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Announcing the deprecation of the WIT and Test Client OM

Dan HellemMay 21, 2018May 21, 201805/21/18

Updated contents on April 2, 2019 Since the first version of Team Foundation Server (TFS) in 2005, we have provided a set of SOAP APIs for programmatic interaction with Work Items and Tests. In recent years, REST has replaced SOAP as the preferred method for building integrations offering a simpler and more flexible programming model, support...

Announcing the DevOps Resource Center

Sam GuckenheimerMay 1, 2018May 1, 201805/1/18

One of the favorite parts of my job is curating a web site with the stories of how we work. Those experience reports and more of our guidance are now consolidated at https://aka.ms/devops. In addition to our own stories, this center offers content to help your team learn DevOps practices, Git (including Git at scale), and Agile. There's ...

Power BI and VSTS – Integration made easy

Romi KoifmanApril 16, 2018Apr 16, 201804/16/18

We are excited to announce an easy-to-use solution for integrating Power BI with VSTS Analytics. You don’t have to know how to write OData queries anymore! Our new feature Analytics views makes getting VSTS work tracking data into Power BI simple, and it works for the largest accounts. Similar to a work items query, an Analytics View ...

@CurrentIteration, Team Parameter, Offset

Lauren BroseMarch 1, 2018Mar 1, 201803/1/18

With our Sprint 131 update (rolling out over the next few weeks), there are some major changes coming to the @CurrentIteration macro used for work item queries. We are introducing the concept of a macro parameter, as well as allowing an offset to @CurrentIteration. These updates are mainly motivated by: Using the Team ...

Stakeholders can now view VSTS Analytics widgets

Gregg BoerJanuary 30, 2018Jan 30, 201801/30/18

Why can't Stakeholders view the Analytics widgets? That is a question we often heard. Now we have an answer. They can! Well, now they can. We've updated the VSTS Analytics extension to allow users with Free licenses (Stakeholders license) to view Analytics widgets. This means Stakeholders can view CFD, Lead/Cycle Time, Velocity, Burndown/...

Power BI and VSTS Analytics

Gregg BoerJanuary 11, 2018Jan 11, 201801/11/18

We have been working hard to improve the integration between VSTS Analytics and Power BI. We are happy to announce we've released the first step in doing so. The VSTS Power BI Desktop Connector has been updated to provide additional options for historical trend and bug analysis. Please refer to our guidance on connecting to VSTS with Power...

November extensions round-up: Actionable Insights for Agile teams and a widget for easy access to all teams in your project

Joe BourneDecember 1, 2017Dec 1, 201712/1/17

The round-up is back for November! I'm sorry for not posting in October. My wife and I welcomed our second child, a girl, into the world. I was at home spending time with them because they grow up so fast :) But now I'm back, and some really exciting extensions went live in the Marketplace this month. RippleRock, has entered the Marketplace ...

VSTS Analytics OData now publicly available

Gregg BoerNovember 22, 2017Nov 22, 201711/22/17

The Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) Analytics OData feed has been promoted to full public preview, available to everyone. Developers can use OData to access VSTS Analytics to write 3rd party or custom widgets. Or, write any tool or extension that takes advantage of the VSTS Analytics data model. This OData feed is built on VSTS Analytics, ...

Chef brings Habitat to VSTS, and Agile Extensions makes editing your backlog a breeze

Joe BourneSeptember 29, 2017Sep 29, 201709/29/17

This month I have two extensions that I am excited about. Chef, who earlier this year released their core set of CI/CD tasks for working with Chef, is adding a new extension that connects VSTS with their app & container automation system, Habitat. Agile Extensions is also making an early splash in the Marketplace with the newest awesome ...

Burndown and Burnup Widgets available for the VSTS Analytics Extension

Gregg BoerSeptember 25, 2017Sep 25, 201709/25/17

UPDATE 10/06/2017. The S123 Deployment is complete. The Burndown / Burnup widgets are now available for all accounts. === The Burndown and Burnup Widgets are now available for those who have installed the Analytics Extension on their Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) accounts. (NOTE: The S123 Deployment should be completed by the end of ...

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