Upload assets by using Azure Pipelines
You can automate the upload of assets to the Asset library in Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) by using the Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) Asset Upload task in Azure DevOps. This task is available only in Releases pipelines.
This article assumes you have a working knowledge of Azure Pipelines.
Note
Before you can add these steps to a pipeline, the Dynamics 365 finance and operations Tools extension for Azure DevOps must be enabled and installed in the Azure DevOps account. For more information about how to install an extension for an organization, see Install extensions.
Make sure that MSAL.PS is installed
Versions 1.* and later of the upload task require availability of the MSAL.PS PowerShell library. A task is available to automatically install the tools during pipeline execution. This task can be added anywhere in the stage before the upload task. For more information, see Add the MSAL.PS install task to a pipeline.
Add the task to a pipeline
To add the task to the build of your YML or Classic pipeline, search the task list for Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS) Asset Upload.
The following table describes the options that are available for this task.
Input name | Mandatory | Description |
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LCS Connection | Yes | Select or create a service connection to LCS. For more information, see Create an LCS connection in Azure Pipelines. |
LCS Project ID | Yes | Enter the ID of the project in LCS that contains both the asset to deploy and the target environment. You can find the project ID at the end of the URL of your project's dashboard. |
Type of asset | Yes | Select the type of asset to upload. |
File to upload | Yes | Enter the path of the file that you want to upload into the Asset library in LCS. |
LCS Asset Name | No | Enter the name to show for the asset in the Asset library. If you don't enter a name here, the file name will be used. |
LCS Description | No | Enter the description to show for the asset in the asset details. |
Wait for Validation | No | For asset types that require validation, use this check box to instruct the task to wait until validation of the asset has either succeeded or failed. |