Implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations Apps - Second Edition

Development machines

In Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, development is done on preconfigured one-box VMs. These VMs have Visual Studio, Dynamics, and SQL Server preinstalled and are integrated to ease development. 

For development, you will need one development machine for each developer. Depending on the scope and complexity of your project and the number of developers working on it, you may need multiple development VMs. Along with machines for developers, you will need one build machine to build a solution and create deployable packages. Build machines can also execute best practice checks, unit tests, and automated regression tests as part of the build process.

The following diagram shows a typical development topology:

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