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.

Read more about the new features:

Azure Boards

• Add "Parent Work Item" filter to the task board and sprint backlog
• Improve error handling experience—required fields on Bug/Task

Azure Pipelines

• Preview of scale set agents
• Ubuntu 20.04 in preview for Azure Pipelines hosted pools
• Support for GitHub packages in YAML pipelines

Azure Artifacts

• Notifications for disabled upstream sources
• License expressions and embedded licenses
• Lightweight authentication tasks