AX 2012 Build process using AZURE DEVOPS

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Deployment pipeline in AX is always been a challenge. But this has improved a lot over the years with AZURE DEVOPS.

This post details how to setup your deployment pipeline using Azure DevOps (Previously VSTS).

Using below process, we can build a modelstore for AX 2012 without a local Team foundation server and license cost.

Firstly we need a server with windows installed and a working AX environment.

 Go to https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/


Click on Azure Devops, enter the required details, select Team foundation version control and create a project.

Goto Repos and create a new folder to store the code belongs to your custom model



To add code to azure repo, go to AX and enable the version control parameters and check in the model to move all the custom code to Azure.







Now under version control tab select Add model to version control, select the correct model and repository folder and click Ok to move all the custom model objects to Azure repo.


Now all the objects from your custom model are in Azure repository.

 To modify any object, you will need to check out in you local AX environment and check it back in to update azure repo.  

 All the changesets can be viewed from Azure DEVOPS web interface.


Next step is to create a build pipeline and a build template. The build template will be based on various apps available in the Market place. 

For build template creation. Click to see Build and release pipeline setup


Comments

  1. Ramesh Dhamotheraswamy11 June 2020 at 22:55

    hi i am not able to view build pipleline link you provided.

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    1. Varun Nagabandi18 June 2020 at 03:30

      Hi Ramesh, It is working fine, can you try again.

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    2. Pradeep Prakash13 August 2020 at 02:26

      hey Varun,

      The link isnt working and says no access. Can you provide the access.

      Delete
    3. Varun Nagabandi29 September 2020 at 05:43

      Link Updated
      https://dynamicsavenue.blogspot.com/2019/07/ax-2012-devops-build-release-setup-and.html

      Delete
  2. Ramesh Dhamotheraswamy12 June 2020 at 08:16

    when i am configuring i am getting the below error

    Team Foundation services are not available from server https://dev.azure.com/name.Technical information (for administrator): TF400813: The user '' is not authorized to access this resource.

    Is the any tool we need to install before configuring the tfs with Devops please reply.

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    1. Varun Nagabandi18 June 2020 at 04:20

      Hi, Which version of visual studio and AX you are on?

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    2. John Sunil25 August 2020 at 00:32

      This comment has been removed by the author.

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    3. John Sunil25 August 2020 at 00:33

      Hi Varun, I am also getting the same error "TF400813: The user '' is not authorized to access this resource.". I am on AX 2012 R3 RTM. Can you please help?

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  3. Enrico Ippolito7 July 2020 at 02:55

    https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5979754821703876074#editor/target=post;postID=6428702528126528701;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=postname not working

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    1. Varun Nagabandi29 September 2020 at 05:44

      Link updated

      https://dynamicsavenue.blogspot.com/2019/07/ax-2012-devops-build-release-setup-and.html

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  4. CK15 July 2020 at 20:48

    I am not able to view the "Build and release pipeline setup" link, due to permissions.

    "Your current account () does not have access to view this page."

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    1. Varun Nagabandi29 September 2020 at 05:44

      Link updated

      https://dynamicsavenue.blogspot.com/2019/07/ax-2012-devops-build-release-setup-and.html

      Delete
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