an easy way to schedule or start Webex meetings using Outlook.
Your site administrator may have installed Webex Productivity Tools for you. If not, you can download it from your Webex site. See Install and Set Up Webex Productivity Tools for the Mac.
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- This will open a UserVoice site dedicated to the new Outlook for Mac. How to switch back. At any time, you can switch back by turning off the New Outlook switch. Before switching back, you'll have the opportunity to provide feedback on the experience and to create an in-app reminder for when additional features become available.
- Get a VBA add-in for Word or Excel for Mac On the Tools menu, select Add-Ins. In the Add-Ins available box, select the add-in you want, and then click OK.
Meeting invitees don't need to use Outlook to join the meeting, and only need a Webex account if the meeting is restricted to Webex users on your site.
Webex Integration to Outlook for Mac Options
After Webex Productivity Tools is installed, the Cisco Webex menu appears in the Microsoft Outlook window. The following commands are available from the Cisco Webex menu in Outlook:
- Meet Now: Starts an instant meeting in your Personal Room that you can start at any time, without having to schedule the meeting in advance. You can edit instant meeting options on the “Meet Now” Settings tab in My Webex > Preferences on your Webex site.
- Schedule Webex Meeting: Select this to schedule a Webex meeting.
- Schedule Personal Room Meeting: Select this to schedule a meeting in your Personal Room.
- Schedule Personal Conference Meeting: Select this to schedule a Personal Conference meeting.
- More: There are a few options under the More menu,
- About: Lets you view the version number and license and patent information about Webex Integration to Outlook.
- Help: Opens Webex Help Center where you can find or search for information on the Webex Integration to Outlook for the Mac.
- Send Problem Reports: Prepares an email message for you to send to support to report a problem.
- Preferences: Opens the Preferences dialog box for Cisco Webexsupport.
- Check for Updates: The system checks to see if a new update is available.
Outlook add-ins are integrations built by third parties into Outlook by using our web-based platform. Outlook add-ins have three key aspects:
- The same add-in and business logic works across desktop (Outlook on Windows and Mac), web (Microsoft 365 and Outlook.com), and mobile.
- Outlook add-ins consist of a manifest, which describes how the add-in integrates into Outlook (for example, a button or a task pane), and JavaScript/HTML code, which makes up the UI and business logic of the add-in.
- Outlook add-ins can be acquired from AppSource or sideloaded by end-users or administrators.
Outlook add-ins are different from COM or VSTO add-ins, which are older integrations specific to Outlook running on Windows. Unlike COM add-ins, Outlook add-ins don't have any code physically installed on the user's device or Outlook client. For an Outlook add-in, Outlook reads the manifest and hooks up the specified controls in the UI, and then loads the JavaScript and HTML. The web components all run in the context of a browser in a sandbox.
The Outlook items that support add-ins include email messages, meeting requests, responses and cancellations, and appointments. Each Outlook add-in defines the context in which it is available, including the types of items and if the user is reading or composing an item.
Note
If you plan to publish your add-in to AppSource and make it available within the Office experience, make sure that you conform to the Commercial marketplace certification policies. For example, to pass validation, your add-in must work across all platforms that support the methods that you define (for more information, see section 1120.3 and the Office Add-in application and availability page).
Extension points
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Extension points are the ways that add-ins integrate with Outlook. The following are the ways this can be done:
- Add-ins can declare buttons that appear in command surfaces across messages and appointments. For more information, see Add-in commands for Outlook.An add-in with command buttons on the ribbon
- Add-ins can link off regular expression matches or detected entities in messages and appointments. For more information, see Contextual Outlook add-ins.A contextual add-in for a highlighted entity (an address)
Mailbox items available to add-ins
Outlook add-ins activate when the user is composing or reading a message or appointment, but not other item types. However, add-ins are not activated if the current message item, in a compose or read form, is one of the following:
- Protected by Information Rights Management (IRM) or encrypted in other ways for protection. A digitally signed message is an example since digital signing relies on one of these mechanisms.Important
- Add-ins activate on digitally signed messages in Outlook associated with a Microsoft 365 subscription. On Windows, this support was introduced with build 8711.1000.
- Starting with Outlook build 13229.10000 on Windows, add-ins can now activate on items protected by IRM. For more information about this feature in preview, see Add-in activation on items protected by Information Rights Management (IRM).
- A delivery report or notification that has the message class IPM.Report.*, including delivery and Non-Delivery Report (NDR) reports, and read, non-read, and delay notifications.
- A draft (does not have a sender assigned to it), or in the Outlook Drafts folder.
- A .msg or .eml file which is an attachment to another message.
- A .msg or .eml file opened from the file system.
- In a shared mailbox, in another user's mailbox, in an archive mailbox, or in a public folder.
- Using a custom form.
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In general, Outlook can activate add-ins in read form for items in the Sent Items folder, with the exception of add-ins that activate based on string matches of well-known entities. For more information about the reasons behind this, see 'Support for well-known entities' in Match strings in an Outlook item as well-known entities.
Supported clients
Outlook For Mac Plugins
Outlook add-ins are supported in Outlook 2013 or later on Windows, Outlook 2016 or later on Mac, Outlook on the web for Exchange 2013 on-premises and later versions, Outlook on iOS, Outlook on Android, and Outlook on the web and Outlook.com. Not all of the newest features are supported in all clients at the same time. Please refer to articles and API references for those features to see which applications they may or may not be supported in.
Get started building Outlook add-ins
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To get started building Outlook add-ins, try the following.
- Quick start - Build a simple task pane.
- Tutorial - Learn how to create an add-in that inserts GitHub gists into a new message.