Publish your app to Microsoft 365, Outlook, and Teams Stores

Overview

Module 1: In this module, we'll discuss how to publish Teams app in Microsoft Teams Store.
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Understand the app validation process
- Avoid common validation failures
- Improve the quality of app submission for faster publishing time
- Know how to resolve issues flagged by Teams Store validation team
- Reduce rework by avoiding common validation failure
- Know how to maintain your app
- Understand possible actions on your app after publish in case of commercial marketplace policy failures
At the end of this module, you'll find additional resources on validation guidelines. It is recommended that you complete the training module before proceeding to it.
Module 2: In this module, we discuss on how to add significant value to your Teams app.
By the end of this module, you’ll learn about:
- Understanding significant value using the example of the Contoso Polls app.
- Different failure scenarios related to apps not meeting significant value observed during app validation.*
- Recommendations on avoiding the common #100.8 policy failures.
*This isn't an exhaustive list of all possible failure scenarios wherein an app is deemed to not meet the policy #100.8.
Module 3: In this module, our focus is on ensuring that the extensible Teams apps meet the validation requirements.
By the end of this module, you'll learn to:
- Recognize common validation failures observed when creating such apps and how to solve them.
- Improve the quality of your app submission to speed up the publishing time of your extensible apps.
- Understand how to keep your app updated with the evolution of Microsoft 365.
After you've finished this module, you'll find more resources on store validation guidelines to enhance your understanding of the process further. It's advised to complete this module before moving onto other supplementary resources.

Syllabus

Module 1: Module 1: Publish Teams apps in Microsoft Teams Store
- Introduction
- Common app review failures
- Tips for rapid approval to publish your app
- Update your app on Teams Store
- Maintain your published app
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 2: Module 2: Add significant value to your Teams app
- Understand significant value for Teams app
- App redirects outside of Teams for all core workflows
- App mimics an already existing Teams functionality
- Link unfurling only app
- Together mode scene only app
- App used as marketing vehicle
- Action-based message extension without feedback loop
- Apps redirecting to another app
- Preproduction apps
- Knowledge check
- Summary
Module 3: Module 3: Validation of Teams apps extensible across Microsoft 365
- General guidelines for publishing Teams apps extensible across Microsoft 365
- Publishing process for Teams apps extensible across Microsoft 365
- Common reasons for Teams apps extensible across Microsoft 365 fail app review
- Knowledge check
- Summary