Octopus 3 now available!

Monday, July 20th 2015 was a big day for the .NET ecosystem. Microsoft officially released Visual Studio 2015 and Release Management 2015. Coincidentally, Octopus Deploy 3.0 was released as well. While I’m habitually (or obsessively) focused on Octopus Deploy, I use Visual Studio and have a mild interest in what Release Management 2015 has to offer.
With the simultaneous releases of Octopus Deploy and Release Management, I’ve decided to do a three-part mini-series analysis and comparison on the two products: Octopus Deploy 3.0 vs. Release Management 2015 showdown. In terms of schedule, I’m aiming to publish each part from September through November. In late 2013, I did a comparison between the two and went with Octopus Deploy. This time, I’d like to do the same and thoroughly test both Release Management and Octopus in a head-to-head comparison. It’ll be a challenge but I think it’d be a worthwhile endeavor.
For those who are looking to download Octopus Deploy, click here. If you’re interested in downloading Release Management 2015, click here. Happy deployments!

ianpaullin

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  1. Hi, I’m just wondering if there is any update on the comparison mini-series, as I’m quite interested in you findings, as I’m currently attempting to evaluate both products.

    • I’m still in the process of evaluating both. With any luck I may publish my findings later this month, but at my current pace I imagine December is more likely.

  2. Hi, I’m just wondering if there is any update on the comparison mini-series, as I’m quite interested in you findings, as I’m currently attempting to evaluate both products.

    • I’m working on this at the moment albeit very slowly. It’s difficult to compare them today than a few years ago as Release Management is also a part of VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services) also called RM vNext. Comparing RM on-premise to Octopus is straightforward but I think RM vNext adds a lot more value so I’m hesitant to just compare with RM and exclude RM vNext.

      • Hi, Could you at least publish your findings on ‘Comparing RM on-premise to Octopus’, while we wait for the ‘RM vNext’ part.

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