Adding D365 F&O Extension in Visual Studio for development

Hi Devs!
This is a very common scenario when we comes across reinstallation of VS and Now the D365 extension has been vanished so for that below are list of steps needs to be done to enable extension for development.

Prerequisites:

Visual Studio should be installed before performing below steps.

Step # 1:

Login to LCS(Microsoft Dynamics lifecycle services). In the main page after login there is a option of
Shared asset library.

Step # 2:
In the list of sub menus , Select Software deployment package and search for latest Service update

Download it.

Step # 3 :

Once you have downloaded it. Unzip the folder and search for Microsoft.Dynamics.Framework.Tools.Installer in ServiceUpdate\DevToolsService\Scripts

Example:

Step # 4 :

Follow the wizard and install .vsix file for 2019/2017 or any version to enable D365 extension for F&O.
Note: You should have VS installed before performing above steps.

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