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Migrate projects to the Inheritance process model: VSTS Sprint 139 Update
In the Sprint 139 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), you can now migrate Hosted XML projects to the Inheritance process model to ease customization.
Review summarized test results in VSTS Sprint 138 Update
VSTS Sprint 138 Update feature enhancements include a summarized view of test results that organizes related outcomes into a hierarchy.
July 2018
General availability: Azure DevOps Projects
Azure DevOps Projects is generally available.
General availability: Microsoft-hosted Linux and macOS agents in VSTS Sprint 137 Update
In the Sprint 137 Update of Visual Studio Team Services, we've removed the "Preview" moniker from our Linux and macOS Microsoft-hosted CI/CD agents and made them generally available.
June 2018
Modernizing the UI—VSTS Sprint 136 Update
In the Sprint 136 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS), we're introducing some design changes.
May 2018
Visualize release progress—VSTS Sprint 135 Update
The Sprint 135 Update of Visual Studio Team Services brings a new way to visualize all your release activity.
Visual Studio Team Services | Release Management release gates
Visual Studio Team Services, a cloud-hosted DevOps service, features capabilities such as Agile planning, Git source control, Cloud Build, Release Management (including continuous integration and delivery [CI/CD] pipelines), Test Manager, and Package Management. We’ve added the Release Management release gates capability to Team Services.
Visual Studio Team Services | Azure DevOps Projects
Use Azure DevOps Projects to start running your application on Azure App Service or Virtual Machine hosts.
Deploy to Azure Kubernetes Service by using DevOps Projects: Sprint 134 Update
The Sprint 134 Update of Visual Studio Team Services brings better support for Ruby, Python, and Java languages in for build and even more deployment options for release.
April 2018
Deployment for Azure MySQL, Kubernetes Helm, and Ruby - VSTS Sprint 133 Update
The Sprint 133 Update of Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) expands the languages and platforms supported for VSTS build and release.
Deployment Groups and build completion trigger – VSTS Sprint 132 Update
The Sprint 132 Update of Visual Studio Team Services brings a few key features to help you scale your build and release pipeline.
March 2018
Work Items hub and VM-based Azure DevOps Project – VSTS Sprint 131 Update
In the Sprint 131 Update of Visual Studio Team Services, a few features have received a large amount of feedback and activity on UserVoice, including the Work Items hub.
February 2018
Visual Studio App Center
Visual Studio App Center will combine multiple services commonly used by mobile developers into a single, integrated product. You'll be able to build, test, distribute, and monitor your mobile apps, and then easily add backend cloud services to scale your app to millions of users on demand.
November 2017
VSTS available only in the Azure portal from November 30
Beginning November 30, 2017, you will need to use the Azure portal to manage your Visual Studio Team Services accounts, instead of using the Azure classic portal.
May 2017
Xamarin Live Player
We'll soon announce new functionality in preview for Visual Studio and Visual Studio for Mac with Xamarin Live Player, paired with an app available for iOS and Android. This will help developers to start instantly developing and testing their apps.
Introducing the Azure app (preview)
With the Azure mobile app, you can check status and critical metrics of your Azure resources, get notifications and alerts, and perform simple operations to resolve common issues.
December 2016
General availability: Package Management extension for Visual Studio Team Services
The Package Management extension for Visual Studio Team Services is now generally available. It helps you move to DevOps workflows with continuous integration and delivery.
February 2016
Changes to Visual Studio Online Professional and Advanced user plans
Visual Studio Online Professional plans weren’t automatically converted to the new Visual Studio Professional monthly subscription on February 1, 2016.
October 2015
General availability: Visual Studio Online Build and Deployment
Visual Studio Online Build and Deployment service lets you author, queue, and monitor cross-platform builds on hosted or private build agents.
May 2015
Epic work item type added in Visual Studio Online
There's a new Epic work item type. Backlog levels on work items are optional.
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