Activate Customer Service Management
You can activate the Case Management Core (com.sn_customerservice) plugin, if you have the admin role. This plugin includes demo data and activates related plugins if they aren’t already active.
Before you begin
Role required: admin
Procedure
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Navigate to All > System Applications > All Available Applications > All.
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Find the plugin using the filter criteria and search bar.
You can search for the plugin by its name or ID. If you cannot find a plugin, you might have to request it from ServiceNow personnel.
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Select Install to start the installation process.
Note: When domain separation and delegated admin are enabled in an instance, the administrative user must be in the global domain. Otherwise, the following error appears:
Application installation is unavailable because another operation is running: Plugin Activation for <plugin name>.You will see a message after installation is completed. For information about the components installed with a plugin, see Find components installed with an application.
Parent Topic:Customer Service Management
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title: Activate Customer Service Management
description: You can activate the Case Management Core \(com.sn\_customerservice\) plugin, if you have the admin role. This plugin includes demo data and activates related plugins if they aren’t already active.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/customer-service-management/t\_ActivateCustomerService.html
release: brazil
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Getting started with Customer Service Management, Set up your environment, Configure, Customer Service Management]
---
# Activate Customer Service Management
You can activate the Case Management Core \(com.sn\_customerservice\) plugin, if you have the admin role. This plugin includes demo data and activates related plugins if they aren’t already active.
## Before you begin
Role required: admin
## Procedure
1. Navigate to **All** > **System Applications** > **All Available Applications** > **All**.
2. Find the plugin using the filter criteria and search bar.
You can search for the plugin by its name or ID. If you cannot find a plugin, you might have to request it from ServiceNow personnel.
3. Select **Install** to start the installation process.
**Note:** When domain separation and delegated admin are enabled in an instance, the administrative user must be in the **global** domain. Otherwise, the following error appears: `Application installation is unavailable because another operation is running: Plugin Activation for <plugin name>.`
You will see a message after installation is completed. For information about the components installed with a plugin, see [Find components installed with an application](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-administration/find-components.md).
**Parent Topic:**[Customer Service Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/customer-service-management/c_CustomerServiceManagement.md)
| title | Activate Customer Service Management |
| description | You can activate the Case Management Core \(com.sn\_customerservice\) plugin, if you have the admin role. This plugin includes demo data and activates related plugins if they aren’t already active. |
| locale | en-US |
| canonical_url | https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/customer-service-management/t\_ActivateCustomerService.html |
| release | brazil |
| topic_type | task |
| last_updated | 2026-09-10 |
| reading_time_minutes | 1 |
| breadcrumb | Getting started with Customer Service ManagementSet up your environmentConfigureCustomer Service Management |