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Importing solutions to the DEV, TEST, UAT or PROD environments in Dynamics 365 CRM is a common activity for system administrators and developers. However, when importing large or complex solutions, it can be frustrating to sit and wonder: How far along is the import? or Is it stuck? Luckily, with the right tools, you can track the progress of a solution import job with actual percentages — giving you more visibility and control over your deployment processes. In this post, we’ll explore the steps needed to see the solution import progress: Step 1: Open Dynamics CRM Advanced Find, where the solution is being imported. Step 2: In Look for: Select Import Jobs entity and give the condition Created On = To...

You are working on a testing / production environment and you figure out that the imported solution is unmanaged while you wanted it to be managed. So, what you do to switch it to managed? Is there a way to transform the solution and its components to managed? Yes there is! In this article, we will see how to change the solution and its components from unmanaged to managed For the sake of this post, I will work with a custom field and web resource to change them from unmanaged to managed in a target environment. The below steps have to be followed to achieve this In the target Environment, delete the unmanaged solution. Yes, don't be scared! this will not delete its components because they are unmanaged as well The unmanaged components...

When working with D365 Solutions, you often use the Description field in order to keep track of your solution versions and the changes done through the project, by entering the appropriate details to each version and functionalities. However, and for big projects with many details entered in the Description field, you might encounter an issue which is the 2000 characters limit for the description field ; therefore, you will not be able to enter more details which lead to loss of tracking. In the Classic Interface, you won't be able to enter additional details In the PowerApps maker, you will get the error when you save that the length of the 'description' attribute of the 'solution' entity exceeded the maximum allowed length of '2000' . To overcome this limitation, you can use the OOB Configuration Page of the solution . The C...