can i publish outlook add-ins which target 2010, 2013 versions of outlook on the online office store

Question

I am planning to develop a outlook add-in which will work with the desktop version of outlook 2010 and 2013.

Can i publish it on the online office store (https://store.office.com/) or is it that the store only allows submission of office 365 apps???

I tried looking at the store's documentation but it does not mention anything on the topic. I have tried contacting Microsoft support but they seem to have no clue.

Answer 1

You can't publish COM add-ins to the Office store.

COM add-ins (like any other Windows desktop applications) can be published to the Windows store.

Answer 2

Office Store only accepts JS based addins. COM addins for the desktop versions of Outlook cannot be distributed though the store.