Unified Environments Continuous integration for Dynamics 365 Finance and operations

Dynamics 365 ERP - Development

The article discusses the process of continuous integration using Azure pipelines and deployment in sandbox environments using Lifecycle Services.
Prerequisites include enabling Dynamics 365 finance and operations Tools and Power Platform Build Tools extension in Azure DevOps.
Steps for creating a pipeline include installing NuGet packages, updating model versions, and building the solution or projects.
Azure DevOps provides pipelines for automating builds, with YML pipelines for Git repositories and Classic pipelines for TFVC repositories.
Adjustments to the pipeline are needed to create a deployable package for Power Platform Unified environments.
Licenses can be included in the model by placing them in the __License folder at the same level as the bin folder.
Once the pipeline is built, artifacts can be located under Related in the Summary tab.
A release pipeline for Unified environments includes tasks like Power Platform Tool Installer, WhoAmI, and Deploy Package which require a service connection for interaction with the PPAC environment.

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