Environments

Environments

This section outlines DfE’s standard approach for managing Dynamics 365 environments, including the standard environment model covering Dev, Test, PreProd and Prod, guidance on maintaining consistent configuration and controlled ALM deployments, and the process for securely provisioning new environments through authorised administrators. It also describes how solutions should be structured and governed, including when to use unmanaged and managed solutions, required naming conventions, and how Azure DevOps pipelines are used to package and deploy solutions following DfE’s standard CRM deployment pattern.

In this section

• Environment Setup

  Outlines the environment model, maintaining consistency across environments, and provides guidance on the end‑to‑end setup process.

• Solutions

  How Dynamics 365 solutions are structured, organised and managed to ensure consistent, maintainable development aligned with deployment pipeline standards.

• Azure DevOps Pipelines

  Describes how Azure DevOps pipelines should be configured to deploy Dynamics 365 and Power Pages solutions across all environments.