Build Status Badge for TFS 2015 and VSO
A while back I wrote a post about how we can create a build bagde in TFS just like some of the other CI server can. It was actually really simple but since it was a custom extension it needed to be deployed outside of TFS, which of course is a bit of a pain.
With TFS 2015 RC and the new build system I’m happy to see there is now a new feature that let’s you get a build badge automatically!
To get a build badge you just need to enable it on the build vNext build definition:
Note how nice the url to the badge is presented:
With this you can easily include the build badge in any web page. I really like the new Markdown support so I would include it in your wiki by simply point to in the badge url:
Save and it renders nicely like this:
So with this my suggestion on Uservoice can be closed.
Thanks for this post, Mathias! I have promptly incorporated it into my project wikis on VSO as well as my Frankenbuild site for extra visibility.
Josh Garverick
7 May 15 at 2:50 am
Thanks, I think this is a nice small gem that gives that extra eye-candy to the project wiki. Great for visibility as you say.
Mathias Olausson
12 May 15 at 2:32 pm
This is a nice feature to build a dashboard of all CI builds, but I find it more convenient when the build status is always on my screen. And with the missing support for vNext Builds in MS Build notification tool, https://catlight.io seems to be the only option for now.
BKeat
15 Mar 16 at 7:54 am
See my previous comment 🙂
Mathias Olausson
29 Mar 16 at 12:04 pm