Creating a free account on VSTS

To create a free account and your first project on VSTS follow these steps:

1. Go to https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/.
2. Click on the Free Account button on the main page:

Make sure to create or have a live Microsoft Outlook ID before going further.

In our case, we have a Microsoft account already, so we will use the same ID to create a free account with VSTS.

3. Enter the e-mail ID and click on Continue:

4. If the username exists, then it will ask for the password. Enter the password and click on Sign in:

5. You will be presented with the Visual Studio Team Services Accounts page. In our case, we already have two accounts. For this book, we will create another account:

6. Click on Create new account and a dialog box will be opened:

7. Enter the name of the account and select the repository with which we will manage the code. In our case, we will select Team Foundation...