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Posted on by Turbo Forms 277

Hi Experts

I do have a Doubt about Minimal Copy. We need to copy all our Customization and code from Prod to QA.

But we do not need all the data to be copied and also our users, teams and business Units. Can anyone  please explain what is the exact difference between Full copy and a  Minimal Copy? 

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    Aric Levin - MVP Profile Picture
    Aric Levin - MVP 30,190 Moderator on at

    Take a look at the following link:

    docs.microsoft.com/.../copy-instance

    If all you need is your customizations, you can just create a solution that makes up all your customizations and export it.

    Code is included in your customizations as Plugins, Processes and Web Resources.

    Hope this helps.

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    gdas Profile Picture
    gdas 50,091 Moderator on at

    Hi,

    As name suggests full copy includes all application data, users, and customizations from the source instance.

    But where as  Minimal copy only includes users, customizations, and schema from the source instance .

    So both copies users , business unit and team . Apart from customizations and schema full copy copied every entity data and minimal copy copied only specific entity data.

    You can refer below reference to know more what data exactly copied by minimal copy.

    docs.microsoft.com/.../copy-instance

    Hope this helps.

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