{"id":343,"date":"2014-10-16T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/bharry\/2014\/10\/16\/visual-studio-and-tfs-2013-4-update-4-release-candidate\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:51:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T20:51:32","slug":"visual-studio-and-tfs-2013-4-update-4-release-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/visual-studio-and-tfs-2013-4-update-4-release-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Visual Studio and TFS 2013.4 (Update 4) Release Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time!\u00a0 The Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2013.4 and Team Foundation Server 2013.4 is here.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=510314\">Download Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 RC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?LinkId=510328\">Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 KB article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ve written some <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2014\/09\/22\/visual-studio-and-tfs-2013-4-ctp2-is-available.aspx\">posts<\/a> about the CTPs along the way.\u00a0 But I\u2019ll give a high-level recap of the ALM improvements and talk about a few of the new things showing up in this RC.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Work item tracking and Agile project management improvements<\/strong> \u2013 This update includes a ton of \u201csmallish\u201d improvements to work item tracking.\u00a0 Things like trend charts, area path search, better embedded url support, performance improvements, full screen support and more.\u00a0 No single thing is likely to blow your socks off but, in the aggregate, it\u2019s a very nice set of improvements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stakeholder license<\/strong> \u2013 Update 4 includes the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/bharry\/archive\/2014\/07\/09\/upcoming-vs-online-licensing-changes.aspx\">licensing changes<\/a> I announced a while back that enables people who just need access to basic work management capabilities and project status tracking to do so at no charge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pull requests<\/strong> \u2013 Support for Git based pull requests\/code reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Additional improvements showing up in this Release Candidate include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bugs on the backlog<\/strong> \u2013 Some teams want their bugs to show up on their backlog, some teams only want user stories\/requirements.\u00a0 In Update 4, you can now choose your preference.\u00a0 As part of this, bugs can also now appear on the kanban board.\u00a0 It\u2019s a step to also enabling them fully on the task board.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/7875.image_thumb_786BAC43.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15693\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/7875.image_thumb_786BAC43.png\" alt=\"Image 7875 image thumb 786BAC43\" width=\"644\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/7875.image_thumb_786BAC43.png 644w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/7875.image_thumb_786BAC43-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>CodeLens performance improvements<\/strong> \u2013 We\u2019ve seen a number of issues, of TFS, with the CodeLens jobs consuming a lot of CPU or disk space.\u00a0 We\u2019ve made a bunch of improvements to make the CodeLens processing up to 10X faster and to cap the amount of SQL server space it uses for temporary processing.\u00a0 This should address all of the CodeLens server side issues I\u2019ve seen come up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Associated Test Suites<\/strong> \u2013 A test case can be shared among multiple test suites.\u00a0 It sure would be nice to know when you are changing a test case which suites you are affecting.\u00a0 With Update 4, you can with the Associated Test Suites pane.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4101.clip_image001_thumb_7B11D743.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15694\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4101.clip_image001_thumb_7B11D743.jpg\" alt=\"Image 4101 clip image001 thumb 7B11D743\" width=\"804\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4101.clip_image001_thumb_7B11D743.jpg 804w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4101.clip_image001_thumb_7B11D743-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4101.clip_image001_thumb_7B11D743-768x203.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recent Test Results<\/strong> \u2013 Similar to the Associated Test Suites pane, we\u2019ve added a new pane that also makes it super easy to see what the recent results for a test case are.\u00a0 I\u2019m actually showing you the RTM screenshot here because the RC one doesn\u2019t look as good \u2013 but this is what it will look like when we ship it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4456.clip_image00112_thumb_32C49174.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15696\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4456.clip_image00112_thumb_32C49174.jpg\" alt=\"Image 4456 clip image00112 thumb 32C49174\" width=\"804\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4456.clip_image00112_thumb_32C49174.jpg 804w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4456.clip_image00112_thumb_32C49174-300x85.jpg 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/4456.clip_image00112_thumb_32C49174-768x217.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Test case charting<\/strong> \u2013 To provide better visibility into what\u2019s happening with Testing we\u2019ve added a new Test charting ability that allow you to visualize test planning and test results.\u00a0 You can pin these charts to your project homepage and everyone can see them \u2013 even Stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/1263.clip_image0018_thumb_409446BE.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15697\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/1263.clip_image0018_thumb_409446BE.jpg\" alt=\"Image 1263 clip image0018 thumb 409446BE\" width=\"644\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/1263.clip_image0018_thumb_409446BE.jpg 644w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/1263.clip_image0018_thumb_409446BE-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/0638.clip_image00110_thumb_63557E7B.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15698\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/0638.clip_image00110_thumb_63557E7B.jpg\" alt=\"Image 0638 clip image00110 thumb 63557E7B\" width=\"644\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/0638.clip_image00110_thumb_63557E7B.jpg 644w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/bharry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2014\/10\/0638.clip_image00110_thumb_63557E7B-300x77.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s about a wrap.\u00a0 This is the last pre-release before the final Update 4 RTM.\u00a0 If you haven\u2019t yet, now is t\nhe time to give it a spin and let us know if you have any issues.\u00a0 Of course, VS Online is also a really easy way to try out most of this.<\/p>\n<p>Brian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time!\u00a0 The Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2013.4 and Team Foundation Server 2013.4 is here. 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