How to deploy to Standard or Azure environments in Release Management 2013 with Update 3 RC

This post details the use of Release Management 2013 Update 3 RC for agent-less deployments to Standard (on-premises) and Azure environments using PowerShell and Desired State Configuration (DSC). It outlines the prerequisites for PowerShell and DSC, the steps for authoring deployments in both Standard and Azure environments, and the configuration parameters for server name, credentials, script paths, and secure connections (CredSSP, UseHTTPS, SkipCaCheck). It also highlights differences between the vNext release pipeline and agent-based pipelines, noting unsupported features like rollback controls within other flow controls and WinRM session timeouts requiring manual configuration.