MicroStrategy ONE

Enabling Users to Install MicroStrategy Office from Web

This information applies to the legacy MicroStrategy Office add-in, the add‑in for Microsoft Office applications which is no longer actively developed.

It was substituted with a new add‑in, MicroStrategy for Office, which supports Office 365 applications. The initial version does not yet have all the functionalities of the previous add‑in.

If you are using MicroStrategy 2021 Update 2 or a later version, the legacy MicroStrategy Office add-in cannot be installed from Web.;

For more information, see the MicroStrategy for Office page in the Readme and the MicroStrategy for Office Help.

From the MicroStrategy Web Administrator page, you can designate the installation directory path to MicroStrategy Office, and also determine whether a link to Office installation information appears in the MicroStrategy Web interface.

You must install and deploy MicroStrategy Web Services to allow the installation of MicroStrategy Office from MicroStrategy Web. For information about deploying MicroStrategy Web Services, see the MicroStrategy for Office Help.

To specify the path to MicroStrategy Office and determine whether users can install MicroStrategy Office from Web

  1. In Windows, go to Start > Programs > MicroStrategy Tools > Web Administrator.
  2. Click Connect.
  3. Underneath Web Server on the left, click MicroStrategy Office.
  4. In the Path to MicroStrategy Office Installation field, type the base URL of your MicroStrategy Web Services machine, for example:
    http://server:port/Web_Services_virtual_directory/Office

    MicroStrategy Web automatically attaches /Lang_xxxx/officeinstall.htm to the end of the URL, where Lang_xxxx refers to the currently defined language in MicroStrategy Web. For example, if the language in MicroStrategy Web is set to English, a completed URL may appear as follows:

    http://localhost/MicroStrategyWS/office/Lang_1033/officeinstall.htm

  5. Test the URL path by clicking Go.
  6. Click your browser's Back button to return to the Web Administration - MicroStrategy Office settings page.
  7. To ensure that an Install MicroStrategy Office link is displayed at the top of users' project selection and login pages in MicroStrategy Web, select the Show link to installation page for all users on the Projects and Login pages check box. When users click the 'Install MicroStrategy Office' link, a page opens with instructions on how to install MicroStrategy Office on their machine.
  8. Click Save.