Business Central 2024 wave 2 (BC25): Pull extension source from GitHub when opening Visual Studio Code from web client (Additional details for Extension Management)

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Dynamics 365 Business Central 2024 release wave 2 (BC25) public preview is available.
The feature of pulling extension source from GitHub when opening Visual Studio Code from the web client is introduced in BC25.
This feature allows accessing extension code from GitHub repositories and specific builds.
In Business Central 2023 wave 2 (BC23), the feature of opening Visual Studio Code from the web client for debugging was introduced.
A new "Open Source in VS Code" option is now available in the Extension Management list page in BC25.
Settings in the app.json file such as "source" with repositoryUrl and commit need to be defined to enable the new feature.
Visual Studio Code will prompt the user to clone or open the GitHub repo for the extension when the new button is clicked.
The Extension Management page has also been updated with new tabs for Resource Protection Policies and Source control details.
Microsoft AppSource apps feature will replace the Extension Marketplace in Business Central 2024 wave 2 (BC25).

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