Plugin Development Workflow: Registration, Deployment, and Validation Tools
Plugin Development Workflow: Registration, Deployment, and Validation Tools After completing the initial Visual Studio setup for plugin development, the next phase focuses on registering and validating plugin logic inside Dataverse. Writing code alone is not enough. The assembly must be deployed correctly and its behavior verified in the Dynamics interface. XrmToolBox – Deployment and Registration XrmToolBox is a community-maintained Windows application used extensively in Dynamics CRM and Dataverse development. It provides a collection of tools for managing environments, metadata, and custom components. The tool is distributed as a ZIP file and does not require installation. Extract it into a local directory under your user profile. Avoid placing it in cloud-synced folders such as OneDrive to prevent file locking issues. After launching XrmToolBox, use the Connection Wizard to authenticate and conn...