---
title: "Deploy and Set Up Vitextra Short URL Online"
description: "Step-by-step guide to deploying Vitextra Short URL Online in a Microsoft 365 tenant — installing the .sppkg packages, the web part, and the command bar extension in SharePoint."
url: https://vitextra.com/en/support/kb/10057
language: en
published: 2021-08-28
modified: 2026-10-10
products:
  - "Short URL Online"
author: "Jānis Bērziņš"
tags: ["Vitextra Short URL Online", "SharePoint deployment", "Microsoft 365", "App Catalog", "sppkg package", "command bar extension", "SharePoint web part", "short URL", "shorten link"]
---

# Deploy and Set Up Vitextra Short URL Online

Step-by-step guide to deploying Vitextra Short URL Online in a Microsoft 365 tenant — installing the .sppkg packages, the web part, and the command bar extension in SharePoint.

This article describes how to deploy and set up [Vitextra Short URL Online](https://vitextra.com/en/products/short-url-online) in a Microsoft 365 tenant.

## Installation Package

The Short URL Online installation package contains two .sppkg files:
- vitextra.short-url-online.sppkg
- vitextra.short-url-online.webparts.sppkg

![Short URL Online. Installation Package](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10057/installation-package.png)
*Short URL Online. Installation Package*

The **vitextra.short-url-online.sppkg** package contains a command bar extension for shortening the URL of a document or folder.

![Short URL Online. Command Bar](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10057/short-url-command-bar.png)
*Short URL Online. Command Bar*

📝 **Note**  
The command bar extension can't be deployed globally. 
You must add the app to each SharePoint site where you want to enable the command bar extension.

The **vitextra.short-url-online.webparts.sppkg** package contains a web part for creating a shortened link to any content.

![Short URL Online. Web Part](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10057/short-url-web-part.png)
*Short URL Online. Web Part*

📝 **Note**  
The Short URL web part is available immediately once the package is deployed to the SharePoint App Catalog.

## Deploy

Open the SharePoint App Catalog and upload the .sppkg files from the installation package.

When a file is uploaded, SharePoint displays a confirmation dialog. 
Click **Deploy** to confirm the operation.
When deploying the Short URL Online web part, select the **Make this solution available to all sites in the organization** checkbox to allow global deployment.

![Deploy confirmation dialog](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10057/web-part-deploy.png)
*Deploy confirmation dialog*

💡 **Tip**  
If you need only the web part or only the command bar extension, you can deploy the appropriate package and ignore the other one.

## Command Bar Extension

The Short URL command bar extension lets users create shortened links to any document or folder with a single click.
You must activate this feature on each site where you want to use the Short URL command bar extension.

Select **New** > **App** on the site command bar.

![New App Menu](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10057/new-app-menu.png)
*New App Menu*

Under the **Apps you can add** heading, select **Vitextra Short URL**.

![Available SharePoint Apps](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10057/your-apps.png)
*Available SharePoint Apps*

It takes a couple of minutes to activate the feature on the site.

Once the app is installed, users can use the extension in all document libraries on the site.

![Create shortened link to a document](https://static.vitextra.com/articles/10057/create-short-url.gif)
*Create shortened link to a document*