In your Visual Studio Code, you can now set up Power Platform Tools / Power Platform CLI Extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code).

Here’s VS Marketplace Link for Power Platform Tools – https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=microsoft-IsvExpTools.powerplatform-vscode

Let’s review in this post!

Extensions in Visual Studio Code

Here’s how you can install Power Platform Build Tools in Visual Studio Code

1. Navigate to Extensions section in Visual Studio Code.
   
   
2. Search for Power Platform Tools
   
   
3. It’ll then start installing –
   
   
4. When you open the installed extension, you’ll be asked to Add Auth Profile.
   
   
5. Clicking on Add Auth Profile will open up the Login dialog.
   
   
6. Once you enter Username and Password and authenticate yourself into the environment, after a few moments, you’ll see the environments show up in Visual Studio Code.
   
   
7. And if you expand on the environments, you’ll see the Solutions in the environment and each of them will let you get some information right away –
   
   
   
   

Testing Power Platform Tools Extension

Let’s make sure the Power Platform Tools were successfully installed –

1. Once installed, you can open a new Terminal and type ‘pac‘
   
   
   
2. It should show you all the Commands available since you are logged in.
   
   
3. And as you start to use the Commands, they have other options inside the Menus themselves.
   
   
   
4. Here’s a sample Command I used to see all the Environments
   
   
5. Had Power Platform Tools not been installed or Disabled, you’d see the below error –
   

Here’s the reference Blog which talks about Power Platform Extension for VS Code – https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/power-platform-extension-for-vs-code/

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Thank you!