Introducing Release Management for Team Foundation Server 2013

Jeff Fattic

Introducing Release Management for Team Foundation Server 2013

Application lifecycle trends

Cloud Services

Business AgilityContinuous

Quality

Multi Platform Multi Device

Continuous Feedback

Heterogeneousdevelopment

teams

Continuous Delivery

SocialUser-Centric

Release management needs & challengesMore frequent releasesHow do we elegantly shift from long release cycles to monthly, or even daily?

Customer responsivenessHow can we help set customer expectations about when bug fixes and feature requests go live?

Stakeholder transparencyHow can we make sure everyone understands the release pipeline so they can do their jobs?

Compliance & regulationHow can we feel confident we’re properly tracking, managing, and approving our releases?

Plan REQUIREMENTS

BACKLOG

RELEASE

OperateConstruct

WORKING SOFTWARE

Develop

OperateAgile portfolio management

Team RoomGitCode Information Indicators

.NET memory Dump Analyzer

Visual Studio and System Center integration

Build | Measure | Learn

Integrated release management

Collaborate

Kanban customizationWork item tagging

Release

Performance events

Continuous value

Load Testing as a Service

Configuration-based deployments

Optimizing the release cycle

DEV QAINT PRODTeam

FoundationServer

Coordination

Testing time

ProvisionDeploy

Release process

Build &PackageCode

DeployDeployDeployDeployDeployDeploy DeployDeploy

Test Prod DeployDeployProvision

Release ManagementA continuous deployment solution for .NET teamsAutomates the deployment processSimplifies managing multiple environmentsImproves collaboration throughout the processProvides release analytics and reporting

HistoryOriginally launched in 2009 as InRelease by InCycle SoftwareInRelease 2.0 launched in 2010, 3.0 in 2013Acquired by Microsoft in 2013

Release Management componentsRelease Management Client for Visual Studio 2013 is available with:Visual Studio Test ProfessionalVisual Studio PremiumVisual Studio Ultimate

Release Management Server for Team Foundation Server 2013Microsoft Deployment Agent 2013Required per deployment nodeLicensed separately

Team Foundation

ServerDrop Location

RM ClientRM Web

QA

DEV

RM Server

How it works

Release paths & configuration demo

Configuration tokensDeployment challenge: environment settingsEach environment (Dev, QA, Production) have their own settings, such as connections strings

Release Management solution: configuration tokensConfiguration tokens provide a way to inject environment settings at deploy-time

How it worksCreate a .token file that mirrors your configuration file, but uses tokens for configurable fieldsFor example, if your Web config has:

You can add a Web.config.token that has:

SummaryMore frequent releasesCustomer responsivenessStakeholder transparencyCompliance & regulation

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