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Some people at the office feel uncomfortable having to disable "macro security for outlook add-ins" in order to get my add-in to work.

How do I obtain a security certificate for my add-in so that it loads in spite of the security settings currently in place? Is it worth the trouble? Does it cost a lot of money?

Alexis Pigeon
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You need a code signing certificate for this. Various Certificate Authorities release them:

  1. http://www.symantec.com/verisign/code-signing/microsoft-authenticode
  2. http://www.thawte.com/code-signing/content-signing-certificates/microsoft-office/index.html

These are just two, but there are many more.

Of course, you can create your own code signing certificate (actually two, a root certificate and a code signing cert). But the downside is you will need to install your root cert on every computer where you install the addin.

Marcel N.
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