Deploy artifacts from OnPrem TFS server with Release Management Service
Apr 4, 2016Vijay Machiraju

Summary
This post introduces the capability to consume artifacts from build definitions on an OnPrem TFS Server and deploy applications using the Release management service in Visual Studio Team Services. It outlines the prerequisites, including configuring a release agent on an intermediary machine to act as a bridge between VSTS and the on-prem network. It also details the creation of a service endpoint for the TFS Server using the 'External TFS' type and basic authentication, and the configuration of a release definition with Windows Machine File Copy and Powershell on target machines tasks to deploy artifacts to an on-prem target environment.