Managed solution and Unmanaged solution

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Hi there,

My question are below

1. when I deploy my custom solution in production instance, this solution must be an managed solution?

2. If I want to update or debug the production managed solution, should I export the an unmanaged solution?

3. What are the best practice of transfer the solutions between deferent instances, i.e. Dev, QA, Pro?

Thanks in advance for your reply!

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FOR365 135 on at

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RE: Managed solution and Unmanaged solution

Thank you all above for explanation.
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Roberto Ilidio on at

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RE: Managed solution and Unmanaged solution

Hi,

I would suggest to read this document below, with concepts and best practices regarding solution framework.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=57777

This topic was also discussed here

https://community.dynamics.com/365/f/dynamics-365-general-forum/239852/unmanaged-or-managed-solution/660636

But note that the opinions shared in that thread occurred in 2017, and since then, solution framework platform received many improvements and new features, which make this process more reliable nowadays.

Microsoft recommendation is to use managed solution in prod environment to be able to rollback the installation of the solutions and managed the version control.
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Bipin D365 28,979 Moderator on at

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RE: Managed solution and Unmanaged solution

Hi,

2. The issue happened in the production environment, how can I debug the code of the solution?

What code are you trying to debug? Javascript or plugin.

I believe you can debug both code in production directly.

Javascript code can be debugged using Developer Tool by keeping the debugger (Hit F12)

Plugin/Custom workflow code can be debugged using Plugin Registration tool by installing the plugin profiler. And then point your PRT to production.

1. If I reimport the upgrade solution into the production instance, the existing solution(no matter what managed or unmanaged solution) will be covered, right? or just version update?

Your latest solution changes will be upgraded in production instance. Your changes will be overriden in Production instance when you import the solution.

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FOR365 135 on at

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RE: Managed solution and Unmanaged solution

Hi Adrian,

Thanks for your quickly response.

Still have some confuse:

1. If I reimport the upgrade solution into the production instance, the existing solution(no matter what managed or unmanaged solution) will be covered, right? or just version update?

2. The issue happened in the production environment, how can I debug the code of the solution?

Thanks again.
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Adrian Begovich 1,025 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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RE: Managed solution and Unmanaged solution

Hi FOR365,

To answer your questions.

The solution does not have to be a managed solution. It can be a managed or unmanaged solution depending on preference.

I recommend making changes in your development environment solution before exporting the solution and importing the solution into your production environment.

This article goes through some best practices for Dynamics 365 release management.