Migrating a build definition from TFS to VSTS

Question

I've been tasked with migrating a build from TFS to VSTS, I've used TFS from a developer point of view, however I've never created builds. Can anyone give me any advice where to start, good websites, tutorials, tools that might help, anything that might catch me out etc, basically my knowledge on this is very limited so anything would help. I've no doubt there must be somebody out there who can say we've done this, here is what we did...the new VSTS build will need to be a copy of the TFS build however some analysis needs to be done as the build process is old and certain parts may not be necessary. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Migrate New Vnext build definition from TFS to VSTS

If you want to template your builds or move them from TFS to VSTS, you could also use the REST API's to perform this. Details please refer this blog: HOW TO MOVE BUILD DEFINITIONS IN TFS TO OTHER PROJECTS USING THE REST API

Another example shown here . It shows how to get the JSON response of a build definition and again using the same reference to make a new one in the project you desire.

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Migrate Old XAML to New Vnext build definition from TFS to VSTS

Unfortunately, there will not be any automated conversion processes . The new builds are based on a different architecture and run on a completely different system. And you can use both the new builds and agents alongside your XAML builds, controllers, and agents.

If you have heavily customized XAML builds and custom activities, you can continue using those builds until you are ready to port your business logic into scripts that can run in the new builds.

You should also take a look at these series of articles by jessehouwing devoted specifically to the case like yours.

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About how to create a build , you could refer this tutorial from MSDN.