Upgrade ISV on DEV

Purpose:

Install the latest version of an ISV on DEV environment

Application:

Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations

Business requirement:

Upgrade ISV to get the latest and greatest features in the product

Solution:

Delete

1. Open Visual Studio
2. Stop all the relevant services
3. Make sure there are no pending changes
4. Delete package(s) from source control explorer
5. Check-in pending changes
6. Make sure local package folder(s) are deleted from file system
7. Refresh models
8. Restart Visual Studio
9. Make sure the deleted model(s) do not exist in the build window
10. Get latest from version control
11. Run full build
12. Run DB synchronization

Install

1. Close Visual Studio
2. Stop all the relevant services
3. Get the latest version of ISV
4. Unblock
5. Extract
6. Install package using devinstall command
7. Package folders should now be created on the file system
8. Open Visual Studio
9. Add files to version control
10. Make sure to include files in the Excluded items section
11. Check-in pending changes
12. Get latest from version control
13. Refresh models
14. Rull full build
15. Run DB synchronization
16. Start all the relevant services
17. Make sure system is up and running

Get latest

1. Get latest on another DEV environment
2. Restart services to avoid circular module references issue
3. Rull full build
4. Run DB synchronization
5. Make sure system is up and running