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Beginning Build and Release Management with TFS 2017 and VSTS

Leveraging Continuous Delivery for Your Business

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  • © 2017

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Authors:
  1. Chaminda Chandrasekara

    1. Colombo, Sri Lanka

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  • Based on next version of Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS15 - RC1 available) scheduled for release
  • Covers new features such as package management and cross platform capabilities
  • Includes dynamic CRM deployments with Microsoft open source Dynamics CRM PowerShell module
  • Hands-on exercises with sample code and user guide to get the reader started in TFS Build and Release Management

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About this book

Master build and release management with Team Foundation Service and Visual Studio Team Services to facilitate the continuous delivery of software updates to your development team.

You'll receive detailed, practical guidance on automating website deployments in Azure App Service, database deployments to Azure platform, Micro Services deployments in Azure Service Fabric, and more. Each deployment is structured with the aid of hands-on lessons in a given target environment designed to empower your teams to achieve successful DevOps.

This book provides lessons on how to optimize build release management definitions using capabilities, such as task groups. With the help of practical scenarios, you’ll also learn how to diagnose and fix issues in automated builds and deployments. You’ll see how to enhance the capability of build and release management, using team services/TFS Marketplace extensions and writing your own extensions for any missing functionality via hands-on lessons.


What You Will Learn
  • Automate deployment to Azure platform, including Web App Service, Azure SQL and Azure Service Fabric
  • Test automation integration with builds and deployments
  • Perform Dynamic CRM deployment handling and package management with TFS/VSTS
  • Examine requirement to production delivery traceability in practical terms 
  • Review cross platform build/deployment capabilities of TFS/VSTS. 



Who This Book Is For


Build/Release Engineers, Configuration Managers, Software Developers, Test Automation Engineers, System Engineers, Software Architects and System/Production Support Engineers or anyone who handles and involves in the software delivery process.

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Understanding the Concepts

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 1-41

  3. Configuring TFS2017/VSTS Build/Release Agents & Marketplace Extensions

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 43-81

  4. ASP.Net Web Application Deployment to Azure and IIS

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 83-151

  5. Build as Docker and Deploy to Azure

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 153-200

  6. Azure SQL and TFS/VSTS Build and Release

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 201-217

  7. Team Services for Azure Service Fabric Deployments

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 219-281

  8. Task Groups, Folders, and Build/Release Definition History

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 283-300

  9. Building with External Repositories and Other Platform Builds

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 301-333

  10. Test Automation with Build and Release

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 335-402

  11. Dynamics CRM Deployments with TFS/VSTS Release

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 403-432

  12. Effective Release Notes with TFS Release

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 433-478

  13. Package Management

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 479-511

  14. Extending Build and Release Tasks on Your Own

    • Chaminda Chandrasekara
    Pages 513-549

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 551-559
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Chaminda Chandrasekara

About the author

Chaminda is a Microsoft MVP for Visual Studio ALM and Scrum Alliance Certified ScrumMaster®. he focuses on and believes in continuous improvement of Software Development Life-cycle. He works as the ALM/DevOps Architect for Navantis IT (Pvt) Ltd, a fully owned subsidiary of Toronto, Canada based Navantis Inc.


Chaminda is also an active Microsoft Community Contributor (MCC), well recognized for his contributions in Microsoft forums, TechNet galleries, Wikis, and contributes extensions to Visual Studio Team Services/TFS, in Microsoft Visual Studio marketplace. He also contributes to other open source projects in GitHub. His technical blog is popular among ALM practitioners around the world for quick and descriptive tech guidance.


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