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Activate SharePoint feature

This activity activates a feature in the feature collection.

**Note:**You must first determine the scope of the feature. If the scope is Web-based or is a site collection scope, the url parameter is required. However, if the scope is farm-based, the url parameter is not required.

SharePoint Designer phrase

Activate SharePoint feature activity shown as a SharePoint Designer phrase in the 2013 workflow platform

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase

Activate the following feature on current site. Force Yes

Parameters

Input parameters

ParameterDescriptionExample
this featureFeature Display name or Feature ID - GUID that identifies the featuredefinition to addEx: Virto Alerts Customizer for SharePoint or 04a03950-8f99-4ebd-9437-67be388e514c
current siteOptional. Complete site or web url. If url is empty, current url will be used. If feature’s scope is farm- based, the url parameter isnot required.https://contoso/SiteUrl; https://contoso/Sites/SiteUrl;[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]/subSite
Force YesSpecifies that an activationof the feature will be forcedYesNo

Example

Example of the Activate SharePoint feature activity configured with a feature and Force option in a workflow

Updated on June 17, 2026