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HI All,

We have deployed a Unified Development Environment (UDE), and two developers are connected to the same UDE using Visual Studio 2022 after downloading the required metadata files. I created a custom model and custom objects in my VS 2022 , performed a full model build, and successfully deployed the model to the environment. However, the custom model and objects are not visible to the other user in the Application Object Tree (AOT).

1.Used Dynamics 365 → Model Management → Refresh Models on the other user’s VS 2022, but the model did not appear.

2.Another user imported my project into their VS 2022. After performing a full model build, the custom model and objects became visible in their VS 2022 AOT.

3.Apart from importing the project and performing a full build, is there any alternative approach to ensure that custom models and objects created by one user are automatically visible in the AOT for all users connected to the same UDE?

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Sohaib Cheema 49,438 User Group Leader on at

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Have you checked-in your code to common place (GIT , TFS) ? branch

Is other person's AOT connected to TFS or GIT ? Same Branch and project

pushing the code to connected environment (deployment) is different than code going to a common point (GIT, TFS)

You probably need to setup your DevOps ALM

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Hi Charan 👋

Thanks for your question!

In a Unified Development Environment (UDE) for Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations, it's common to encounter visibility issues with custom models across different developer machines.

✅ Here are a few suggestions to ensure models and objects are visible to all users:

Synchronize metadata properly
After deploying the model, ensure that the metadata files are correctly updated and shared. Developers should run Model Management > Refresh Models and also synchronize database to ensure all elements are loaded.

Use source control (e.g., Azure DevOps)
Make sure the custom model and its metadata are checked into source control. Other users can then pull the latest changes and perform a build to see the model in AOT.

Deploy model via package
Instead of just building locally, consider creating a deployable package and installing it on the UDE. This ensures all metadata and binaries are properly registered.

Restart Visual Studio and clear cache
Sometimes, Visual Studio needs to be restarted or its cache cleared for new models to appear. You can also try deleting the .vs folder and rebuilding.

Ensure model is part of the configuration
Check that the model is included in the current configuration (via Model Management > Configure). If it's excluded, it won’t show up in AOT.

While importing the project and building works, using source control and proper deployment practices will ensure consistency across the team.

Hope this helps!
✅ Please mark this reply as helpful if it answered your question.
Best regards! 👋

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Martin Dráb 237,803 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Ignore DAnny3211, he's either a bot or someone just blindly copying answers from a chatbot, regardless of how useless they are.

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André Arnaud de Cal... 300,911 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Charan,

Have you checked the suggestion from Sohaib already? Note that the online development doesn't get any custom source code deployed, only the compiled binaries. Sharing source code between developers should be done using source control (either GIT or TFVC).

It is also not recommended to share a single UDE environment between developers. If both developers using the same model, upon deploying the build to the online environment, it may be not aware of other recent changes done by the other developer and can remove his work. Of course it can be done if you need to save on money or datatabase storage, but there are downsides and caveats. So, it is not recommended.

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