Requirements to install Microsoft Project Clarity Add-In

Products

• Clarity PPM On Premise
• Clarity PPM SaaS

Issue/Introduction

What are the software requirements to install the Microsoft Project (MSP) Clarity Add-In (plug-in)?

Environment

Any supported Clarity release.

Resolution

In order to install the Microsoft Project Clarity Add-In, it is necessary to have these third-party product installed.

• .NET Framework 4.5.1 or higher: https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework
  It may already be installed as part of an out of the box Windows installation.
• Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime: https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=48217
  This is the version required regardless of the Microsoft Project version (2016, 2019...) or architecture (32-bit, 64-bit).

Additional Information

Make sure that MSP has the following configuration options set before installing the add-in. Before changing, note the previous value.

• Project Options > Trust Center > Trust Center Settings... > Enable all macros

Once the add-in is installed, revert back to the original setting.