Deploying extensions

When a solution is deployed, be it at the tenant level or at the site collection level, the extensions within that solution are ready to be used. The way they are enabled and their availability for use vary based on the decision made by the admin.

If the admin has decided the extensions should be available immediately, then the Application Customizer and ListView Command Set are available immediately across all the sites in the tenant. This is because of the entries present in the ClientSideInstance.xml file.

Note

More details on this file can be found here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/spfx/extensions/basics/tenant-wide-deployment-extensions#automating-tenant-wide-deployment-from-solution-package.

If the admin has decided the extensions should not be available immediately, then all the extensions need to be enabled via a script by the admin (or site owner) for the extensions to be used.

If the entries are not present in the ClientSideInstance...