Project-specific tools

We would like to highlight some of the frequently used project-specific tools from LCS:

• Project settings
• Project users
• Cloud-hosted environments
• Business Process Modeler (BPM)
• Alert service
• Translation service
• Configuration and data manager
• Support
• Asset library
• Upgrade analysis
• Environment monitoring
• System diagnostics, and many others

With so many tools available, it may easily become confusing if you don't know when and where to use them. We intend to cover this aspect with the help of the following table, which highlights various tools along with their classification and details:

Segmentation	Tools	Details of the tooling
Foundation	Methodologies	Methodologies provide a tool that you can use to ensure a more repeatable and predictable implementation of projects.
Foundation	Projects	Projects are the key organizers for your experience in LCS. Projects let you invite your partners to collaborate with you, and they also let you track their progress.
Foundation	Upgrade analysis	Upgrade analysis helps you plan your upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft D365FO by analyzing the code artifacts from Microsoft Dynamics AX 4.0, Dynamics AX 2009, or Dynamics AX 2012.
Ongoing	BPM	BPM lets you create, view, and modify standard process flows.
Ongoing	Cloud-hosted environments	A cloud-hosted environment is a tool that you can use to deploy and manage Microsoft Dynamics environments on Microsoft Azure.
Ongoing	Configuration and data manager	The configuration and data manager lets you copy a configuration from one instance to another.
Ongoing	Alert service	This service enables ISV/partners to alert Microsoft of upcoming new legislations.
Support	Issue search	Issue search helps you find the existing solutions and workarounds for known issues in Microsoft Dynamics products.
Support	Cloud-powered support	Cloud-powered support helps you manage support incidents.
Support	System diagnostics	System diagnostics helps administrators monitor Microsoft Dynamics environments.

 

When to use which tool is an important decision. We would recommend having a good read of the subsequent sections, where we share our knowledge of important tools and concepts.

Now that you've learned about the various common and project-specific tools from LCS that can be leveraged, the next step would be to apply/use them when setting up a project.