Exporting and Importing Solution in Dynamics 365.

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In our previous blog we have learnt what is solution and how to create solutions. Today we are going to learn more about solutions.

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Before we look more into solutions, we will see what are solution components. A solution can be used to package the following components which can be customized using default, unmanaged or managed solution. A solution component can be of below types.

Schema which includes Tables(Entities), Columns(Attributes), Relationships, Global option sets.

User Interface which includes application ribbon, sitemaps, forms, web resources.

Analytics which includes dashboards, reports, visualizations.

Process/Code includes plugins, assemblies, flows etc.

Templates includes mail-merge, email, contract, article etc.

Security Roles includes security roles, field level security profiles etc.

Before exporting and importing solutions we should add components to that solution.

In our previous blog we have made one solution named TeamBloggerSolution. We will be adding components to that solution.

As you can see we have our solution. Open the solution.

Now click on Add Existing and select Table.

Select Account -> Next -> Include all components.(You can also specify which component you want to add) -> Add.

Once component will be added, it will be visible in your solution.

Now again click on Add existing and scroll down and select other -> Security role.

Select Security role which you want to add and click on Add.

Once components are added to the solution, publish all customizations.

Now we will be exporting the solution. Click on Export ->Next.

Here you need to specify which type of solution you want to export. Click on Export to export the solution.

Now we will be importing this solution to the another environment.

Login to another environment and open the Solution Page.

Click on Import.

Specify your managed solution location and click on Next.

Click on Import.

Hope it helps...