Introducing solutions management

Solutions management in the Power Platform is a natural evolution of the former customization file (XML file) approach, which was used in early versions of Dynamics CRM for transporting a customization from one Dynamics CRM instance into another. Solutions management is a primary deployment feature for Power Platform solutions. A Power Platform solution is a container, containing everything a solution consists of. The purpose of the solution is to deploy the solution in its entirety from one environment to another.

Solutions management requires a Microsoft Dataverse database to be created in the Power Platform environment. In environments without Microsoft Dataverse, this capability is not available.

In the next sections, you will learn a lot of details about the Power Platform solutions management capability.

Overview of solutions

In the Power Platform, the solution is the key vehicle for supporting ALM. From the ALM point of view...