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Azure DevOps Achieves ISO 26262 ASIL D level of Certification

May 16, 2023 May 16, 2023 05/16/23
Jorge Minana
We are pleased to announce that Azure DevOps has successfully passed the ISO 26262 ASIL D certification, the highest level of Functional Safety management process, by TÜV SUD, an international independent third-party testing and certification company. This certification demonstrates Microsoft's commitment to providing our Automotive customers...

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 ...

Azure DevOps client libraries migrated to MSAL

November 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022 11/15/22
Lubomir Sokolovsky
The Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.InteractiveClient library is a public NuGet package that takes care of authenticating to Azure DevOps Services. It abstracts away the acquisition, management and refreshing of authentication tokens, so developers can focus on their goals and stay productive. Historically, the interactive client library has ...

All Azure DevOps REST APIs now support PAT scopes

November 9, 2022 Nov 9, 2022 11/9/22
Barry Wolfson
Recently, the Azure DevOps team completed an initiative to associate all Azure DevOps REST APIs with a granular personal access token (PAT) scope. As part of our ongoing investments in security, we undertook this effort to reduce the risks associated with a leaked PAT credential. Previously, a number of Azure DevOps REST APIs were not ...

Integrate security into your developer workflow with GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps

October 12, 2022 Oct 12, 2022 10/12/22
Aaron Hallberg
Exciting things are in store for Azure DevOps in the coming year! We’re planning deep investments in security as well as broad investment across the product. Read on for more information, and then be sure to check out our updated roadmap at https://aka.ms/AzureDevOpsRoadmap. Deep investments in security First, we are super excited about ...

Updates to Azure Pipelines Runtime Variables Settings [Updated]

May 19, 2022 May 19, 2022 05/19/22
Gloridel Morales
We have gotten a lot of feedback on this change and after internal deliberation, we are now rolling back this change ASAP. Final Update as of 5/19/22 @ 10:08 AM PST: Again, I am deeply sorry for the inconvenience and disruption this has caused. We remain deeply committed to making sure our customers have a first-class experience using ...

Reconfigure Azure DevOps Server to use Kerberos instead of NTLM

May 3, 2022 May 3, 2022 05/3/22
Angel Wong
Multiple on-prem customers have reported that after upgrading Git LFS to version 3.0 (or higher), they are no longer able to authenticate against Azure DevOps Server. This is because Git LFS has dropped support for NTLM authentication in version 3.0 (Changelog from 24th September 2021). While it is possible to roll back Git LFS to the last 2....