Deploying the Solution in SharePoint Online

In this article I would like to share the procedure to add, activate and update the solution in SharePoint Online.

SharePoint Online solution

• In SharePoint Online we can only deploy the sandboxed solutions. Farm level deployments are not allowed in SharePoint Online.
  
• Sandboxed solutions: Sandboxed solutions provide a framework for developers to create, and for SharePoint Online administrators to upload and activate, custom code solutions to SharePoint Online. Sandboxed solutions run in an environment that has access to a core subset of the server object model. The sandboxed solutions framework gives developers access to the major objects at and below the site collection level.
  
• Using PowerShell, we can deploy the farm level solutions (SharePoint On-premise). Using SharePoint Online we can add the solutions to the Site Collection Solution Gallery.

Procedure to deploy the solution

Use the following procedure to upload and activate the solutions.

Step 1: Open your site and go to the “settings” from your top level site as in the following:



Step 2: Then select the “site settings” from your settings (drop down) as shown below:


Step 3: When you click on the site settings, you will navigate to the site settings page as shown below:



Step 4: On the site setting page, you can see the “Web Designer Galleries” section as in the following:



Step 5: Under the “Web Designer Galleries” section, you can find the “Solutions” as shown below, then click on the Solutions in the Site Settings page.



Step 6: When you click on the solutions, you will get the solution page as in the following:


Step 7: On the solutions page, you have the option to upload the solutions (WSP). Then click on the upload solution option from the top ribbon bar as in the following:



Step 8: When you click on the “Upload solution”, you will get the pop-up to upload the solution as shown in the following:



Step 9: Then click on the “choose file” from the pop-up and then click “Ok” to activate the solution,.