Let us see how to use Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment to export and import a Solution from one environment to another using Visual Studio Team Services
Prerequisites
- Dynamics CRM Source and Destination environment.
- Visual Studio Online Account.
- Dynamics 365 Build Tools by Wael Hamze (written in PowerShell scripts to import and export the solution)
Steps to follow.
1. Create a project or repository in VSTS online (now known as Azure DevOps).
2. Click on the Repos.
3. Click on Initialize.
4. Create a Build Definition. It will export the Dynamics 365 solution from the Source environment.
5. Create an empty job and click on the + button and add the task according to the order mentioned.
6. Provide CRM Connection String.
7. Provide a solution name to export. You can even mention whether you need to export the solution as managed or unmanaged. Generally, for best practices, the solution should be exported as Managed.
8. Test the Build definition whether the solution is exported from the source environment or not.
Here, Description.zip is the solution name which will be exported from the Source and stored in the artifacts, i.e, the drop folder.
Create Release Definition
Here, we will need the artifact from the build definition.
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