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How to add a Custom Sitemap Area/Group/SubArea for a managed solution?

Purpose: To add a Group with SubArea (opening a WebResource), which could be added in a managed solution. Sitemap state before installation and after uninstallation should be same.

I understand how merging in Dynamics works and that is not an issue for me

A generic sitemap inside customizations.xml would look like this

<SiteMap>

    <SiteMap IntroducedVersion="7.0.0.0">
      <Area Id="MA" ResourceId="Area_Marketing" 
            DescriptionResourceId="Marketing_Description"
            Icon="/_imgs/marketing_24x24.gif" 
            ShowGroups="true" IntroducedVersion="7.0.0.0">
        <Group Id="Test Group" Title="Test Group" IsProfile="false">
          <SubArea Icon="$webresource:te_/assets/images/logo.png" 
                   Id="te_survey"
                   Url="WebResources/te_/index.html"                     
                   Title="Test WebResource"
                   AvailableOffline="true"
                   PassParams="false"/>
        </Group>
      </Area>
    </SiteMap>
  </SiteMap>

However, when I used this I do not see any entry in SiteMap.

I found a post that address my concern directly. It asks to use solutionaction attribute in SubArea/Group elements which let CRM merge sitemap durin installation and uninstallation for a managed solution.

Sadly this does not work in Dynamics CRM 365. I lost my whole sitemap when I tried using it.

I think this is a relatively popular scenario.

PS:

I am on Dynamics365 (v8.2), so I cannot hack into the code behind, nor would I prefer it.

I tried How do I remove Dynamics CRM sitemap customizations? , but it does not work in Dynamics CRM 365

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