Create A Power Platform Pipeline

Power Platform Pipelines move solutions from a development environment to a target environment such as the test environment or the production environment. They ensure deployments to the correct environment are performed in a consistent manner. Configuration of components such as connection references and environment variables can be controlled through deployment settings. And a copy of the solution is stored for easy redeployment if needed.

Table Of Contents:
• Create A New Power Platform Pipeline
• Link A Development Environment To The Power Platform Pipeline
• Add A Test Environment Deployment Stage To The Pipeline
• Configure A Production Environment Deployment Stage

Create A New Power Platform Pipeline

Go to the pipelines host environment and open the deployment pipeline configuration model-driven app.

Browse to the pipelines page and create a new pipeline.

Name the pipeline ALM Tutorial Pipeline. Allow redeployments of older versions. Then save the pipeline.

Link A Development Environment To The Power Platform Pipeline

We want the pipeline to export solutions form the development environment and import them into the test and production environments. Add an existing development environment to the pipeline.

Select the ALM Tutorial (Dev) development environment to the pipeline. We created this record in a previous module of the tutorial.

The ALM Tutorial (Dev) environment now appears in the linked development environments subgrid.

Add A Test Environment Deployment Stage To The Pipeline

The test environment is the first target environment we will add to the Power Platform pipeline. Look for the deployment stages subgrid and press the new deployment stage button.

Setup the test environment deployment stage as follows. Then save and close the stage.

• Name – ALM Tutorial Deployment Stage (Test)
• Owner – your Microsoft 365 account
• Deployment Pipeline – ALM Tutorial Pipeline
• Target Deployment Environment ID – ALM Tutorial (Test)
  
  

The test environment deployment stage appears in the subgrid.

Configure A Production Environment Deployment Stage

The final deployment stage of the pipeline is the production environment. Add another new deployment stage to the pipeline with the following details. Then save and close the stage.

• Name – ALM Tutorial Deployment Stage (Prod)
• Owner – your Microsoft 365 account
• Deployment Pipeline – ALM Tutorial Pipeline
• Previous Deployment Stage – ALM Tutorial (Test)
• Target Deployment Environment ID – ALM Tutorial (Prod)
  
  

The production environment appears in the deployment stages subgrid.

Next Steps

Continue to the next steps in the Power Platform Pipelines & ALM Setup Guide.

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