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<\/h3>\nSee it in the Marketplace: https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=launchdarkly.launchdarkly-extension<\/a><\/p>\n Managing your release pipeline with Team Services Release Definitions is one thing, using LaunchDarkly’s feature flags to manage the end to end release lifecycle of your features is a whole new experience. Leverage percentage rollouts and target granular user segments\u00a0all with a friendly feature flag UI that anyone in your organization can use.\u00a0To hear it in their own words, read more about this 5-star extension\u00a0from LaunchDarkly’s blog post.<\/a><\/p>\n The\u00a0key to unlocking\u00a0the full potential of this integration lies in LaunchDarkly’s extension of the Work Item Form. This is where you manage which feature flags correspond to your work, right from your work items.<\/p>\n You will also find a new release task you can add to your Release Definitions where you can choose the environment you’re releasing to, set whether you want the feature flags associated with this release on or off, and control the percentage rollout you would like for those flags.<\/p>\n To use all this goodness you’ll need a service endpoint connected to a LaunchDarkly account. For all of the details and walkthrough of how to set up this extension check out LaunchDarkly’s Team Services documentation.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n See it in the Marketplace: https:\/\/marketplace.visualstudio.com\/items?itemName=redgatesoftware.redgate-readyroll<\/a><\/p>\n This is another 5-star extension and its aim is to eliminate the pain of building and deploying database changes. It does this through numerically ordered SQL migration scripts that take your schema from one version to the next. It also\u00a0comes equipped with a suite of tools for previewing all of the changes before you deploy so you can rest easy.<\/p>\n As part of your build results you will see a summary of which migration scripts are pending deployment and which objects will be changed.<\/p>\n Also as part of the deployment preview your build results will include new tabs showing a database diff report as well as a look at the script that will be deployed to your database.<\/p>\n The extension also adds two new tasks<\/p>\n Redgate has a good tutorial with all of the details and steps you need to take to get off the ground and moving with this SQL deployment must have, check it out here: https:\/\/documentation.red-gate.com\/display\/RR1\/Tutorial%3A+Visual+Studio+Team+Services<\/a><\/p>\n I’ll be on the lookout for extensions to feature in the future, so if you’d like to see yours (or someone else’s)\u00a0here, then let me know on Twitter!<\/p>\nHow it all works<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>Redgate ReadyRoll<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nSummary of Changes<\/h5>\n
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<\/a>Database Diff Report and Deployment Script<\/h5>\n
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