How to setup Continuous Delivery right within Visual Studio 2017

I noticed the other day a new section on the Publish page in Visual Studio that allows developers to setup Continuous Delivery right within VS 2017:

Visual Studio Continuous Delivery Screenshot

So I gave it a try and was honestly impressed at how easy it was to configure. Follow the screenshots below:

Visual Studio Continuous Delivery Screenshot

Hit OK and wait for it to run.

Meanwhile, you can check the build over at VSTS:

VSTS Builds Screenshot

Expanding on the build configuration it automatically configured for you:

VSTS Build configuration screenshot

You can also check your deployment configuration via the Releases tab:

 

Finally, you get an email! It’s automatically set to notify the email linked to your Azure subscription:

VSTS CD Email notification

I really like this integration they have setup. All it really requires are the following:

  • Your repository to be hosted in VSTS or Github
  • You need to login to VS using your Azure subscription so it can deploy to either an existing web app / new one

🙂

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