Dataverse Onboarding

Guided onboarding extension for setting up GitHub Copilot + CE / Power Platform MCP (Dataverse).

What it does

On install, opens a Walkthrough that guides users through:

1. Creating the standard C:\CopilotCE working folder
2. Installing prerequisites (Azure CLI, Node.js LTS) via winget
3. Signing in with Azure SSO (az login)
4. Opening the shared workspace
5. Configuring .vscode/mcp.json with PROD / UAT / DEV Dataverse URLs

Commands

All available under Dataverse Onboarding: in the Command Palette.

• Open Walkthrough
• Create C:\CopilotCE Folder
• Install Prerequisites (Azure CLI + Node LTS)
• Sign in to Azure (az login)
• Configure CE Environment URLs (mcp.json)
• Open C:\CopilotCE Workspace

Requirements

• Windows
• winget available (ships with modern Windows 10/11)

Security & privacy

This extension does not store credentials.

• Only Dataverse URLs (PROD/UAT/DEV) you enter are written to .vscode/mcp.json. No passwords, client secrets, tokens, or app registrations.
• az login runs interactively in your terminal; tokens are managed by Azure CLI in %USERPROFILE%\.azure, not by this extension.
• The tenant value is passed only as a CLI argument to az login — never persisted.
• No telemetry. No outbound network calls from the extension itself.
• The only state kept is a single boolean (dataverseOnboarding.shown) so the walkthrough doesn't re-open every launch.