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Environments

Setting up and operating dev, build, Tier-2+ and production environments through LCS, plus deployments and maintenance.

18 September 2026·16 min read

How to create a personal D365 F&O dev environment

No license, no partner account, no Windows PC. What I tried to get my own Dynamics 365 F&O dev box, why it failed and how I ended up running the LCS VHD on Azure from a Mac for under €0.50 an hour.

EnvironmentsEnvironment setup · part 3
3 December 2025·9 min read

The complete guide to creating D365 F&O cloud-hosted build environment

How to deploy a cloud-hosted D365 F&O build environment in an existing LCS project. The connection to Azure DevOps, the agent settings and the first build.

EnvironmentsEnvironment setup · part 2
12 September 2025·10 min read

The complete guide to creating D365 F&O cloud-hosted dev environment

How to deploy a cloud-hosted D365 F&O dev environment in an existing LCS project. The wizard, every advanced setting, the deployment and the first sign-in.

EnvironmentsEnvironment setup · part 1
21 July 2025·4 min read

Fixing the 'The selected package is missing the following modules' error in Dynamics 365 F&O

LCS shows an error when a module of the environment is missing from the deployable package. When to build a complete package and when to use ModuleToRemove.txt.

TroubleshootingEnvironments
25 June 2025·6 min read

How to enable maintenance mode in Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&O

How to enable and disable maintenance mode in D365 F&O. What to prepare and the steps in LCS, in the Power Platform admin center and on a development VM.

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