Revit 2025 New Feature: Admin Add-Ins Manager

Issue:

With so many Add-Ins available for Revit on the Autodesk App Store and other locations, some BIM Managers and System Administrators would prefer to have some control over which add-ins users are permitted to load or unload.

New Feature:

Revit Admin Add-Ins Manager

The Admin Add-ins Manager is not part of the standard Revit installation.  The tool can be downloaded and installed from the Autodesk account following the steps below:

1. Sign into the Autodesk Account at manage.autodesk.com
2. Select All Products and Services
3. Locate Revit and click on View details
4. Select Extensions under Available downloads
5. Locate Revit Admin Add-Ins Manager 2025 and select Download 

6.  Double-click on the downloaded AdminAddinsManager.exe to install

Overview

To launch the Revit Admin Add-ins Manager, type in "Revit Admin" in the Windows search bar and click on Revit (Admin) Add-Ins Manager 2025

Please keep the following items in mind when using the Admin Add-ins Manager:

• To force or prevent the loading of a specific add=in, the add-in must first be installed to be configured in the Admin tool.
• The settings in the Admin Add-ins Manager have higher priority than the user settings defined in the user Add-ins Manager.
• The Add-ins settings can be configured on one workstation and then exported to a file (AdminSettings.json) that can be distributed to other users' workstations.
• System administrators are responsible for configuring Windows permission settings to prevent standard users from editing or removing the AdminSettings.json file from their workstation.

For specific instructions on configuring and exporting the Add-ins options, click on the link "How do I use the (Admin) Add-Ins Manager?" in the tool, or you can view the online help here.

About the Author

Sr. Technical Support Specialist, AEC<br><br>Jeremy has been delivering service and technical support to customers in the AEC industry for over 25 years. He gained much of his AutoCAD/Revit experience serving as CAD Manager at multiple MEP/FP engineering firms in the Greater Boston Area. He then worked at Autodesk as a Technical Support Specialist, eventually becoming a manager overseeing the Revit and Vault support teams. Jeremy is excited to be in his current role as Sr. Technical Support Specialist at IMAGINiT, as it allows him the opportunity to work directly with customers every day and help them successfully leverage Autodesk’s solutions to achieve their business goals.

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