D365 | Install Platform Update 4 on a local development VM

First of all there should be no overlayering of the application platform !!!

• Application Platform
• Application Foundation 
• Test Essentials 

Download the platform update

• Log onto your dev environemnt 
• Go to your LCS project’s Asset library. 
• On the Software deployable package and click Import  
• Select Platform Update 4 and click Pick
  
• Click on the Name to start the download
  

Prepare the installation

• Unzip the file to a local directory 
• navigate to: ...\AOSService\Scripts\PlatformUpdatePackages.Config 
• change the MetaPackage value: to dynamicsax-meta-platform-development
  (This is important if you are updating you dev vm)
  
• If you are updating a local VM you can leave the Machine name in DefaultTopologyData.xml file as localhost, otherwise change it to the name of the pc
• Open a command prompt as admin and navigate to the folder update folder#
• AXUpdateInstaller.exe generate -runbookid="OneBoxDev" -topologyfile="DefaultTopologyData.xml" -servicemodelfile="DefaultServiceModelData.xml" -runbookfile="OneBoxDev-runbook.xml" 
• AXUpdateInstaller.exe import -runbookfile=OneBoxDev-runbook.xml
• AXUpdateInstaller.exe execute -runbookid=OneBoxDev
  
• If you need to rerun a step use the following command:
  AXUpdateInstaller.exe execute -runbookid=OneBoxDev -rerunstep=1 
• rebuild your application

Update Visual Studio Extension 

• Open Visual Studio and click Tools - Extensions 
• Uninstall Dynamics 365 for Operations extension
  
• restart and close VS 
• Run the installer
  
• After that Version 7.0.4.0 should be installed
   

Regenerate form adaptor models 

• Cd C:\AOSService\PackagesLocalDirectory\Bin 
• xppfagen.exe -metadata=C:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory -model="ApplicationPlatformFormAdaptor" -xmllog="c:\temp\log1.xml"  
• xppfagen.exe -metadata=C:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory -model="ApplicationFoundationFormAdaptor" -xmllog="c:\temp\log2.xml"  
• xppfagen.exe -metadata=C:\AosService\PackagesLocalDirectory -model="DirectoryFormAdaptor" -xmllog="c:\temp\log3.xml" 

Install the new Data Management service 

• Cd into \DIXFService\Scripts  
• msiExec.exe /uninstall {5C74B12A-8583-4B4F-B5F5-8E526507A3E0} /passive /qn /quiet 
• msiexec /i "DIXF_Service_x64.msi" ISSQLSERVERVERSION="Bin\2012" SERVICEACCOUNT="NT AUTHORITY\NetworkService" /qb /lv DIXF_log.txt 

Open D365 and check the About Page it should show Platform Update 4 7.0.4425.16161 :)