IT:AD:VSTS:BS:Build Step

A IT:AD:VSTS:BS:Build Definition is made up of one or more Build Steps.

There are many types of Tasks/Step types – including:

• Checking out code
• Building Code
• Testing
• Packaging
• Publish
• Symbols, etc.

The easiest to understand are the Building steps (eg: invoking IT:AD:MSBuild on a solution).

A more complicated step might be a Build Step which packages and/or publishes the artifacts from a Build step.

One creates Build Definitions that perform common steps, such as: