Introduction:

• Pipelines within the Power Platform are designed to offer automation Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) capabilities. Using pipelines, admins can easily configure automated deployment pipelines in minutes rather than days or weeks.

• Once configured, developers can initiate the deployment with a few clicks. No prior knowledge of ALM (Application lifecycle management) is required.

• Solution deployments are pre-validated against the target environment. For example: any missing dependencies or other issues detected before the deployment.

• There is no need to connect to multiple environments, export solutions, download, import, etc.

Environments For Pipelines:

• Host Environment: This environment is the storage and management location for all pipeline configurations, security settings, and run history.

• As this is the control center for all deployment activities, keeping this as a dedicated production environment is recommended.

• Deleting the host environment deletes all pipelines and runs data.

• Development Environment: All development activities will take place in this environment.

• QA environment: A QA environment is a dedicated space for testing and validating changes to apps, flows, and other solutions built on the Power Platform.

• Production environment: The production environment in the Power Platform is where organizations run their core operations and rely on solutions to drive business processes, make data-driven decisions, and deliver value to customers and stakeholders.

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