Application Explorer is the main entry point for browsing and interacting with the elements in the model store that define the applications. Application Explorer corresponds to the AOT. To open the Application Explorer in Finance and Operations Developer VMs, in Visual Studio, click on the View menu and then click Application Explorer. Application Explorer is used to view elements, view code, find references to a selected element, and add elements to a project. To create, design, edit, and build model elements, you must use a project.