Question

Your team ships a managed solution named 'FieldServiceCore' (version 2.0) to a customer's production environment. The customer reports a critical bug in a plugin. You must deliver a fix that patches only the affected plugin assembly, can be quickly applied on top of the currently installed managed solution, and can later be rolled up cleanly when version 3.0 ships. Which approach should you use?

Accepted Answer

Create a managed patch of FieldServiceCore containing only the updated plugin assembly and import it as an update to the installed solution.

Answer

Export the full FieldServiceCore solution as version 2.1 managed and import it using the 'Overwrite customizations' option.

Answer

Create a new unmanaged solution in production, add the plugin assembly, and edit it directly in the customer environment.

Answer

Uninstall FieldServiceCore version 2.0 from production and reinstall a rebuilt version 2.0 containing the corrected assembly.