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March 2023 - Azure DevOps Blog

New Boards Hub Update, Sprint 219

March 22, 2023 Mar 22, 2023 03/22/23
Dan Hellem
Sprint 219 was dedicated to fixing bugs. We continue to drive down the bug backlog as quickly as we can. We will also have a couple new preview features coming that will be announced in the 219 sprint notes. Notable bugs fixed Note: although these items are fixed, they may not be released to all organizations yet. Rollout can take a few ...

March patches for Azure DevOps Server

March 21, 2023 Mar 21, 2023 03/21/23
Gloridel Morales
This month, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. The following will be fixed with this patch: Azure DevOps Server 2022 Patch 3 If you have Azure DevOps Server 2022, you should install Azure DevOps Server 2022 Patch 3. Check out the release notes for more details. Verifying Installation...

Write Your Bicep Files in Visual Studio

March 8, 2023 Mar 8, 2023 03/8/23
April Edwards
The growth of Bicep has increased massively over the last few years for those of you deploying into Azure. The community made it clear that being able to work in Visual Studio and not have to interrupt their workflow was critical to them. The product teams listened and they released a Bicep extension for Visual Studio version 17.3 and higher...

New Boards Hub, Sprint 218 Update

March 7, 2023 Mar 7, 2023 03/7/23
Dan Hellem
Not a lot to report other than a list of issues fixed 😁. Bug fixes will continue at full speed through sprint 219 as well. Notable bugs fixed Note: although these items are fixed, they may not be released to all organizations yet. Rollout can take a few days to a couple weeks. We appreciate and need your feedback to ensure the New ...

Integrate Azure Load Testing into Azure DevOps

March 7, 2023 Mar 7, 2023 03/7/23
April Edwards
Azure Load Testing became generally available in February 2023. It shipped with a lot of new features that were requested by you, the community. You can get started quickly from within the Azure portal, or upload your own custom JMeter script. Azure Load Testing allows you to find bottlenecks within your application stack, load testing your ...

Create Azure DevOps Management Reports

March 5, 2023 Mar 5, 2023 03/5/23
April Edwards
When managing any sized organization, there is always the question of how to track and review your existing policies on every single project. There is a solution that can query your exiting projects and provide management reports for a multitude of reports. Using this tool can help you assess and manage all of the projects in your Azure DevOps...