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Azure DevOps Services now simplifies Azure Artifacts integration with other services
The latest update to Azure DevOps Services includes new features for Azure Artifacts, Azure Boards, and Azure Pipelines. Of particular note is a new Azure Artifacts feature that makes it easier to authenticate Azure Artifacts with other popular package managers.
May 2020
Azure Pipelines YAML CD features are now available with Azure DevOps update
Azure Pipelines YAML CD features are now available with the latest Azure DevOps update, plus more improvements to the Azure Pipelines user experience.
Azure DevOps update to configure deployment strategies from the Azure portal
An update to Azure DevOps enables you to configure deployment strategies from directly within the Azure portal, and includes several improvements to the Azure Pipelines and Azure Repos user experiences.
April 2020
Azure DevOps update to increase productivity and reduce latency
An update to Azure DevOps includes improvements to pull-request actionability, pipeline security and compliance, and npm API performances to increase productivity and reduce latency.
March 2020
Multi-organization billing for Azure DevOps is now available
Multi-organization billing for Azure DevOps is now available.
February 2020
Preview a fully parsed YAML document without running the pipeline
With this update, we've added a preview-but-don't-run mode for YAML pipelines so you can try a YAML pipeline without running it or committing it to a repo. This will let you see a fully parsed YAML document without running the pipeline.
New Azure DevOps features include improved Azure Pipelines security with read-only variables
An update to Azure DevOps includes improved Azure Pipelines security with read-only variables and support for output variables in deployment jobs.
January 2020
Azure DevOps—Release and pipelines events now available in the audit logs
In the Sprint 163 update of Azure DevOps, release and pipelines events have been added to the audit logs. In addition, service connections can now be used to reference repositories in another organization in a YAML pipeline.
December 2019
Use GitHub Actions to trigger a run in Azure Pipelines
GitHub Actions for Azure Pipelines is now available in the sprint 161 update of Azure DevOps. Use GitHub Actions to trigger an Azure Pipelines run directly from your GitHub Actions workflow.
November 2019
Azure DevOps—New sprint burndown widget and improved pipelines security
In the latest update to Azure DevOps, we added a new sprint burndown widget that supports burning down by story points, count of tasks, and by summing custom fields. In addition, we improved pipelines security by restricting the scope of access tokens.
Public and project-scoped feeds for Azure Artifacts
Azure Artifacts now allows creating public feeds (shared with every unauthenticated user on the Internet) or project-scoped ones
Azure DevOps roadmap update
Exciting enhancements and features are coming soon to all Azure DevOps services. Visit the features timeline for the complete list.
Enforce artifact policies for Azure Pipelines - Preview
Azure Pipelines allows the creation and enforcement of artifact policies that will help tracing an artifact from source control to production. Available in preview.
New deployment strategies and caching for Azure Pipelines
Updates to Azure Pipelines include new deployment strategies (canary for Kubernetes, rolling for Kubernetes and VMs), as well as the GA of Pipeline Caching.
Introducing the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure
The Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure is proven guidance to accelerate your cloud adoption journey. It’s a collection of tools, guidance, and best practices to help shape your cloud strategy and achieve the desired business goals.
October 2019
New Azure Boards and Azure Repos app for Microsoft Teams
In the latest Azure DevOps update, we added new Microsoft Teams apps for Azure Boards and Azure Repos. The Azure Boards app will let you monitor work item activity and create work items from your Microsoft Teams channel. On the other hand, the Azure Repos app will allow you to monitor your repositories.
Azure DevOps—Assignment-based billing and other new features
In the latest update of Azure DevOps, we've added user assignment-based billing. With this feature, the number of Basic or Basic + Test Plan licenses will change as you add or remove users. This means that you’ll only pay for the licenses you’re using. We’ve also added a new setting that lets you choose whether new users get full Basic access or limited/free Stakeholder access. See the list of new features for more information.
September 2019
Updates to Azure DevOps and App Service improvements
In the sprint 157 update of Azure DevOps, we added rollup columns to backlogs that let you track progress across work item hierarchies (for example, epics/features/user stories). We also added multiple improvements for deploying Azure App Service apps.
August 2019
New enhancements to Azure Boards are now available
Azure Boards has new items that can help enhance your experience. For example, you can now customize system picklist values such as severity, activity, and priority. In addition, rule support is now available for setting fields to read-only or required based on group membership. Finally, there’s a new extension that will allow you to create cascading picklists on your work item form.
July 2019
Azure DevOps Roadmap update for Q3 of 2019
The engineering team behind Azure DevOps is constantly at work delivering enhancements and new features across our services. We recently added new capabilities at an unprecedented pace for Azure DevOps. The highlights listed below are just a few of the new features coming in the next few months. Visit the DevOps feature timeline for a complete list.
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