Validating & comparing features across channels and releases

he previous article about the Comparison of the Monthly Channel and Semi-Annual Channel for your model-driven app: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/comparison-monthly-channel-semi-annual-your-app-jakub-homola-kl3se/

The previous article about the Configuring release channel for your model-driven app: https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/configuring-release-channel-your-model-driven-app-jakub-homola-f0gwe/

Validating the next monthly release

If you want to check and test how your Model-driven application will behave in the next release, simply add '&channelrelease=next' to the end of the URL. This way, you can verify the future compatibility of your customizations with Microsoft's new features.

Comparing features across channels and releases

If you have set the 'monthly channel' mode for end users and an error occurs in the standard Model-driven application, Microsoft recommends the following procedure:

• Check if the unexpected behavior exists in the semi-annual channel by using the URL parameter?&channel=semiannual. If the behavior also exists in the semi-annual channel, it's unrelated to the monthly channel and should follow normal support processes.
• Check if the unexpected behavior exists in the previous monthly release by using the URL parameter?&channelrelease=?with the prior release short name like?2308. If the two monthly releases behave the same, then it's likely unrelated to a specific monthly channel release and should follow normal support processes.
• When a change is noticed between monthly releases, review the changed features in?Unified Interface monthly channel releases?to learn more.