📅 Date: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
🕒 Time: 10:45 AM – 11:30 AM BST
📍 Location: UK D365 and Power Platform User Group, Microsoft UA92 Manchester, Room 102/103
🎟️ Session Link: https://d365ppug-national-10092025.sessionize.com/session/991575

Session Overview

In this hands-on, demo-heavy session, Ian Tweedie (TechTweedie), Power Platform Technical Consultant at Capgemini, will showcase how to integrate automated UI testing into your low-code CI/CD workflows. Using the FREE Open Source Playwright for Power Platform DevOps Extension, you’ll learn how to:

• Create end-to-end tests for Model-Driven Apps and Power Pages.
• Automate test user permissions.
• Generate rich HTML reports directly in Azure DevOps.

Expect practical guidance, live demos, and a repeatable recipe to take home: Commit → Automatic UI Tests → Deploy.

What You’ll Learn

• Why automated testing is essential for Power Platform projects.
• How to set up the Playwright for Power Platform DevOps Extension.
• Writing and running your first automated UI test.
• Viewing and interpreting test results in Azure DevOps.
• Bonus: How to integrate disposable test users for clean, repeatable tests.

Demos Include

• Forking the starter repository.
• Using Playwright CodeGen to create tests.
• Setting up and running an Azure DevOps pipeline.
• Viewing test results and HTML reports.
• Managing disposable test users.

Why Attend?

• 🚀 Hands-On Learning: See real-world demos and get practical tips.
• 🛠️ Tools You Can Use: Learn about the free Playwright extension and starter templates.
• 📂 Takeaways: Leave with a complete recipe for automated testing in your CI/CD pipeline.

Slides

Link to Slides

Got questions

Got a question or feeling a little stuck, just submit it to the Power Platform Clinic and I will be happy to answer it for you!

Resources

• Get Started with Playwright for Model Driven Apps by James Ryan
• Playwright for Power Platform DevOps Extension
• Starter Repository Template
• CodeGen Documentation
• Starter Repository Template
• Related YouTube video

DevOps Pipeline

name: $(TeamProject)_$(BuildDefinitionName)_$(SourceBranchName)_$(Date:yyyyMMdd)$(Rev:.r)

trigger:
- none

pool:
  vmImage: windows-latest

steps:
- checkout: self

- task: mightoria-playwrightForPowerPlatformAdvanced@1
  inputs:
    testLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/tests'
    browser: 'chromium'
    trace: 'on'
    outputLocation: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)'
    appUrl: 'https://techtweedie.crm11.dynamics.com/main.aspx?appid=6653f9fc-b74b-f011-877a-6045bd0e2fc6'
    appName: 'MDA Playwright Testing'
    o365Username: 'playwright-test@Tweed.technology'
    o365Password: '$(o365Password)'
    tenantId: '63759d9f-bfca-4f52-ae98-8f2f1d7bc173'
    dynamicsUrl: 'techtweedie.crm11.dynamics.com'
    clientId: '6f3163d1-bd41-4f0e-8725-980f05d2a82f'
    clientSecret: '$(ClientSecret)'
    userRole: 'System Administrator'
    team: 'orgbfc42920'
    businessUnit: 'orgbfc42920'

- task: ArchiveFiles@2
  inputs:
    rootFolderOrFile: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/playwright-report'
    includeRootFolder: true
    archiveType: 'zip'
    archiveFile: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/playwright-report/playwright-report.zip'
    replaceExistingArchive: true


- publish: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/playwright-report/
  artifact: playwright-report
  # always create the artifact, this is useful for debugging failed tests
  condition: always()

- task: PublishTestResults@2
  inputs:
    testResultsFormat: 'JUnit'
    testResultsFiles: '**/TEST-*.xml'