Environment planning
Environment planning overview
To begin, here are a few important concepts:
- Environment purpose – The reasons why the environment exists. Examples include development, system testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and operations.
- Environment topology – The composition of the environment and the purpose. Examples include Develop and Build and Test for Tier-1 environments.
- Environment tier – The type or category of the environment. Examples include Tier-1 environments and Tier-2 environments.
Environment types
You can use the following environment types for your project:
- Standard – This environment is included in the standard offer and is managed by Microsoft in a Microsoft subscription. Standard environments include the production environment and a Tier-2 Standard Acceptance Test environment.
- Add-on – The add-on environments are in a Microsoft-managed subscription that the customer has purchased in addition to the standard offer. For example, an add-on environment might be an additional Tier-4 environment for performance testing.
- Cloud-hosted – Cloud-hosted environments are additional environments that are managed by the customer or partner in a customer or partner Microsoft Azure subscription. A cloud-hosted environment can include a Tier-1 demo environment, or it can be used for Development and Build.
- Environment image (VHD) – These additional Tier-1 environments are hosted on-premises by using a virtual hard disk (VHD) that can be downloaded from Microsoft Dynamics Lifecycle Services (LCS).
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