Creating a release definition in Team Web Portal

In this recipe, you'll learn how to create a new release definition using an empty Deployment Template. You'll also learn about the different functions available in a release definition.

Getting ready

To create a new release definition, you need to be a member of the Release Administrators Group. These permissions are also available to the Project Administrators Group.

How to do it...

1. Navigate to the Release hub in FabrikamTFVC Team Project:
   
2. Click on the + icon to create a new release definition. There are preconfigured Deployment Templates to choose from. In this recipe, we'll start with the Empty template. Unlike the other templates, the Empty template creates a blank release definition without any pre-added tasks:
   
3. Name the release definition FabrikamTFVC Web Release:
   
4. Navigate to the General tab and change the release number format from Release-$(rev:r) to Rel-$(System.TeamProject)-$(rev:r). The releases generated from this definition...