Step-by-Step Guide to Move Your Custom Changes from Tier 2 to PROD in D365 Finance & Operations

Hey everyone,

👉 Not every Technical consultant gets the chance to schedule a PROD deployment, but it’s something they can learn. The process is easy and only takes a few steps to move the custom changes to PROD.

✅ Prerequisites

1. You need LCS access for your project.

2. The deployable package must already be deployed successfully to Tier 2 (preferably Pre-PROD or UAT).

3. You need a PROD deployment approval from the relevant team, including a downtime slot.

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🚀 Steps to Schedule a PROD Deployment

Let’s assume the customization was built in the Dev environment, the code was merged into the release branch, and the deployable package was uploaded to the Asset Library and already deployed on Tier 2.

1) Go to Tier 2 environment history in LCS by clicking environment changes.

2) Select the custom package you want to move to PROD. Click Sign off and mark it as a Release            Candidate.

3) Now open the PROD environment in LCS. Click Full Details → Maintain → Update Environment.

4) Select the Tier 2 environment from available sandboxes.  Let it load (may take a few minutes), then click on the package that was signed off and marked as the Release Candidate from step2.

Choose the deployment time slot and click Schedule.

 

⚠️ Don’t do these steps inside the VM, because the timing will follow the VM’s clock instead of the actual schedule.

5) If prompted, click confirm.

Now the PROD deployment has been scheduled successfully.

Deployment usually takes 1–2.5 hours depending on the customization.

Note: Check the PROD LCS page to see the schedule status. If needed, you can cancel the schedule before it starts. Once it begins, you cannot revert.

After deployment, if you made any entity changes (field addition/modification), don’t forget to refresh the entity list in PROD.

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👉 This is all it takes to schedule a PROD deployment in D365 F&O.