Introduction When setting up your Azure DevOps pipeline for deploying a Power Platform solution, you may encounter an error message if your solution relies on connection references. The reason given was : An unexpected error occurred. This generic message does not provide much help and can occur for multiple reasons. In my scenario, it was related to the connection references in the target environment not being shared with the service principal.

Unable to find Power Platform in Azure DevOps Issue I was Unable to find the powerplatform in Azure devops Solution The solution is to install the Extension: Power Platform Build Tools (2.0.5) to Organisation. This will enable the Power Platform service connection. References Unable to find the powerplatform in Azure devops