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Microsoft Release Management is a tool that allows you to automate the release and deployment cycle of software. It is part of Visual Studio / Team Foundation Server 2013 and beyond.

Microsoft Release Management was originally a tool called InRelease, created by InCycle Software. Microsoft acquired the tool in mid-2013 and integrated it into Visual Studio / Team Foundation Server 2013.

The software consists of three components:

  1. A server
  2. A client
  3. A deployer agent

Using the client, you connect to your release management server and configure what applications you're deploying, how they should be deployed, and what servers they should be deployed to. In addition, you can specify who within your organization is responsible for approving each stage of your release.

This application has been deprecated as of 2015. It is no longer receiving new features or updates, and has been entirely replaced by Azure Pipelines.

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Tagging a TFS Git repository during a release

I am setting our build/release environment using TFS 2017. I set up the Build to run automatically after each commit, and when we are ready to release a version of our application, a Release is manually created, and then deployed to various…
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VSTS: Release Management Deploying Artifacts to IIS on Premise

I am using VSTS Release management to deploy artifacts to IIS websites. I have several Web applications and web services to be deployed. So, i am trying to figure out what sort of tasks that best fits my situation. I have created a build definition…
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How do you get powershell script output in the deployment log for a vNext Release Template?

This blog post is the only thing I have found that comes close to the problem but it doesn't explain how to configure the Deploy Using PS/DSC to run with the verbose option: http://nakedalm.com/create-log-entries-release-management/ I can get this…
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Releases stuck in 'Rejected' state

I wanted to delete an old release template we used for testing to clean up Release Management a bit. But when I tried to deactivate the template, I got the following message: To deactivate this release template, any releases that use this …
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TFSBuild / Release Manager: The directory name is invalid

I have a continuous integration build that used to run fine, but began giving me the following exception: This exception is from the build agent, Process each ConfigurationsToRelease Release the build Run the Release Management build Process for…
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Failed to configure Release Management service user. Error: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized

I have tried to configure release management to work across different servers with untrusted domains using the steps described in the below…
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Trouble deploying multiple HTTPS sites to single host in TFS 2015

I'm trying to deploy multiple websites to a single host running IIS from TFS 2015. I'm trying to have all sites use the "Server Name Indication Required" option so that they all can run under the same IP address. (This setup works fine in IIS if I…
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How to access an artifact's BUILDNUMBER is Visual Studio Team Services Release management

I need to access the build number of the artifact within Visual Studio Team Services Release Management, so that I can send the value to a Task. My artifact name has a space in it: "Production Branch" I have been reading the following…
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TFS API Create Release with powershell

I'm trying to queue a build and create a release using powershell. I'm able to successfully queue a build but unfortunately, the Continuous Deployment is not being triggered for the release. My hope is that I can do both of these in a powershell…
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Interactive variables for release management

In Build definition for VSTS, you could declare a variable and allow to change it at queue time as in this snapshot Could I do the same for the variable in Release definition? Right now I have a Release definition which has an environment called…
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How to replace a token on deploy through TFS 2015 Release hub on Web Access?

I have a team that is working on a Windows service project and need to have environment specific configurations set in their *.exe.config file. They have set up their transformations to leave behind a token if the build is made with the release…
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Deployment Queue is not displaying my default on-prem build agent

I have installed my build agent on an azure VM, and configure to look at Visual Studio Online collection for Release Management to pick. I have configured it to run as a service, and I can see my agent under Default…
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Using Configuration Variables in VSTS Release Management for ASP.NET 4.5 & 5.0 Projects

I've set up 3 environments (Debug, Stage & Production) and created a custom variable named testVariable for each environment within the RELEASE tab of my Visual Studio Team Service project as shown here: I also have a release variable named…
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Programmatically trigger a Release independently from a build

I currently use Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 3 and Release Management 2013 with Update 3. With Release Management one can start a Release manually or automatically from a build ("Can trigger a Release from a Build" option). Is it possible to…
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Release management causing build to fail

I'm trying to configure release management to run with our TFS. Upon building I get an exception and cannot work out how to fix it: Exception Message: Release build failed (type Exception) Exception Stack Trace: at…
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