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By using the innovative release and deployment tools in Release Management for Visual Studio 2013, you can automate the deployment of applications across the desktop, the server, and the cloud.

• NOTE: A new version of Release Management is available
  Starting with TFS 2015 Update 2, Release Management features are integrated into Team Foundation Server (TFS) and into the RELEASE hub in TFS web access. For more information, see Release Management for TFS 2015 and VS Team Services (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/Library/vs/alm/Release/overview).
  
  If you are considering starting with Release Management, you should use the new web-based version. If you are already using the server and client version described in this topic, you should be aware that no new features will be added to this version. We encourage you to move to new web-based version as soon as possible.
  This download of Release Management for Visual Studio 2013.4 contains the latest updates. These cumulative updates to Visual Studio 2013 include a variety of bug fixes and capability improvements. For information about the latest update, see Visual Studio Updates and the Visual Studio Update KB Article.
  
  By using Release Management for Visual Studio 2013, your development and operations teams can enable additional capabilities in Team Foundation Server 2013 so that they can more easily and more confidently configure and automate complex deployments to a variety of target environments. You can also model release processes, track approvals and sign-offs, and display release status graphically.
  
  Release Management for Visual Studio 2013 requires Visual Studio Ultimate 2013, Visual Studio Premium 2013, or Test Professional 2013. The deployment agents are licensed separately for each target server. For licensing requirements refer to Visual Studio and MSDN Licensing White Paper.
  
  Note: To enable the release management capabilities, you must also install the Release Management Server for Team Foundation Server 2013. To model release processes and enable graphical views of release status, you must have the Release Management Client for Visual Studio 2013. For agent-based releases, on every target machine to which you want to publish deployments, you must install Microsoft Deployment Agent 2013. For vNext Releases, you don’t need to install Microsoft Deployment Agent on the target machine.

Files

Status: Live This download is still available on microsoft.com. The downloads below will come directly from the Microsoft Download Center.

File	Size
rm_client.exe SHA1: bc754630d3e55b486e33a071a77e817382ac0542	666 KB
rm_deploymenttrial90.exe SHA1: 1b517f3d760a395847909347ffe62b446046d225	662 KB
rm_server.exe SHA1: 17215a03b6f73fcbcfa4c9567b7fcad3ed790834	666 KB
vs2013.4_rm_enu.iso SHA1: b323c9944df8809622cc0b374617f242a8f38953	285.19 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• For detailed System Requirements see System Requirements for Release Management.

• Choose one of these installation options:
  • Install over the Internet:
  • On this page, choose the Download button.
  • Select the .exe option and then choose the Next button.
  • To install now, choose the Run button.
  • To download an installer that you can run later, choose the Save button. (When you install, the computer must be connected to the Internet.)
  • Download the Product Layout for Offline Installation:
  • This will enable you to download a complete local copy to your computer. You can run Setup later without contacting the Internet, or you can copy and paste the installation layout in another location.
  • On this page, choose the Download button.
  • Select the .exe option and then choose the Next button.
  • Choose the Save button.
  • Once the download is complete, open a command prompt, navigate to the download location, and run the .exe /layout.
  • Specify where to download the files and click the Download button.
  • Once downloaded, you can run the .exe from the download location to install the update.
  • To download an image to burn on a DVD:
  • On this page, choose the Download button.
  • Select the .iso option and then choose the Next button.
  • Choose the Save button to download a DVD5 ISO image so that you can burn a DVD later.
  • After downloading the ISO file, you should use the File Checksum Integrity Verifier tool to calculate and verify that the SHA-1 value for this file matches the value listed on the Visual Studio 2013 ISO Files SHA-1 Values page.