How do I set up an add-in catalog on office 365

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I have been working through the following link:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/dn574752.aspx

I get to point 2. "In the left task pane, choose add-ins'

But in my sharepoint online admin I do not have this option.

From Office 365 I click Admin and go in to the Office 365 admin center. Then down the left is the Admin section with Exchange, Skype, SharePoint, Compliance etc. I click on SharePoint.

Then the options are Site collections, InfoPath, user profiles, bcs, term store, records management, search, secure store, apps, settings, configure hybrid. There is no option called 'Add-in'.

I thought maybe the apps option might work / be the same thing. Any ideas?

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Ok, it seems that the apps option is the same. Just some inconsistency going on here. The bit I actually got wrong was I opened Excel Online without launching it through the app launcher WITHIN office 365 itself and so Excel was not connected to SharePoint. - Sturb
The plot thickens - I can open my Add-In fine, but I can't open my Excel Template it downloads it direct to Excel. So you can't open a template file in Excel online. You can only open a .xls file - Sturb

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glad you were able to get the add-in to load from the catalog. The name is going through a change from "Apps for Office" to Office add-ins as the note in the link above says.

For the second part of the question, the Excel file should open directly from downloading the workbook from the internet. I would make sure you can open other .xlsx files. Also note to run Office web add-ins you need Office 2013 or above.