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If i have a VM which i want to use to code for a project that is already deployed somewhere and i get the Project repo from DevOps and finish my work and want to upload the new changes. When i build the deployment package to upload will this synchronize the database that is already deployed on the server which contained the repo or no?
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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 228,764 Most Valuable Professional on at
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    Moved from Dynamics AX forum.
     
    Now you're mixing two different processes. Let me address them one by one.
     
    Question: when i clone the repo on my vm will the database be downloaded as well?
    Answer: No, unless you have the database in source control, which would be a bad idea. The repository normally contains code (and maybe some binaries such as binary ISV modules), not databases.
     
    Remark: when i create a deployable package i need the database synchronization in order to be able to merge my package with the server
    Comment: When you create a deployable package, you build source code to binaries and pack the binaries for installation. It has nothing to do with database, therefore no database synchronization is needed. DB synchronization happens as part of the package installation in the target environment (see my previous reply for a few more details).
     
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    CU03091226-0 on at
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    Yes Martin im talking about TFVC and F&O.
     
    Let me clarify the situation i am in a bit, i have a vm with nothing, i have a repo which contains code, and a sandbox where this code is deployed. i want to take this code and modify it to create a new deployable package which i will then deploy on the server. But my issue is that i dont understand when i clone the repo on my vm will the database be downloaded as well or how will this work? my thought process is that when i create a deployable package i need the database synchronization in order to be able to merge my package with the server.
     
    Thank you.
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    Martin Dráb Profile Picture
    Martin Dráb 228,764 Most Valuable Professional on at
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    You mentioned a deployment package, therefore I suspect you may be talking about F&O, not AX. Is it the case? If not, which version of AX are you using and what do you mean by the package?
     
    I'm assuming you're talking about a TFVC repository in Azure DevOps. Is that correct? (It would helped if you're more specific.)
     
    Regarding "deployed on the server which contained the repo", please realize that the version control repository and application binaries deployed to F&O environments are very different things. The repository is in Azure DevOps (not in an F&O environment) and it contains source code . Then you build source code to binaries and create a deployable package, but it still doesn't have any impact on target environments. That happens when you actually install the package to an environment. DB synchronization is necessary, because there may be data model changes in the application and the new application wouldn't work with the database for the older version. F&O deployable packages therefore do synchronize the DB automatically.

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