Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) in Dynamics 365 F&O

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This week we are re-joined by MVP Sukrut Parab and Sr. Architect Satish Panwar to talk about what you need to know about ALM best practices for a Dynamics 365 F&O deployment.

• Phases of ALM
• Why you need to use a good ALM process
• Manual vs. automated deployments
• Automated testing
• Can ALM work with other systems than DevOps?
• Common mistakes
• Common environment and deployment strategies

Useful links:

1. Build and Test Automation -https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/perf-test/continuous-build-test-automation
2. Sys Test Framework -https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/perf-test/testing-validation
3. Azure dev ops Auto upload of package - https://community.dynamics.com/365/financeandoperations/b/newdynamicsax/posts/first-azure-devops-task-released
4. Azure dev ops task to deploy code - https://community.dynamics.com/365/financeandoperations/b/newdynamicsax/posts/azure-devops-task-to-deploy-code
5. Version control - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/dev-tools/version-control-metadata-navigation