The document discusses TFS Release Manager, a tool that provides a continuous deployment solution to automate release cycles and enhance efficiency. It highlights key features such as visually creating promotion paths, managing a consistent deployment pipeline, and the installation requirements for various Windows operating systems. Additionally, the document emphasizes the ability to customize release management to fit different application lifecycle processes.

1. Davide Benvegnù
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Release Management
with TFS 2013
ALM Deep dive with TFS 2013
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2. Session Lineup
About TFS Release Manager
Release Management installation
Release Management in action
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3. Event Sponsor
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4. About
TFS Release Manager
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5. What is it?
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From MSDN:
Release Management provides a continuous deployment
solution that makes release cycles repeatable, visible, and
more efficient by automating deployments through every
environment from Team Foundation Server (TFS) to
production.

6. About TFS RM
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 Formerly "InRelease"
 It’s a Standalone product
 Will be integrated in TFS during the coming releases
 It isn’t as complete as “we want” (as developers,
testers or deployers)

7. About TFS RM
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 Release Management Server
 Web service
 Windows Service
 Database
 …will be integrated in TFS
 Release Management Client
 Release Management console
 Release Explorer Web console
 …will be integrated in Visual Studio

8. About TFS RM
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 Release Management Deployer (Agent)
 To install on target servers
 Works in “Pull mode”
 Deployer Tools
 Installing / unistalling components
 Deploying reports to Reporting Services
 Moving / Copying files
 …

9. About TFS RM
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10. Key Features
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 Easily define your release process
 Visually create promotion paths through your
environments
 Drag and drop to create workflows (copy files, create
IIS sites, install MSIs, maintain configurations, …)
 Use the same deployment for every environment,
including deploying to production

11. Key Features
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 Manage a consistent deployment pipeline:
 Schedule builds and trigger your entire release
management flow from within Visual Studio
 Time-schedule each promoted release at a time
that suits them, providing the versatility of
automation, while still maintaining control
 Visualize your release pipeline and model your
release process to know where you are at a glance

12. Release Management
Installation
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13. Installation steps
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14. Deployment Agent requirements
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Supported Operating Systems
 Window Vista (with latest SP and PowerShell 2.0)
 Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64)
 Windows 8 (x86 and x64)
 Windows 8.1 (x86 and x64)
 Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64)
 Windows Server 2012 (x64)
 Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64)
 NO support if OS != Windows (at the moment)

15. DEMO
Release Management in action
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16. Recap
 Release management allows you to do continuous
deployment and continuous integration
 It extends the “normal” Build Server deploy
functionalities
 You can customize it to adapt it to your own
application lifecycles processes and models
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