Build servers supported by release manager 2013

Question

I just want to know what technologies release manager 2013 can be used with. We're using jenkins/maven to deploy our java application(one of many applications we're deploying). Like TFS 2015 has built in support for jenkins and maven. Should we wait a little more or just straight up upgrade to TFS.

Answer 1

Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 is a continuous delivery solution that automates the release process through all of your environments from TFS through to production, all in one solution, and all integrated with TFS.

Release management 2013 does not support integration with jenkins. Refer to this doc here. Also check out this doc for Release Management 2013 documentation in MSDN Library.

If you're just starting out with release management you should check-out the web based version. The server client version will not have any new features added to it.

Also check out this tutorial: Continuous deployment/delivery with Jenkins and VS Team Services