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After installation, all tasks included in the Microsoft Power Platform Build Tools will be available to add into any new or existing pipeline. You can find them by searching for "Power Platform".

To interact with the Microsoft Power Platform environment, a connection must be established that enables the various build tool tasks to perform the required actions. Two types of connections are available:. To configure a connection using service principal, you must first create an application registration in Azure Active Directory AAD with the required permissions and then create the associated Application User in the Microsoft Power Platform environment you want to connect to.

We have offered a script to facilitate some of the steps required in the section below, while detailed information with manual step-by-step instructions are available in this article Azure application registration.

This PowerShell script assists in creating and configuring the service principal to be used with the Microsoft Power Platform Build Tools tasks.

This application is then added as an administrator user to the Microsoft Power Platform tenant itself. Keep the client secret safe and secure. Once the PowerShell command prompt is cleared, you cannot retrieve the same client secret again. It can be executed from the references node, a single reference node or set of reference nodes.

Copy As Project Reference Copies a project as a project reference to the clipboard. It can be executed from a project node. It combines the existing Unload Project and Edit Project commands. Open Containing Folder Opens a Windows Explorer window pointing to the physical path of a selected item.

It can be executed from a project item node. Open Command Prompt Opens a Visual Studio command prompt pointing to the physical path of a selected item. It can be executed from four different places: solution, project, folder and project item nodes respectively. Unload Projects Unloads all projects in a solution. This can be useful in MSBuild scenarios when multiple projects are being edited. This command can be executed from the solution node. Reload Projects Reloads all unloaded projects in a solution.

Privacy policy. Microsoft Power Platform CLI is a simple, one-stop developer CLI that empowers developers and ISVs to perform various operations in Microsoft Power Platform related to environment lifecycle, authentication, and work with Microsoft Dataverse environments, solution packages, portals, code components, and so on.

Select Extensions icon from the Activity panel. In the search bar, enter Power Platform. Select Install. Once the installation is finished, restart your Visual Studio Code to see the extension within the Terminal window. Privacy statement. Power Apps.