ALM & governance

Application lifecycle management and governance across Dynamics 365 and the Power Platform — environments, solutions, pipelines, and policy.

For: Architects, platform owners, and IT leadership.

13 guides in this path

  1. 1
    Environment strategy for Dynamics 365 projectsHow to design dev / test / UAT / production environment topology for a Dynamics 365 implementation — naming conventions, refresh cadence, data isolation, and the trade-offs at different team sizes.
  2. 2
    Power Platform environmentsEnvironments in the Power Platform — types, capacity, regions, and how they relate to Dynamics 365 and Dataverse.
  3. 3
    Power Platform ALM with managed solutionsApplication lifecycle management on the Power Platform — solutions, managed vs unmanaged, environments, pipelines, and source control.
  4. 4
    Power Platform ALM with Azure DevOpsHow to set up CI/CD for Power Platform using Azure DevOps — Build tools, pipelines, source control, and automated deployment between environments.
  5. 5
    ALM with GitHub Actions for Power PlatformHow to run Power Platform CI/CD with GitHub Actions — Microsoft's official workflows, source structure, and the differences from Azure DevOps.
  6. 6
    Solution import / export pipelines for DataverseHow to automate Dataverse solution promotion through dev / test / prod — Power Platform CLI, Build Tools, GitHub Actions, and Power Platform Pipelines.
  7. 7
    Solution Checker and App Checker in Power PlatformHow Solution Checker analyses Dataverse solutions for issues — categories of findings, integration with Managed Environments, and how App Checker complements it for canvas apps.
  8. 8
    Solution history and rollback strategies in DataverseHow to track solution changes over time and roll back when promotions go wrong — solution history table, backup-first patterns, and the limits of native rollback in Dataverse.
  9. 9
    Managed environments in Power PlatformWhat Managed Environments add to a Power Platform environment — admin features, sharing limits, weekly digest, solution checker enforcement, and pipelines — and what they cost.
  10. 10
    Data loss prevention (DLP) policies in Power PlatformHow DLP policies in Power Platform restrict connector combinations across business and non-business data — policy design, environment scope, and the strategies that keep makers productive.
  11. 11
    Release management for Dynamics 365How to manage releases for Dynamics 365 — release cycles, change advisory, version control, deployment runbook, and the rhythm that production-grade teams build.
  12. 12
    Data classification for Dynamics 365How to classify data in Dynamics 365 to drive security, retention, and compliance decisions — classification tiers, where to record them, and the integration with Microsoft Purview.
  13. 13
    Backup strategy for Dynamics 365What Microsoft backs up automatically vs what customers need to plan for — Dataverse, F&O, third-party backup tools, and the difference between backup and disaster recovery.
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