Applies to Product - Dynamics 365 Finance
What’s happening?
The Dynamics 365 extension inside Visual Studio is missing after upgrading the virtual machine to a new platform update.
Reason:
This arises after upgrading the local development environment to a version that requires a newer version of Visual Studio. Specifically, the upgrade indicated the need for Visual Studio 2022, which was subsequently installed, but issues persisted with SSRS report design changes not being saved.
Resolution:
- Restart Visual Studio and check if the extension reappears.
- Check the SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) settings:
- Start SQL Server Management Studio and connect to the report server instance.
- Right-click the report server name, select Properties, and then select Advanced.
- Locate the AllowedResourceExtensionsForUpload setting, add . to the list of extensions, and select OK.
- Restart SSRS.
- Clear the Visual Studio cache:
- Close Visual Studio.
- Navigate to %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Version\ComponentModelCache and delete the entire folder.
- Repair Visual Studio installation:
- Open Visual Studio Installer.
- Select the installed Visual Studio version and choose the repair option.
- Update Visual Studio to the latest version:
- Go to Help and select Check for Updates.
- If the issue persists, check the Visual Studio Activity Log for detailed error information:
- Open File Explorer and navigate to %AppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\Version.
- Replace Version with your Visual Studio version (e.g., 17.0) and look for a file named ActivityLog.xml.
- Reset Visual Studio settings to defaults:
- Go to Tools > Import and Export Settings > Reset all settings.
- Disable or remove any recently installed extensions that may be causing conflicts.