Branch and development workspace in D365F&O

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Hi all,

I have go through Google search about branching and development workspace in D365F&O.

I understood, the configuration required for branching and workspace mapping.

I would like to know, in real world how the branch and development workspace is working together.

Kindly provide me an example for the clarity pls.

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Martin Dráb 239,029 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Your remarks about workspaces and mappings suggest that you're interested in TFVC, not other source control systems such as Git. Is that so?

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Yeah correct Martin, TFVC

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Martin Dráb 239,029 Most Valuable Professional on at

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First of all, you don't need to use branches at all. If you don't see no need for branching, you can ignore the topic. But using them typically makes sense.,

Regarding "how the branch and development workspace is working together", it's simple: a workspace is mapped to a particular server folder, which also defines the branch used by the workspace.

You can use branches in various ways. For example, a common setup is using a single branch for development, another branch for testing and yet another for production. Then all development machines are mapped to the development branch; the other branches are used for code promotion when development is done.

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Thanks Martin,

So, we can say , as per the mapping between Dev workspace and Dev branching, Whenever we do any check-in the code. So, it goes to the respective branch (Azure DevOps) based on the mapping.

Am I correct?

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Sagar121 1,160 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Yes you are correct. You simply need to make sure you have done mapping with correct branch. You simply move objects from one branch to another using VS and Workspace is your local VM environment where you develop and make changes locally. Branch is in Azure DevOps where all developers checkin their code.

Your workspace is mapped to ADO branch so changes flow between local and DevOps.

Typical flow is: DEV → TEST → UAT → PROD for deployments. Example: you code in DEV workspace, check-in to DEV branch, then you move changes to difference branches and then you create packing using pipeline and moves it to TEST/UAT, then PROD after approvals.

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