{"id":18737,"date":"2022-02-22T10:43:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T18:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/power-platform-cli-january-update\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T07:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T14:50:47","slug":"power-platform-cli-january-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/power-apps\/power-platform-cli-january-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Platform CLI January update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to announce the release of our January update for the Power Platform CLI. We have made quite a few improvements in this update. Here are a few things that are worth trying out with this new update.<\/p>\n<h2>Device Code authentication support<\/h2>\n<p>When using the Power Platform Extension of Visual Studio Code, users mentioned that they did not like that, they had to explicitly type their username and password in the terminal window. To that effect, we now support device code authentication with -dc parameter in <strong>pac auth create<\/strong> command.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"444\" alt=\"A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica.webp 813w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-300x164.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-768x419.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" \/> When a user wants to logon, they need to provide the url for the environment. You will be given a device code to get a token from Azure AD. From here open a browser session on a device where you have interactive UI experiences launch and go to the URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/microsoft.com\/devicelogin\">https:\/\/microsoft.com\/devicelogin<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"797\" height=\"497\" alt=\"Graphical user interface Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18739\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-description-automaticall-3.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-description-automaticall-3.webp 797w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-description-automaticall-3-300x187.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-description-automaticall-3-768x479.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/> Enter the code that was provided to you on the terminal prompt and then proceed to provide your Azure AD username and password<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"573\" alt=\"A picture containing text, screenshot, businesscard Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-picture-containing-text-screenshot-businesscar.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-picture-containing-text-screenshot-businesscar.webp 756w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-picture-containing-text-screenshot-businesscar-300x227.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/> Then click on continue and then you are authenticated via the command line without exposing the username and password. Now you can proceed to interact with the Power Platform using either CodeSpaces\/VS Code Extension or the Stand-alone Power Platform CLI<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2866\" height=\"551\" alt=\"A screenshot of a computer Description automatically generated with medium confidence\" class=\"wp-image-18741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1.webp 2866w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-300x58.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-1024x197.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-768x148.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-1536x295.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/a-screenshot-of-a-computer-description-automatica-1-2048x394.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2866px) 100vw, 2866px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>PAC Solution version capability<\/h2>\n<p>We have also revamped the version capability as well. We have introduced 2 new parameters -rv for revision version or -bv for build version. The version numbering sequence used by Power Platform for solutions is <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/powerapps\/maker\/data-platform\/update-solutions#understanding-version-numbers-for-updates\">Major.Minor.Build.Revision<\/a>. You can now use these parameters to increment the build and revision numbers of the solution that you are importing into power platform. The Major and Minor numbers are only incremented when exporting via power platform or if your strategy parameter for version uses Git tags. <strong>Here is an example of using pac solution version -rv 6<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1265\" height=\"817\" alt=\"Text Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-6.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-6.webp 1265w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-6-300x194.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-6-1024x661.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-6-768x496.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1265px) 100vw, 1265px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3119\" height=\"1511\" alt=\"Text Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-7.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-7.webp 3119w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-7-300x145.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-7-1024x496.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-7-768x372.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-7-1536x744.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-7-2048x992.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3119px) 100vw, 3119px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>pac solution version -bv 1<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2799\" height=\"1563\" alt=\"Text Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-8.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-8.webp 2799w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-8-300x168.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-8-1024x572.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-8-768x429.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-8-1536x858.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-8-2048x1144.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2799px) 100vw, 2799px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"551\" height=\"455\" alt=\"Text Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18745\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-9.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-9.webp 551w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-description-automatically-generated-9-300x248.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>the solution version &#8211;strategy commands are only for build values increments.<\/p>\n<h2>Few other commands to explore<\/h2>\n<p>If you have multiple versions of the Stand-alone Power platform CLI installed you can do<\/p>\n<p><strong>pac use &lt;version #&gt; <\/strong>to switch to different versions of PAC CLI<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Text, chat or text message Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18746\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-chat-or-text-message-description-automatica.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-chat-or-text-message-description-automatica.webp 1080w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-chat-or-text-message-description-automatica-300x107.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-chat-or-text-message-description-automatica-1024x364.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/text-chat-or-text-message-description-automatica-768x273.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>to install the latest version of Power Platform CLI, you can do, <strong>pac install latest<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1376\" height=\"213\" alt=\"Graphical user interface, text Description automatically generated\" class=\"wp-image-18747\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-text-description-automa.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-text-description-automa.webp 1376w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-text-description-automa-300x46.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-text-description-automa-1024x159.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/graphical-user-interface-text-description-automa-768x119.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1376px) 100vw, 1376px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>pac solution online-version <\/strong>is the command to use to update major and minor numbers for solutions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18763\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/blog-pic1-1024x730.png\" width=\"525\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1432\" height=\"146\" class=\"wp-image-18749\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-24.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-24.webp 1432w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-24-300x31.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-24-1024x104.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/power-platform\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/word-image-24-768x78.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1432px) 100vw, 1432px\" \/> This will go online and change the version numbers in Dataverse for the solution. This way DevOps engineers, and Application Lifecycle management practitioners would be able accurately reflect version history as it maps to their Source code repository versioning as well, from a major,minor number perspective.<\/p>\n<p>Please try out some of these new capabilities, we have developed in the February update and provide us feedback at <a href=\"mailto:ISVFeedback@Microsoft.com\">ISVFeedback@Microsoft.com<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/powerusers.microsoft.com\/t5\/Power-Apps-Pro-Dev-ISV\/bd-p\/pa_component_framework\">The PowerUsers community<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New updates for PAC CLI in January 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