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 ...

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