Delegated Deployment with Service Principal and Power Platform Pipelines

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Explore the complete process of installing and configuring Power Platform Pipelines with me, focusing on the steps for successful delegated deployments. This video covers critical stages—from setting up the pipelines to creating service principals, setting the correct permissions, and achieving successful deployments. Here's a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the process.

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0:17 Use Case
0:53 Why Delegated Deployments are Valuable: Limit TEST and PROD permissions
2:37 Steps towards Delegated Deployment on a high level
3:30 Installing Power Platform Pipelines
5:15 Opening the Deployment Pipeline Configuration App
5:20 Creating your Environments within the App
6:32 Create Deployment Pipeline Stages with Delegated Deployments
7:30 Create an App Registration / Service Principal and add yourself as owner
8:42 Add Service Principal als S2S User to all Environments
9:50 Finishing Deployment Stage Configuration with new App Id (Service Principal)
10:12 Create Deployment Stage from TEST to PROD
10:55 Assign Deployment Pipeline User Security Role to Makers
12:32 Share Deployment Pipeline Record with Maker
13:00 Create a Sample Solution with Copilot with Custgom Security Role (Security Role needs Admin permissions to be deployed)
14:15 Permission Check on TEST and PROD
14:45 Start Deployment Pipeline from DEV to TEST
15:00 Issue with the the MUST approval process (Hacky Stuff)
15:45 Install Sample Solution for Delegated Deployments
16:45 Setting Environment Variable for DEV to TEST Deployment Stage
17:55 Delete the forgotten Requestor in the Cloud Flow
18:35 Connect to Dataverse using the Service Principal rather then personal connection
20:17 Retry Deployment Pipeline from DEV to TEST
21:21 Successful Deployment to TEST Environment
21:37 Deploy to PROD Environment
22:12 Successful Deployment to PROD Environment
23:00 Final Thoughts and Issues in the Process

▬ Some useful References ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬
1) Pipeline Setup
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...
1) Delegated Deployment Setup:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...
2) Great Video on the Value and Setup by Milad Rivandi:
   • How to use External Data Source in Po...  
3) ALM Updates April 2024:
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/de-de...
4) Error, if your not the Service Principle Owner:
https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/powe...
5) Pipelines extensibility samples
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/pow...


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