Deploy A D365 Environment

Dynamics 365 ERP - Development

The article discusses the different types of environments for developing and debugging custom code in Dynamics 365.
It explains that Tier 2 and above environments are used for user acceptance testing, performance testing, and production, while Tier 1 cloud-hosted environments are commonly deployed for reading, writing, and debugging code.
The article also mentions self-hosted virtual machines, which developers can download and run on their own local machines.
It introduces the Unified Development Experience, a new type of environment that allows developers to connect to a Microsoft hosted environment using Visual Studio on their local machines.
The article provides step-by-step instructions on how to deploy a Tier 1 cloud-hosted development environment, including creating and logging into an LCS project, creating a cloud-hosted environment, specifying the D365 version, and setting the environment name and size.
It also covers advanced settings for customizing the environment, such as Visual Studio customization, SQL database configuration, disk space configuration, premium storage settings, and virtual machine names.
The article mentions warnings and errors that may occur during the deployment process and provides solutions for resolving them.
Finally, it explains how to connect to the deployed environment through remote desktop and access the front end of the D365 environment through a browser.

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