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I had set up a VHD as a local VM and have been using it for learning purposes as playground. Now i want to connect to multiple azure devops projects, develop and check-in within this VHD if possible.

I can connect to a project from team explorer, download the metadata and the solutions from the source control explorer but neither the project model nor the localization packages are visible in build-models. Only the default packages are available to build

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Anton Venter 20,871 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Your mapping between source control and the PackagesLocalDirectory folder is probably wrong. The files from source control should be mapped to the PackagesLocalDirectory folder.

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Anthony Blake 3,181 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi,

Have you run the option in Visual Studio "Refresh models" in Model Management?

Also, have you mapped to the correct location in PackagesLocalDirectory, and did you retrieve the model (descriptor) file from source control?

Share some screenshots of your mappings and models if you can!

Anthony

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Martin Dráb 240,061 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Look into PackagesLocalDirectory and verify that the packages folders are there and they contain both the descriptor files and the actual model folders with application elements.

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Komi Siabi 13,244 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Please ensure that the models downloaded have descriptor files. Without it, the model would not show in VS.

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