A solution in Dataverse is basically a container — a way to package up everything you’ve built so you can move it from one environment to another, like from Development to Production. Instead of manually recreating your tables, forms, and flows in each environment, you just pack them into a solution and import it wherever you need it.
Think of it like a zip file for your app’s building blocks.
A solution can contain components such as:
- Tables
- Columns
- Relationships
- Canvas apps
- Model-driven apps
- Power Automate flows
- Forms
- Views
- Charts and dashboards
- Security roles
- Business rules
- Business process flows
- Plug-ins and other customizations
Two types of solutions:
- Unmanaged solution – Still editable, mainly used in Development. You build and test here.
- Managed solution – Locked/finalized, used when moving into Test or Production. You can’t edit components directly inside a managed solution
