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Contents

ABOUT THIS GUIDE ................................................................................................................................................ 2

1 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................ 8

1.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 8

1.2 MAIN COMPONENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 9

1.2.1 Release Management Client for Visual Studio 2013 ................................................................................ 9

1.2.2 Release Management Server for Team Foundation Server 2013............................................................. 9

1.2.3 Microsoft Deployment Agent 2013 .......................................................................................................... 9

1.2.4 Tools ...................................................................................................................................................... 10

2 CONFIGURATION .......................................................................................................................................... 11

2.1 FIRST TIME CONFIGURATION ...................................................................................................................... 11

2.2 CONFIGURE SYSTEM SETTINGS ................................................................................................................... 11

2.3 CONFIGURE USERS...................................................................................................................................... 12

2.4 CONFIGURE GROUPS ................................................................................................................................... 13

2.4.1 “Everyone” ............................................................................................................................................ 13

2.4.2 Add AD Groups ...................................................................................................................................... 13

2.4.3 Add TFS Groups .................................................................................................................................... 13

2.4.4 Edit Groups ............................................................................................................................................ 13

2.5 CONFIGURE TFS CONNECTIONS ................................................................................................................. 14

2.6 CONFIGURE PICK LISTS ............................................................................................................................... 14

2.6.1 Configuring Stage Types ........................................................................................................................ 14

2.6.2 Configure Technology Types ................................................................................................................. 15

2.7 CONFIGURE ACTIONS AND TOOLS .............................................................................................................. 15

2.7.1 Create a new Action ............................................................................................................................... 15

2.7.2 Create a new Category from an Action ................................................................................................. 15

2.7.3 Create a new Tool from an Action ......................................................................................................... 15

2.8 CONFIGURE ENVIRONMENTS AND SERVERS ................................................................................................ 16

2.8.1 Create a new Environment .................................................................................................................... 16

2.8.2 Create a new Server from an Environment ............................................................................................ 16

2.8.3 Scan for new Servers.............................................................................................................................. 18

2.9 CONFIGURING RELEASE PATHS................................................................................................................... 19

2.10 CONFIGURING RELEASE TEMPLATES AND COMPONENTS ............................................................................ 20

2.10.1 Create a new Release Template......................................................................................................... 20

2.10.2 Create a new Component from a Release Template .......................................................................... 20