1.4 Manage finance and operations apps implementations by using Lifecycle Services

Question 1

LCS?

Answer 1

Lifecycle Services

Question 2

What happens in Lifecycle Services?

Answer 2

Hub for environment management in the cloud
Environment creation
Updates
Code deployments
Database refresh

Question 3

Steps to check environments changes on LCS?

Answer 3

1. Select an environment
2. Full details
3. Environment changes

Question 4

What do environment changes display?

Answer 4

Shows every package that has been applied from the asset library to the environment

Question 5

Steps to apply code or updates to an environment?

Answer 5

1. Select an environment
2. Maintain - > Apply updates

Question 6

What is available in environments Tier 2 and up under maintain menu?

Answer 6

Move database option

Question 7

What does move database option do?

Answer 7

Exports a backup of the environment’s database to the asset library
Import a backup from the asset library
Refresh the environment database directly from another tier 2 environment

Question 8

What does Tier 2 Restart services option do?

Answer 8

Remote restarts services;
IIS
Lifecycle Service Diagnostic Service
DIXF
Reporting Server

Question 9

D365 Community?

Answer 9

Place to engage with experts and peers that work and use D365 applications
Forums
Blogs
Webinars
Videos

Question 10

Issue search?

Answer 10

Find MS Knowledge base articles, hotfixes, workarounds, and reported issues

Question 11

Things to consider when deploying a new cloud-hosted environment?

Answer 11

Name
Application version
Purpose
VM type - depends on client
Machine name - makes RDP window headers readable
Data - select none to disable demo data

Question 12

What kind of files are contained in asset library? (most common to use)

Answer 12

BPM artifact
Database backup
Model
Software deployable package

Question 13

BPM artifact?

Answer 13

Documents pertaining to the Business Process model (BPM)

Question 14

Database backup?

Answer 14

Files that you can use to restore an SQL or Azure SQL database

Question 15

Model?

Answer 15

Prepackaged extensions that you can install on the environment

Question 16

Software deployable package

Answer 16

Packages that were built from Azure DevOps, used to perform environment updates

Question 17

2 ways how asset library can grow?

Answer 17

Import button - to bring in files that are published by MS or ISVs
Add button - to add files from local machine

Question 18

Best practices that help you navigate custom code extensions during the update process?

Answer 18

Have a code branch for development, regularly build between code changes and environment changes
Deploy the update to Tier 2 environments, perform tests