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How can I create an alert in TFS that sends an email to someone when a release is successful to a particular environment? In particular, I would like VSTS to send an email to the QA Team manager when a build is sucessfully released to the TEST environment, the second of three environments.

Intuitively, I would expect a 'Release' option in the 'Alert Category' dropdown but there is not.

We are currently using MS VSTFS Version 14.95.25229.0

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  • So are you using TFS or VSTS? They're different things. – Daniel Mann Feb 09 '17 at 17:36
  • We are using on-prem TFS. We are attempting to configure the alert through the hosted website, which is labeled "Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2015". The version that I provided in the original question, specifies TFS 2015 Update 2.1. Should I alter the VSTS in my question to VSTFS? – Bill Feb 09 '17 at 20:32
  • Do you receive the email alert after configuring it in release definition and trigger the release. – starian chen-MSFT Feb 14 '17 at 01:27

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You can configure it in release definition:

  1. Open/create a release definition
  2. Click … of specific environment > Deployment Conditions/Configure variables

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  1. Click General tab and configure

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