Creating a free account on VSTS

To create a free account and your first project on VSTS follow these steps:

1. Go to https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/.
2. Click on the Free Account button on the main page:

Make sure to create or have a live Microsoft Outlook ID before going further.

In our case, we have a Microsoft account already, so we will use the same ID to create a free account with VSTS.

3. Enter the e-mail ID and click on Continue:

4. If the username exists, then it will ask for the password. Enter the password and click on Sign in:

5. You will be presented with the Visual Studio Team Services Accounts page. In our case, we already have two accounts. For this book, we will create another account:

6. Click on Create new account and a dialog box will be opened:

7. Enter the name of the account and select the repository with which we will manage the code. In our case, we will select Team Foundation Version Control. This selection is per project and not account specific.

Once the project is ready, we can...