Deploying Dynamics 365 CE solutions

After completing Dynamics 365 CE development and testing, it's time to deploy our changes to the production environment. In Chapter 6, Customizing Dynamics 365 CE, we discussed Dynamics 365 CE solutions that we can use to deploy our changes to other environments. We also discussed the points that can help us to select a managed or unmanaged solution. Depending on the type of deployment, we do what we need to in order to plan it accordingly. For example, if we are moving some updates to production, we can do it after working hours, but if we are going to roll out a complete application, it will require a good amount of downtime. Most of the time, these types of rollouts are done on weekends. If we are doing an upgrade, solution deployment may or may not impact the business—for example, if we are doing a side-by-side upgrade where...