In SCSM 2016 Release Management you can define different Builds and Environments of your IT infrastructure.
For instance, Builds can be different versions of software (different versions for x86 and x64 operating systems).
An Environment can be a test, pre-production, and/or production environment in your IT infrastructure.
This recipe will show you how to create Builds and Environments in the Release Management process of SCSM 2016.
To create and manage Environments of Release Records, open the SCSM 2016 console and navigate to Configuration Items | Environments | All Environments.
To create and manage Builds of Release Records open the SCSM 2016 console and navigate to Configuration Items | Builds | All Builds.
To create a new Environment, follow these steps:
To create a new Build, follow these steps:
Builds and Environments can be used in Release Records to relate the release of a Build of software or hardware modification to a specified environment. This will also define the scope of the release.
A Build is logical and is therefore not limited to a software version only.
Microsoft TechNet Library: Managing Release Records in Service Manager: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center-docs/sm/manage/ops-managing-release-records-in-system-center-2016-service-manager.