1. Close the Notepad window and the Deployment Log window.

2. Before we approve the release, let’s look at the deployed site in Internet Explorer. Select the
“FF DEV” link from the favorites bar.

Figure 1
Location of “FF DEV” link

3. Here we can see that “Support v2.0” shows up as expected.

Figure 2
Deployment to the development environment is a success

4. In Release Management, return to My Approval Requests, select the release, and then select
the Approve button.

Figure 3
Approving the release to the development stage
5. In the Approval Confirmation window, enter a comment such as “Dev deployment looks good”
and then select the OK button.

Figure 4
Adding an approval confirmation comment

6. The deployment will then transition to the “QA” stage and automatically deploy the web site to
the configured environment. Refresh the My Approval Requests view until the release stops for
QA approval.

Figure 5
Waiting for QA approval

7. Once the deployment is complete and automatically validated, someone from the QA Team will
need to approve the release. Brian is a member of the team, so go ahead and load the QA site
using the “FF QA” favorite link in Internet Explorer.

Figure 6
Deployment to the QA environment is a success