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Azure DevOps 2023 Q3 Roadmap update

July 13, 2023 Jul 13, 2023 07/13/23
Gloridel Morales
Yesterday, we published updates to our product roadmap. It outlines our plans for the next two quarters, and future investments. The features listed below are a few highlights of what we plan to deliver in Q3. Visit our product roadmap for a complete look at the list of features for Q4. We are excited about the future and the impact the ...

Choose an image for your organization

June 27, 2023 Jun 27, 2023 06/27/23
Andrew Brenner
We’re pleased to announce that you can now choose an image for your Azure DevOps organization and replace the automatically generated image. Learn how to change your organization's image The ability to change an organization’s image has been a long standing feature request in the Developer Community with over 150 votes. Please share ...

Updates to Approvals and Checks

June 11, 2023 Jun 11, 2023 06/11/23
Silviu
Approvals and Checks provide increased security to your YAML pipelines. They allow you to control if a pipeline run is allowed to access a resource. Let's look at an example. Say you develop the FabrikamFiber web app. To deploy a new version of your app, you use a YAML pipeline that uses an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) service connection. ...

Azure DevOps 2023 Q2 Roadmap update 

April 11, 2023 Apr 11, 2023 04/11/23
Gloridel Morales
Yesterday we published an updated list of features we plan to deliver in Q2. Each title includes a link where you can find details about each feature. We expect that this will help bring visibility into the key investments for the upcoming quarter. GitHub Advanced Security We are very excited to announce that GitHub Advanced Security for ...

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...

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...

Retrospectives: The Hidden Gem Enabling Teams to Thrive – Part 1

February 28, 2023 Feb 28, 2023 02/28/23
Damon Stoddard
Let me ask you a question. If you asked a world-renowned expert what the single most impactful thing a team could do to improve, what do you think they’d say? I had the opportunity to ask Scott Tannenbaum that question during a recent meeting. Scott is the co-author of the book “Teams that Work”, an evidence-based book outlining the ...