Figure 1

Linking Azure Servers

1. In the Azure Servers window, select the Azure virtual machine that you created earlier and then
select the Link button. Note that applying some sort of naming scheme here makes it more
evident that the Azure service and virtual machine are meant for production deployments of a
web site.

Figure 2
Linking to specific servers in Azure

2. Select the Save & Close button for the new environment.
 Figure 3
Saving the new environment for use with Release Management

Task 3: Creating Release Path

1. Now we can really dig into the deployment experience when working with Azure in Release
Management. In this case, we are going to see how one might deploy a web application to an
Azure virtual machine that does not have a deployment agent running on it, using a push model
of deployment and Desired State Configuration script. Select the Configure Paths | vNext
Release Paths tab and then select the New button.

Figure 4
Creating a new release path to Azure

2. For the Name, enter something like “Fabrikam Fiber Cloud”.

Figure 5
Creating a name for release path