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title: Registering Release
slug: pink/registering-release
description: Learn how to effectively manage releases in ITIL with this informative document. Discover the step-by-step procedure for including, changing, and deleting releases, as well as the crucial prerequisites before initiating a release. Ensure a smooth release 
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createdAt: 2021-10-27T19:09:37.000Z
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According to ITIL, <font color="#3b9f0f">**Release** </font>is "**one or more changes to an IT service that are built, tested and deployed together**. A single release may include changes to hardware, software, documentation, processes, and other components".

This functionality makes available several actions, such as <font color="#3b9f0f">**including, changing, and deleting a release**</font>.

## Before getting started

The Release is part of the Change process, so it is necessary:

- [x] To have a
  &#x20;registered RFC (request for change);
- [x] To register a release, it is
  &#x20;necessary to have registered previously the release portfolio, the employee,
  &#x20;contract, unit linked to the contract, executor group linked to the contract,
  &#x20;type of release and periodic activity group.

## Procedure

1. Access the functionality through the main menu `Processes > Release
    Management > Release`;
2. Click on the "**Operations**" options button, and then on "**Register**";
3. Complete the fields available in the areas: requester and request.
4. It is also necessary to indicate the initial release planning and deployment
   &#x20;information. In the "**Other Information**" tab of each phase, assign the
   &#x20;beginning and end date and time of each one of them;
5. Click on the "**Operations**" options button, and then on "**Save**".