Managing build operations

This recipe focusses on what happens when a build is triggered, and how to deal with some common issues. We will trigger a build and then monitor its progress.

Getting ready

We must have a fully functional build server, and a build definition that will trigger on check-in.

How to do it...

To manage the build operations, follow these steps:

1. Make a minor change to any code in your project and check-in the changes.
2. Then open the VSTS project and select Build from the Build & Release menu. You should see something like the following screenshot:

3. The #<build number> link will take...