startwin.md

Windows Agent

Step 1: System Requirements

Read here to ensure system packages are installed

Step 2: Download from Releases

Download the agent from github releases

Step 3: Create the agent

Create a directory for the agent and unzip. Use explorer or from cmd:

c:\ mkdir myagent && cd myagent
C:\myagent> Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem ; [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::ExtractToDirectory("$HOME\Downloads\vsts-agent-win7-x64-2.102.0.zip", "$PWD")

Step 4: Configure

c:\myagent\config.cmd

Config VSTS Details

Config On-Prem Details

Step 5: Optionally run the agent interactively

If you didn't run as a service above:

c:\myagent\run.cmd

That's It!