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# Release Orchestration

Learn how to orchestrate and manage complex software releases across multiple services and teams.

### Get started with Release Orchestration

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Overview</strong></td><td>Learn about release orchestration and how it helps manage complex software releases.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/new-to-release-orchestration/getting-started.md">Getting Started</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Key concepts</strong></td><td>Learn the key concepts and terminology used in release orchestration.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/new-to-release-orchestration/key-concepts.md">Key Concepts</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Applications</strong></td><td>Common use cases and scenarios for release orchestration.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/new-to-release-orchestration/use-cases.md">Applications</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Key features

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Processes</strong></td><td>Learn about processes and how they model release workflows.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/release-orchestration-processes.md">Processes</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Phases</strong></td><td>Learn how phases break a process into ordered stages of activities.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/release-orchestration-phases.md">Phases</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Activities</strong></td><td>Learn about activities and the automated, manual, and subprocess activity types.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/release-orchestration-activities.md">Activities</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Releases</strong></td><td>Learn about releases and how they are executed using a process.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/release-orchestration-releases.md">Releases</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Artifacts</strong></td><td>Track artifacts and changesets as they move through a release.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/release-orchestration-artifacts.md">Artifacts</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Inputs and variables</strong></td><td>Learn how inputs and variables flow between processes, phases, and activities.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/release-orchestration-inputs-variables.md">Inputs and Variables</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Execution</strong></td><td>Learn about release execution and how releases run across phases and activities.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/release-orchestration-execution.md">Execution</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Collaboration and approvals</strong></td><td>Capture sign-off and manual approvals during a release.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/release-orchestration-collaboration.md">Collaboration and Approvals</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Notifications</strong></td><td>Configure notifications for release, phase, and activity events.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/use-release-orchestration/notifications.md">Notifications</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Troubleshooting and resources

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Use cases</strong></td><td>Walk through end-to-end release and multi-service examples.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/troubleshooting-and-resources/release-orchestration-use-cases.md">Use Cases</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Troubleshooting</strong></td><td>Resolve common issues, stuck releases, and variable mapping errors.</td><td><a href="/release-orchestration/troubleshooting-and-resources/release-orchestration-troubleshooting.md">Troubleshooting</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

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