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Uninstalling Virto SharePoint Alerts

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To uninstall the component:

Double click the Setup.exe extracted from downloaded

Virto.SharePoint.20XX.AlertsAndReminders.zip file.#

The program performs the system checks again. Once that has successfully completed, the program prompts you to Repair or Remove the solution. Select Remove, and click “Next”.

Upgrading Virto SharePoint Alerts

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If you already use Virto SharePoint Alerts web part and need to upgrade it to the latest version, download the.zip file from http://www.virtosoftware.com. Unzip the file and run setup.exe.

On the step 3 check the box “Upgrade” and click “Next”.

Note*: if you had activated the license while installing the previous Virto SharePoint Alerts version, you do not need to activate it again.*

License Activation

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To see full instruction for successful activation of your component, please read our blog.

Error “Sorry apps are turned off”: What to Do

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If you are trying to install the web part on SharePoint 2019 server and got below error while Adding it to your site:

Sorry, apps are turned off. If you know who runs the server, tell them to enable apps. Possible Reasons and Solutions#

Reason	Solution
Apps are not enabled in your farm	Make sure your have Apps enabled in your SharePoint 2019 farm.
Subscription service is not setup	The first and most probably problem would be the subscription service is not configured in your farm. Pleaseconfigure it.
App management service is not associated with your web application	Make sure App Management Service Application is associated with your web application where you want to addthe SPFx web part.
App Url is not configured	If you have not configured the App Urls. please ensure you have given values to App Domain and App Prefix in your App Store settings.

If after ensuring above solutions, you still have the same error, please register a ticket to let our technicians analyze the problem.

SPFx Web Part Installation

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To start using Virto Alerts and Reminders web part on modern sites/pages of SharePoint 2019 please do the steps as follows.

To install Virto Alerts and Reminders web part run Setup.exe file as administrator under the farm administrator account.
Create App Catalog in your SharePoint if necessary: https://docs.microsoft.com/en- us/sharepoint/administration/manage-the-app-catalog .

The .sppkgfile will be automatically uploaded to “Apps for SharePoint”. Now you can add Virto Alerts and Reminders on the modern pages/sites.

Note*! Please do not use administrator account to install and activate SPFx web part.*

Installing Virto SharePoint Alerts

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Before you begin, you need to make sure you have access to the server and your account must have the appropriate administrative privileges to install applications.

To access Virto SharePoint Alerts Setup program download

Virto.SharePoint.20XX.AlertsAndReminders.zipfile and unzip it. Run extracted Setup.exe file. The setup wizard window will appear.

Virto SharePoint Alerts wizard performs a system check prior to the installation. All the system checks must be completed successfully in order to proceed with the installation. After the checks have completed, click “Next”.

Expected Outage

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The expected outage time is from 2 minutes to several hours depending on your hardware and number of SharePoint sites. Though we recommend all Virto users to upgrade on a weekend.