ALM and Deployment Flashcards
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Which environment type in Power Platform is specifically recommended for validating solutions before releasing to production?
Answer: UAT environment
A UAT (User Acceptance Testing) environment is the recommended stage for validating solutions with real users before production deployment.
When using Azure DevOps pipelines for Power Platform, which task is used to export a solution from a source environment?
Answer: PowerPlatformExportSolution
The PowerPlatformExportSolution task in the Power Platform Build Tools extension exports a solution from a specified environment.
What is the primary benefit of using managed solutions over unmanaged solutions in a production environment?
Answer: Managed solutions prevent accidental modification of components
Managed solutions lock components to prevent unauthorized customization, ensuring solution integrity in production environments.
In the context of Power Platform ALM, what does the 'unpack' operation do to a solution file?
Answer: Extracts solution components into individual files for source control
Unpacking a solution extracts its XML components into individual files that can be tracked in source control systems like Git.
Which Power Platform CLI command is used to authenticate to a Dataverse environment?
Answer: pac auth create
The 'pac auth create' command creates an authentication profile for connecting to a Power Platform environment.
A developer needs to ensure that environment-specific configuration values like connection strings are not hardcoded in a solution. What Power Platform feature should they use?
Answer: Environment variables
Environment variables allow storing configuration values that differ across environments without modifying the solution itself.
What happens to an unmanaged solution's components when the solution is deleted from an environment?
Answer: Components remain in the environment as orphaned customizations
Deleting an unmanaged solution removes the solution container but leaves all components intact in the environment's default solution.