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When you install an add-in from the Office store, it will come with a predefined set of icons. Depending on your organisation's needs, you might need to change those.

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When you've found what you're looking for, copy the XML content into Notepad or any other text editor and replace the following elements with the image of your choice:

 <IconUrl DefaultValue="YOUR_IMAGE_URL_HERE<!-- for example: https://dsmsgeu-demoaddin.azurewebsites.net/images/Icon64.png -->" />
<HighResolutionIconUrl DefaultValue="YOUR_IMAGE_URL_HERE<!-- for example: https://dsmsgeu-demoaddin.azurewebsites.net/images/Icon128.png -->" />

 <Resources>
<bt:Images>

<bt:Image id="icon16ReportMessage" DefaultValue="YOUR_IMAGE_URL_HERE<!-- for example: https://dsmsgeu-demoaddin.azurewebsites.net/images/Icon16.png -->" />
<bt:Image id="icon32ReportMessage" DefaultValue="YOUR_IMAGE_URL_HERE<!-- for example: https://dsmsgeu-demoaddin.azurewebsites.net/images/Icon32.png -->" />
<bt:Image id="icon80ReportMessage" DefaultValue="YOUR_IMAGE_URL_HERE<!-- for example: https://dsmsgeu-demoaddin.azurewebsites.net/images/Icon80.png -->" />

Note: The elements in the above example are from the Report Message store add-on.

In addition, you will need to create a new guid for your add-in:

<!-- IMPORTANT! Id must be unique for your add-in, if you reuse this manifest ensure that you change this id to a new GUID. -->
<Id>NEW_GUID_HERE</Id>
<!--Version. Updates from the store only get triggered if there is a version change. -->

If you want to easily create a new guid, you can run the following command in Windows PowerShell: [Guid]::NewGuid()

The last step is to save the xml file to disk and install the add-in using the xml file.

Note

This workaround is not supported nor recommended by Microsoft. Should you wish to continue with such a customisation you cannot get in touch with Microsoft Support and request assistance should the add-in stop working or should you experience unexpected behaviours when trying to use the add-in.