TFS 2013, Release Management and Sharepoint 2013 Problems

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If you try to install the latest TFS 2013, SharePoint 2013 and Release Managenemt (former InRelease)  you will most like run into problem very early in the process.

The AppPool for the Release Management web services won't work properly.

Typicially the first indication of this problem is that the Release Management Client wont start: The request failed with HTTP status 503: Service Unavailable

If you go check the AppPool is will most likely be stopped:

Luckily there is a way to fix this - it is described here (near the end): https://support.inreleasesoftware.com/entries/24794668 (Not working anymore)

See this post instead: https://www.colinsalmcorner.com/post/fix-release-management-service-unavailable-503