force-link-environment SKILL.md skillA
force-link-environment from microsoft/power-platform-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add microsoft/power-platform-skills/force-link-environment@git:20260619.f001179Pins git:20260619.f001179 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- microsoft/power-platform-skills
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plugins/power-pages/skills/force-link-environment/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260619.f001179, committed Jun 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 26, 2026
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- 16,063 bytes
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- 1,123
- License
- MIT
Force-links a development or target environment to a Power Platform Pipelines host, overriding any existing association with a previous host. Use when creating a deploymentenvironments record fails with "this environment is already associated with another pipelines host", or when intentionally migrating an environment from one host to another (e.g., Platform Host → Custom Host, or between two Custom Hosts). Calls the documented `ManageEnvironmentStamp` Dataverse action…
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What the file says
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# force-link-environment
Move a dev or target environment's Power Platform Pipelines host association from one host to another. This is the documented remediation when `deploymentenvironments` create fails with *"this environment is already associated with another pipelines host"*, and also the right tool when intentionally migrating environments between hosts.
**Microsoft Learn (ground truth):** [Using Force Link to associate an environment with a new host](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/custom-host-pipelines#using-force-link-to-associate-an-environment-with-a-new-host)
## What this skill changes
In the **target host** (the new host the user wants to use):
- Marks the existing `deploymentenvironments` record as the active stamp for the BAP environment.
- Re-runs validation; on success, `validationstatus` flips to `Succeeded` (200000001).
In the **previous host** (the host the env was previously linked to):
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add microsoft/power-platform-skills/force-link-environment@sha256:0ac56528dff1915eThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260619.f001179, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between May 26, 2026 and Jun 19, 2026, about one every 12 days.
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| git:20260619.f001179 latest | 2026-06-19 | f001179 | 16,063 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260612.180ed78 | 2026-06-12 | 180ed78 | 16,105 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260526.2c82e39 | 2026-05-26 | 2c82e39 | 15,112 B | A | view |
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Source
microsoft/power-platform-skills · 1,123 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gsnchn47npm5rroi GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=microsoft/power-platform-skills/force-link-environment GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0ac56528dff1915e55a81aeecc6b1f92ac763bdfe61d2c600669a256ee55d930
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