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Azure DevOps July 2023 updates
Target availability: Q3 2023
In July, we've delivered multiple improvements across Azure DevOps services. You can now dismiss dependency scanning alerts in Advanced Security that you believe to be a false positive or acceptable risk. In Azure Repos, we changed the default behavior to remove "Edit policies" permission when creating a new branch.
Microsoft Dev Box is now generally available
Target availability: Q3 2023
Microsoft Dev Box is generally available now. Dev Box is a virtualized solution that empowers developers to quickly spin up self-service workstations preconfigured for their tasks while maintaining centralized management to maximize security and compliance.
June 2023
Retirement notice: Move to Azure Load Testing GA API versions by 10 September 2023
Target retirement date: September 10, 2023
Retirement notice: Move to Azure Load Testing GA API versions by 10 September 2023
Microsoft Azure Load Testing - additional Azure components for server-side monitoring
Azure Load Testing load testing now supports additional Azure components for server-side monitoring during a load test run.
Microsoft Azure Load Testing - configure auto stop criteria
Configure auto stop criteria automatically stops a load test if the error percentage exceeds a given threshold for a certain time window.
Microsoft Azure Load Testing supports setting up quick start tests using requests per second
You can now set up a 'quick test' to check that your endpoint can handle a certain throughput of requests per second (RPS).
May 2023
Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments is now generally available.
Azure Deployment Environments is now generally available. With Deployment Environments, developers can self-deploy the environments they need on demand using infrastructure-as-code templates.
New capabilities available in Microsoft Dev Box
Microsoft Dev Box is introducing several new capabilities to enhance developer experience and boost productivity. In addition, Dev Box general availability will begin in July.
Public Preview: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
Learn how GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps implements code scanning, secret scanning, and dependency scanning in Azure DevOps.
April 2023
General availability: Azure DevOps 2023 Q1
In Q1 we've delivered multiple features across our services. These included improvements on security and new features that have been prioritized based on customer feedback.
General Availability: App Configuration geo-replication
Replicate your application configuration data across supported regions to create redundancy, reduce latency, and distribute request load.
March 2023
Azure Load Testing support for JMeter 5.5
Azure Load Testing now uses Apache JMeter version 5.5 for running load tests.
October 2022
Public preview: Azure Load Testing supports authenticating with client certificates
Azure Load Testing now enables you to authenticate to application endpoints which require a client certificate for authentication.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified
Azure Load Testing is now HITRUST certified.
Public preview: Azure Load Testing in West Europe
Azure Load Testing is in public preview in West Europe.
Public preview: Microsoft Azure Deployment Environments
Azure Deployment Environments has entered public preview and helps dev teams create and manage all types of environments throughout the application lifecycle.
September 2022
Public preview: Azure Load Testing in UK South
Azure Load Testing is in public preview in UK South.
August 2022
Public preview: Azure Storage Explorer support for Azure App Configuration resources
Work with your App Configuration resources in Storage Explorer on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Public preview: Microsoft Azure Load Testing supports private endpoints testing
With Azure Load Testing, you can now run load tests against private endpoints - endpoints deployed in a virtual network, public endpoints with access restrictions (restricting client IP addresses, etc.)
Public preview: App Configuration geo replication support
Standard tier subscribers can synchronise any updates from the configuration store to replicas in other Azure regions.
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