Deployment Types

There are three different ways to deploy a plug-in:

• Server

• Offline

• Both

Server means that the plug-in will execute on the server. Execution will occur when users use the web client or the Outlook Online client as well as when any workflow is executed.

Offline means the plug-in executes on the client’s user machine where Outlook is running. This is especially useful when running in the Outlook client in offline mode.

The Both type executes the plug-in on the server and in the Outlook client in offline mode. Have in mind that the plug-in would be executed twice, once when Outlook is offline and again when it connects to the server.

The deployment type you select depends on what you want to do. If you need to grab data from ...

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