Sofia Event Center May 2014 Martin Kulov Continuous Delivery with Microsoft Release Management

Monitor Define Deliver Operate Sprint Define Deliver Complex Error-prone Chaotic Learn Deploy

Continuous deployment Continuou s Build Continuou s Test Continuou s Deploy Continuou s Learning

Release Process

DEVTESTQAPROD

FS DEVTESTQAPROD Automate the Release Cycle

Automates Workflow DEVTESTQAPROD

Full Traceability DEVTESTQAPROD

What can TFS bring to the table? Full traceable way of building the deployment package Full traceable way of deploying the software Management environment

TFS Drop Location IR DesktopIR Web QADEV IR Server How it Works

Stage Stack

TFS Release management concepts Release A defined set of software components that can be related back to requirements and sources Is tracked in TFS from start to end Is fully traceable trough all stages Deployment path A set of stages software needs to be deployed on it’s path to production DEVTESTQAPROD

TFS Release management concepts Environment Set of machines where we deploy our software Tool / Action A tool is software required to carry out a deployment task An Action is a preconfigured way of using the tool for deployment purposes Component Part of the software that we want to deploy and is one self contained entity Has a Source (e.g a build drop) Has a deployment definition (using a tool) Has configuration variables Is used in a release template

TFS Release management concepts Release template Defines how to deploy a component to an environment

Designed to work cross network boundaries Deploy agents work based on a pull model No additional ports open on the target machine Agents pull their own updates, to keep tools up to date Tools for deployment also pulled to server You place your tools in the tool and the deploy agent downloads the tools No need for install on server, it is slipstreamed on the server Proxy for drop location TFS drop location normally not available on production server In release server can act as proxy for the deployment drop

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