Introduction

In this self-paced module, you learn how to extend pipelines in Microsoft Power Platform to provide extensibility during the deployment process.

Overview

Organization-level pipelines in Microsoft Power Platform might require approval stages to confirm that the deployment is authorized, or they might require data source updates before or after the deployment is complete. In this scenario, you can extend a pipeline by using a Microsoft Power Automate cloud flow.

A deployment based on a Microsoft Power Platform pipeline includes multiple steps that provide two major roles:

• A Microsoft Dataverse business event that can trigger cloud flows or other development subscriber platforms to perform customized actions

• A gate that temporarily pauses the deployment and provides the capability to stop it completely; the system activates the gates sequentially based on the following deployment stage settings:

  • Pre-Export Step Required - Select this gate if you want to prevent the pipeline from exporting the solution from the source environment.

  • Is Delegated Deployment - With this gate, you can configure elevated credentials for the deployment.

  • Pre-Deployment Step Required - This gate can halt the deployment before you import the solution into the target environment.

    

After the gates pass successfully, the final step of the deployment launches immediately or at a scheduled time.

For more information, see Extend pipelines in Microsoft Power Platform - Power Platform | Microsoft Learn.

When you select a pipeline in the Microsoft Power Apps portal, you can display the result of the most recent deployment. You can review other deployment statuses in the Run history section of the portal.

Next steps

Now you have an overview and learned about extending pipelines in Microsoft Power Platform. Next, you learn the required steps to create a cloud flow that extends a pipeline.