Deploy Dynamics 365 Operations Environment using Lifecycle Services, Part 1

In this article, we will take a look at how to create a project and deploy a Microsoft Dynamic 365 for Finance and Operations environment using Lifecycle Services (LCS) and your organization's existing Azure subscription.

Prerequisites

To perform the activities described below, your organization needs the following systems in place:

1) Azure subscription

2) Lifecycle Services account

Environment setup

1) Azure Subscription: Login to the Azure portal and buy a pay-as-you-go subscription. LCS consumes significant Azure resources, and if we choose the start free option it will give errors later when we deploy the VM.

2) Once we are done with the subscription setup, go to the subscription tab and select the Access Control option and create a role. Set the role as Contributor and add a user, setting it as the “Dynamic Deployment Services.” We can now login to the Lifecycle Services remember we should login  using the account which has the admin access to the subscription.

3) After login we can see the following screen. The first step in LCS is to create a new project so click on the plus sign.

4) Once we click on the plus sign we’ll have different options that may vary based on the version of LCS you are using. Here we are setting up the environment for development and learning purposes, so select the “Migrate, Create Solutions, and Learn” option.

5) Enter the project details and click on the create option. All the information is related to how you want your project settings to appear and the methodology option lets you select what you want to show up as the default project information in LCS. The migrate and create Dynamics 365 for Operations Solution lists the options.

6) Once we click on Create we’ll land in the LCS project homepage.

7) Access the Azure subscription: Scroll to the right and click on the project settings.

8) We are accessing the Azure subscription, so click on the Azure connectors option we’ll see on the following screen.

9) The first step is to authorize your organization in LCS by clicking on the authorize link.

10) Linking LCS to Azure subscription: Click on the add option and make sure the subscription ID is same as you have in the Azure portal, as we may have multiple sets.

11) Once we fill in the required details click next. At this point, we’ll be required to authorize the user to access the subscription. Alternately, we can download the certificate from LCS and upload to the Azure portal by going to the Subscription > Management Certificates > Upload.

12) Select the server environment region for LCS.

13) Now we can see the Azure connection in the project setting.

Deployment for the virtual machine

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