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SDK Reference

The Power Platform Developer Suite SDK provides .NET libraries for Power Platform development, data migration, and plugin registration.

Packages​

PackageVersionDescription
PPDS.Plugins2.0.0Plugin attributes for declarative registration
PPDS.Migration1.0.0-betaHigh-performance data export/import
PPDS.Dataverse1.0.0-betaConnection pooling and bulk operations
PPDS.Auth1.0.0-betaAuthentication profiles and credentials

PPDS.Plugins​

Declarative plugin registration using attributes.

Installation​

dotnet add package PPDS.Plugins

Usage​

using PPDS.Plugins;

[PluginStep(
    Message = "Create",
    EntityLogicalName = "account",
    Stage = Stage.PreOperation,
    Mode = Mode.Synchronous)]
public class CreateAccountPlugin : IPlugin
{
    public void Execute(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
    {
        // Plugin logic
    }
}

[PluginStep(
    Message = "Update",
    EntityLogicalName = "contact",
    Stage = Stage.PostOperation,
    FilteringAttributes = new[] { "firstname", "lastname" })]
[PluginImage(
    ImageType = ImageType.PreImage,
    Name = "PreImage",
    Attributes = new[] { "firstname", "lastname" })]
public class UpdateContactPlugin : IPlugin
{
    public void Execute(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
    {
        // Access pre-image from context
    }
}

Attributes​

AttributePurpose
PluginStepDefine message, entity, stage, mode
PluginImageDefine pre/post images

PPDS.Migration​

High-performance data migration engine.

Installation​

dotnet add package PPDS.Migration

Features​

  • Parallel export with connection pooling
  • Dependency-aware tiered import
  • CMT format compatibility
  • Resume from failures

Usage​

using PPDS.Migration;

// Export data
var exporter = new DataverseExporter(connectionString);
await exporter.ExportAsync(new ExportOptions
{
    Entities = new[] { "account", "contact" },
    OutputPath = "./export",
    MaxParallelism = 4
});

// Import data
var importer = new DataverseImporter(connectionString);
await importer.ImportAsync(new ImportOptions
{
    InputPath = "./export",
    BypassPlugins = true,
    MaxParallelism = 4
});

PPDS.Dataverse​

Low-level Dataverse connectivity with pooling and resilience.

Installation​

dotnet add package PPDS.Dataverse

Features​

  • Connection pooling
  • Automatic retry with exponential backoff
  • Bulk operation support
  • Query pagination

PPDS.Auth​

Authentication infrastructure shared by CLI and libraries.

Installation​

dotnet add package PPDS.Auth

Features​

  • Profile storage (encrypted credentials)
  • Multiple credential providers (interactive, client secret, certificate)
  • Global Discovery Service integration

Next Steps​