System requirements for Release Management
Before you install Release Management Server, its client, or the Microsoft Deployment Agent, make sure your system meets the operating system and hardware requirements described in this topic.
Release Management Server
These are the software requirements for the server:
Operating systems:
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2, Service Pack 1
Tip
You must install Release Management server on server-class operating system.
Team Foundation Server (TFS):
Release Management is typically used with TFS to deploy builds produced by TFS and to synchronize users managed in TFS. Release Management can be used with the following versions of TFS:
Team Foundation Server 2015
Team Foundation Server 2013
Team Foundation Server 2012
Team Foundation Server 2010
Note: TFS is not a mandatory requirement. Release Management can be used in a standalone mode to deploy applications.
SQL Server:
You can use the same SQL Server instance you used for TFS, install a new instance, or use an instance that matches the following requirements:
SQL Server 2014
SQL Server 2012
SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008
Release Management Server hardware requirements
Requirement |
Minimum |
Recommended |
|---|---|---|
CPU |
1 GHz Pentium processor or equivalent |
2 GHz Pentium processor or equivalent |
RAM |
1 Gb |
2 GB |
Hard disk |
2.2 GB¹ |
3.2 GB for the first year. Your database could grow up to 1 GB per year or it could be as low as 10 MB. It depends on usage. |
Display |
1024 x 768 high color, 16-bit colors |
1280 x 1024 high color, 32-bit |
¹ This requirement is due to the .NET Framework dependency.
Release Management Client
These are the software requirements for the client:
Operating systems:
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7, Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2, Service Pack 1
Team Foundation Server (TFS):
Release Management Client can connect to the following versions of TFS:
Team Foundation Server 2015
Team Foundation Server 2013
Team Foundation Server 2012
Team Foundation Server 2010
Note: TFS is not a mandatory requirement. Release Management Client can connect to Visual Studio Online to deploy applications.
Release Management Client hardware requirements
Requirement |
Minimum |
Recommended |
|---|---|---|
CPU |
1 GHz Pentium processor or equivalent |
2 GHz Pentium processor or equivalent |
RAM |
512 MB |
1 GB |
Hard disk |
2.2 GB¹ |
Same as minimum |
Display |
1024 x 768 high color, 16-bit colors |
1280 x 1024 high color, 32-bit |
¹ This requirements is due to the .NET Framework dependency.
Microsoft Deployment Agent
These are the software requirements for all the agents in your environment:
Operating systems:
Windows 8.1
Windows 8
Windows 7, Service Pack 1 (get SP1)
Vista, Service Pack 2 (get SP 2), PowerShell 2.0 (get PowerShell 2.0 for Vista)
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008 R2, Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008, Service Pack 2 (get SP2), PowerShell 2.0 (get PowerShell 2.0 for Windows Server 2008)
The .NET Framework:
- The .NET 3.5 Framework. If this is not present, we automatically install the latest appropriate version such as 4.6 or higher.
Microsoft Deployment Agent hardware requirements
Requirement |
Minimum |
Recommended |
|---|---|---|
CPU |
400 MHz Pentium processor or equivalent |
1 GHz Pentium processor or equivalent |
RAM |
256 MB |
512 MB |
Hard disk |
2.2 GB¹ |
In addition to the minimum disk space required for the deployment agent, you’ll also require enough disk space to deploy your application. |
Display |
1024 x 768 high color, 16-bit colors |
1280 x 1024 high color, 32-bit |
¹ This requirements is due to the .NET Framework dependency.