Power Platform Developer Suite
April 24, 2026 · View on GitHub
Developer platform for Microsoft Power Platform and Dataverse. PPDS ships a CLI, TUI, VS Code extension, MCP server, and NuGet libraries — each surface independently consumable, all developed in parallel. Install only what you need.
v1.0 Highlights
- SQL query engine with an SSMS-like experience, TDS endpoint routing, and DML support
- VS Code extension with profile/environment management, solutions browser, and
.ppdsnbnotebooks - Interactive TUI with menu-driven workflows for exploration and one-off tasks
- MCP server exposing 20+ Dataverse tools to AI assistants
- Declarative plugin registration via attributes — no Plugin Registration Tool required
- Fast bulk data operations over pooled Dataverse connections
See docs/whats-new-v1.md for the full v1.0 feature inventory.
Quick Start
# Install the CLI tool
dotnet tool install -g PPDS.Cli
# Launch interactive TUI
ppds
# Or run commands directly
ppds auth create --name dev
ppds env select --environment "My Environment"
ppds data export --schema schema.xml --output data.zip
Platform Overview
| Component | Type | Install | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| ppds | CLI + TUI | dotnet tool install -g PPDS.Cli | .NET 8.0+ (Windows / macOS / Linux) |
| VS Code Extension | IDE Extension | Marketplace | VS Code 1.116+ |
| ppds-mcp-server | MCP Server | dotnet tool install -g PPDS.Mcp | .NET 8.0+ |
NuGet Libraries
| Package | NuGet | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PPDS.Plugins |  | Declarative plugin registration attributes (net462) |
| PPDS.Dataverse |  | High-performance connection pooling and bulk operations |
| PPDS.Migration |  | High-performance data migration engine |
| PPDS.Auth |  | Authentication profiles and credential management |
| PPDS.Query |  | SQL query engine with FetchXML transpilation and ADO.NET provider |
| PPDS.Cli |  | CLI tool with TUI (.NET tool) |
| PPDS.Mcp |  | MCP server for AI assistants (.NET tool) |
All libraries except PPDS.Plugins target net8.0, net9.0, and net10.0. Per-package documentation lives in each package's README.
CLI Commands
| Command | Purpose |
|---|---|
ppds auth | Authentication profiles (create, list, select, delete, update, who) |
ppds env | Environment discovery and selection (list, select, who) |
ppds data | Data operations (export, import, copy, schema, users, load, truncate) |
ppds plugins | Plugin registration (extract, deploy, diff, list, clean) |
ppds metadata | Schema browsing and authoring (entities, attributes, relationships, keys, optionsets) |
ppds query | Execute queries (fetch, sql, explain, history) |
ppds serve | Run RPC daemon for VS Code extension |
Related Projects
| Project | Description |
|---|---|
| ppds-docs | Documentation site (source) |
| ppds-tools | PowerShell deployment module |
| ppds-alm | CI/CD pipeline templates |
| ppds-demo | Reference implementation |
| Claude Code templates | PPDS integration for Claude Code users |
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup, build instructions, and guidelines.
License
PPDS is distributed under the MIT License — see LICENSE for the full text.
Third-party components and vendored source (including a subset of microsoft/git-credential-manager for credential storage) are attributed in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.