Wednesday, October 2, 2019

EXPORT AND IMPORT SOLUTION FROM ONE ENVIRONMENT TO ANOTHER USING CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AND DEPLOYMENT USING VISUAL STUDIO TEAM SERVICES

Export and Import  Solution from  one environment to another using Continuous Integration and Deployment using visual Studio Team Services
Prerequisites:
1.Dynamics crm source and Destination environment.
2.Visual Studio Online Account.
3.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).
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2.Click on the Repos.
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3.Click on Initialize.
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4.Create Build Definition.It will export the Dynamics 365 solution from the Source Environment.
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5.Create a empty job and click on the + button and add the task according to the order mentioned
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Provide CRM Connection String
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6.Provide solution name to export even you can mention whether you need to export solution as managed or unmanaged. Generally for Best practices the solution should be exported as Managed.
7.Test the Build Defintion whether solution is exported from the source environment  or not.

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artifacts
Here Description.zip is the solution name which will be exported from source and stored in artifacts ie drop folder
8.Create Release Definition
Here we will need the artifact from the build definition
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Click Add
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Click Add
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Click Ok
Add another Task ie Publish Customization as given below:
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Click Save
  1. Test the operation
Go to build and click on queue after build is successful go to release
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Build will be Unsuccessful because I have not added Ms crm Tool so go to release -> Tasks and add the task at the top as mentioned in the screenshot and save it
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Go and do the testing again ie go to build and click on queue
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Click on Queue and go to the current build which is in progress
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After Build is Successful as given below go to Release
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Click On Blue Icon ie Target Environment
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Go to the Target Environment
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Source Solution is imported Successfully into the Target Environment.

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