Question

Your team maintains a Dataverse solution called SalesCore in a dedicated Dev environment. You are building an Azure DevOps YAML pipeline using the Power Platform Build Tools to automate deployment to Test and Production. The goal is to ensure that the artifact deployed to downstream environments cannot be edited directly in those environments, while keeping the unmanaged source in Dev available for continued development. Which sequence of Build Tools tasks should the CI pipeline perform against the Dev environment?

Accepted Answer

Export the solution as managed from Dev and store the managed artifact, keeping the unmanaged solution in Dev for ongoing development.

Answer

Export the solution as unmanaged, then check it into source control and import the unmanaged solution into Test and Production.

Answer

Export the solution as managed from Dev, publish customizations, then import the managed solution directly into Dev before deploying.

Answer

Clone the solution as a patch, export the patch as unmanaged, and import it into Test and Production as the deployable artifact.