How it works...
TFS has a set of background jobs that are scheduled to run to manage various operations within TFS. You can access the TFS job monitoring page by browsing to _oi/jobmonitoring page http://<tfsInstance>/tfs/_oi/_jobmonitoring. The build and retention policy is also orchestrated as a job. Builds and releases that match these criteria, with the exception of those marked for indefinite retention, will be removed.
It is also possible to overwrite the global build and release policy at a build and release level, which can be done from the retention tab in a build or release definition. With the ability to apply branch filters, you can specify different retention schedules for different types of branches. For example, the topic ...
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