Figure 1

Traffic overview

1. Let’s take a quick look at some of the main configuration tasks that need to be addressed when
installing and configuring Release Management. Select the Administration tab followed by the
Manage TFS link.

Figure 2
TFS connection configuration

2. Double-click on the TFS connection that has already been setup.

Figure 3
Loading configuration for TFS connection

3. This connection was setup in the virtual machine ahead of time, but it is important to note that
the user account used by Release Management needs to have the “Make requests on behalf of
others” permission within TFS.
 Figure 4
Configuring account to connect to TFS

4. Other important settings can be configured in Administration | Settings. The System System
Settings tab (default) shows various timeouts, version information, SMTP configuration, and
license information. These settings are all defaults that were set during the creation of this
virtual machine.

Figure 5
System settings

5. Select the Deployer Settings tab to view the configuration options for all deployer services. For
example, you can set how often you want the deployment agent to poll the Release
Management server for packages to deploy.