Power Platform developer tools
Microsoft Power Platform provides various tools for developers to extend platform features and capabilities using code.
| Tool | Release notes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Power Platform CLI | link | 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 more. |
| Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio Code | link | The Power Platform extension for Visual Studio Code makes it easy to manage Power Platform environments and allows the developer to create, build and deploy Power Platform solutions, packages and portals. Installing this extension will also make the latest Power Platform CLI (aka pac) available in your VSCode terminal. |
| Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio | link | Power Platform Tools for Visual Studio supports the rapid creation, debugging, and deployment of plug-ins. Other capabilities include development of custom workflow activities, web resources, integration technologies like Azure Service endpoints and webhooks, and more. |
| Visual Studio connected service | Add Power Platform as a connected service in Visual Studio to create a custom connector. | |
| ALM developer tools | ALM developer tools for Power Platform enables developers to create and manage projects related to testing, deployment, maintenance, and governance of solutions. | |
| Dataverse developer tools | Dataverse developer tools enable developers to extend data platform capabilities in Power Platform. | |
| Power Apps Test Engine (preview) | link | Power Apps Test Engine is an open source project that provides developers with an automated testing platform for canvas apps. |