Deploy the add-in for your organization

This article is for IT admins who want everyone in their organization to use the SankeyArt add-in for Excel and PowerPoint, without each person asking for approval.

Grant admin consent in Entra ID#

If your organization uses Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) and restricts add-ins to verified publishers or requires admin approval, a tenant administrator needs to grant consent before users can sign in to SankeyArt.

1. Make sure you have a Global Administrator account in Entra ID, and activate it if needed.
2. Open Grant admin consent for SankeyArt.
3. Review the requested permission, Sign in and read user profile.
4. Accept on behalf of your organization.

After that, all users in your tenant can sign in to the SankeyArt add-in without individual approval.

Make the add-in available to everyone#

You can deploy the add-in to users or groups from the Microsoft 365 admin center, so that it shows up in their Excel and PowerPoint without installing it themselves.

1. Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center.
2. Go to Settings > Integrated apps.
3. Either select Get apps, search for "SankeyArt" and select Get it now, then Deploy. Or select Upload custom apps, choose Office Add-in as the app type and upload the SankeyArt add-in manifest file.
4. Under Add users, choose Entire organization, Specific users/groups or Just me.
5. Accept the permissions and select Finish deployment.

It can take up to 24 hours until the add-in shows up for everyone, sometimes longer.

The add-in works in both Excel and PowerPoint, so one deployment covers both.

If Microsoft's Marketplace is blocked#

If your organization restricts access to Microsoft's Marketplace, use the SankeyArt add-in manifest file. You can deploy it as described above, or people can upload it themselves, see Install the Excel or PowerPoint add-in.

Where the data is stored#

The add-in stores diagrams and profile information in the SankeyArt cloud, just like the web app. That's how diagrams stay in sync between the add-in and sankeyart.com. For how we protect the data, and for the Microsoft 365 security attestations of the Excel and PowerPoint add-ins, see our Trust Center.

Give people a seat#

Deploying the add-in doesn't give anyone a SankeyArt subscription. To let colleagues create diagrams, invite them to your organization. See Invite members and manage seats. Questions? Write us at support@sankeyart.com.