Mapping artifacts to a release definition
The release definition allows you to deploy an application into multiple environments. The files and installers required to deploy an application are referred to as artifacts. At present, release management understands artifacts from Team build, Jenkins, and on-premises TFS. A release definition can have one or more artifacts. This flexibility is extremely useful for Teams building software in modules that are pulled together to form a release. In this recipe, you'll learn how to map the output from a Team build definition into a release definition.
Getting ready
To edit a release definition, you need to be a member of the Release Administrators Group. These permissions are also available to the Project Administrators Group.
Scenario: FabrikamTFVC Team has two build definitions, namely, FabrikamTFVC.Website and FabrikamTFVC.Services. Website and services are two components of the same application; these components need to be rolled out together in the...
