The Unified Developer Experience for Finance and Operations apps (Unified DevX) is an initiative to streamline and modernise the development environment for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365 FO) by aligning it more closely with the broader Power Platform and Azure DevOps ecosystem.
It’s about bringing together all the tools, environments, and best practices a developer needs to build, debug, and deploy customisations or extensions for D365 FO — in a consistent and integrated way
🔑 Key Features
1. Cloud-Hosted Development Environments
Developers can now leverage cloud-hosted environments managed via the Power Platform Admin Center, moving away from the traditional on-premises or Azure-hosted VMs. This shift offers better scalability and reduces local resource consumption.
2. Power Platform Integration
UDE bridges F&O with the Power Platform, allowing developers to build extensions that interact seamlessly with Dataverse, Power Apps, and Power Automate. This integration supports both low-code/no-code and pro-code development paradigms.
3. Modern Development Tools
While Visual Studio remains central for F&O development, Microsoft is enhancing support for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), enabling lighter-weight development and potential cross-platform capabilities in the future.
4. Unified Application Lifecycle Management (ALM)
With UDE, developers can utilize Azure DevOps for source control, continuous integration, and deployment pipelines, promoting best practices and ensuring code quality across environments.
5. Enhanced Tooling and APIs
Microsoft provides improved tooling, including command-line interfaces and API wrappers, to automate deployment and management tasks. Telemetry and diagnostics across environments are also more robust, aiding in monitoring and troubleshooting.
Follow below links for setup and reference
TechTalk Video: An in-depth discussion on UDE by the Dynamics 365 FastTrack team.
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