Power Apps Build tools provides us with Azure DevOps tasks that automate common build and deployment activities related to Power Apps and help us achieve CI / CD. This session provides a hands-on demo of using these tasks to automate the deployment of a solution from a development environment to production.

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Power Apps Build Tools (Preview) – Automate ALM
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4.  Kunal Kankariya – Call me KK
 Microsoft 365 Solutions Consultant @ Hexaware Technologies, India
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7. What Is ALM?
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8. Approach to ALM
 Environment Focused
 Source Control Focused
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9. ALM for Power Apps – How ?
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10. Environment / ADO Setup
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 Install the Power Apps Build Tools from the Azure Marketplace
 Create a project in ADO
 Initialize a new repo
 Build Power Apps environments and provision CDS Database for all – Development, Build and Production
Current Setup - Demo
 Dev environment – Community plan – Kunal Kankariya’s Environment
 Build environment – Trial – Build
 Production environment – Default environment – Kankariya

11. Solution Setup
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 Create a new solution (unmanaged) using a new publisher
 Add a new entity – (Optional : Managed externally – Allow customization)
 Add a new canvas app

12. Pipeline Flow

13. Push App To Source Control
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 ADO -> Add a new pipeline
 Power Apps Tool Installer – Mandatory first task
 Export Solution to a staging directory from dev
 Check the solution for errors
 Power Apps Solution Checker client in AAD
 Unpack solution
 Commit solution to Repo (Allow scripts to access oAuth tokens – Agent)
 Provide access to “Projectname Build Service” - Contribute

14. Build Managed Solution
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 New pipeline
 Power Apps Tools Installer
 Pack the solution – Source to Staging directory
 Import the solution to the integration environment
 Update the Solution Version
 Export the solution as managed to staging
 Publish the solution as a pipeline Artifact

15. Release to Production
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 Create a new release pipeline
 Power Apps Tools Installer
 Power Apps checker
 Power Apps Import Solution

16. Things to consider
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 Include Environment commissioning and de-commissioning as a part of your pipelines
 Include Automated Testing as a part of your pipelines – Test Studio
 For a Pro-Dev approach – Use Power Apps CLI & CDSPROJ to establish a healthy ALM
 Power Apps Checker Service – SARIF file

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