Hi Readers

This will be a crisp read but it covers all information to set up power pipelines as of January 2023.

We are going to explore ‘Power Pipelines’ today. It is a part of power platform ALM.

Both makers and developers can use it.

What is it?

My definition: Automate solution deployment in power platform including Dynamics 365 CE apps.

Microsoft’s Version: Pipelines in Power Platform aim to democratize application lifecycle management (ALM) for Power Platform and Dynamics 365 customers by bringing ALM automation and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) capabilities into the service in a manner that’s more approachable for all makers, admins, and developers.

Current Status: Preview (do not use for production environments)

Expected General Availability: Unknown

Prerequisites

•Managed environments only

•Power Platform admin or DataVerse Admin

•Minimum environments 3 but recommended 4

•Must have a DataVerse database

Limitations

•Does not work on environments of type ‘Developer’

•Does not work on environments in different geo-locations

•D4T is not supported

•Preview

Steps

Step 1: Create a host environment for pipelines

Step 2: Go to resources

Step 3: Install Dynamics 365 Apps i.e., Power Platform Pipelines

Step 4: Create pipelines in host environment

Note: Two new security roles are created automatically

Useful References

•Overview of pipelines – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/pipelines

•Managed environments – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/managed-environment-enable

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