Update Installed App in subsites from tenant in sharepoint online

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Update Installed App in subsites from tenant in sharepoint online

arul bretto kumar abraham 1

Hi,

I would like to update the existing app which is already installed in my sharepoint subsites.
The app is deployed in Tenant site. Now I needs to update in subsite rather than go and click "Get It" open in each subsites.
I needs to update using PNP Powershell script.

I tried, with below command, to Install the app

Get-PnPApp -Identity abcd-adfbd-xx-yyy-uu | Install-PnPApp

the app is installed in all my subsites. However, I wants to update the app by using pnp powershell i got failed
becz, I used this below commands
Get-PnPApp -Identity abcd-adfbd-xx-yyy-uu | Update-PnPApp
Update-PnPApp -Identity abcd-adfbd-xx-yyy-uu -Sope site

no use. Please share your idea, how to update the installed app in each subsite using pnp powershell

Thanks,
Britto

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MichaelHan-MSFT 18,126

Hi @arul bretto kumar abraham ,

As far as I know, Update-PnPApp command will update an already installed app if a new version is available.

Please try to connect to the subsite instead of the root site via pnp then run the command, see if it works.

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arul bretto kumar abraham 1 Reputation point

2021-11-08T08:17:52.523+00:00

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the response.

Actually I already executed like that only . I mean, I connected with subsite and tried to the below command
Get-PnPApp -Identity abcd-adfbd-xx-yyy-uu | Update-PnPApp
No use. Got error

the code is below:

$connection=Connect-PnPOnline -Url https://xyz.onmicrosoft.com/sites/test1/subtes1
$webs = Get-PnPWeb
Get-PnPApp -Identity abcd-adfbd-xx-yyy-uu | Update-PnPApp

error:
MichaelHan-MSFT 18,126 Reputation points

2021-11-08T08:36:16.767+00:00

If you just run the command Get-PnPApp, could you get the installed verison app?
arul bretto kumar abraham 1 Reputation point

2021-11-08T08:52:08.863+00:00

Yes, it is displaying AppCatalogVersion is current installed version
MichaelHan-MSFT 18,126 Reputation points

2021-11-08T09:24:40.637+00:00

@arul bretto kumar abraham ,

The Update-PnPApp works if current installed version is less than AppCatalogVersion. Like the below:

When you deployed your app to app catalog, you should specify a new verison for your updated app.

Besides, you should run the command Update-PnPApp -identity <id> directly to update the app.
arul bretto kumar abraham 1 Reputation point

2021-11-09T02:55:15.76+00:00

Thanks Michael,

Yes, the deployed appcatelogversion is greater than installed version

I don't have access to run update-pnpapp command in tenant site level
actually, while we build the package we will increase the version number by 1 in SPfx package and share the sppkg package to admin team.

They will just upload into tenant site appcatelog library.

Iunderstand that, after upload the sppkg package in appcatelog.... we needs to run update-pnpapp command for tenant site?

Am I correct. If not please correct me.
MichaelHan-MSFT 18,126 Reputation points

2021-11-09T06:33:57.597+00:00

@arul bretto kumar abraham ,

We don't need to run update-pnpapp for tenant site. After uplod and deploy the sppkg package, it would be available.

Also, you should confirm with your admin team, make sure they publish a major verison in the library after uploading the file.
MichaelHan-MSFT 18,126 Reputation points

2021-11-16T01:21:10.91+00:00

@arul bretto kumar abraham ,

Do you have any progress on this issue? Have you got it resolved?

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Allen Xu_MSFT 13,861 Reputation points

2021-12-03T06:38:52.417+00:00

@arul bretto kumar abraham ,

Did you refer to michael's answer above? Is there any progress?

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