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Set up PIM access in Azure DevOps
Privileged Identity Management (PIM) is a service in Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) that enables users to manage, control, and monitor access to important resources in an organization. Azure DevOps is a key resource for any organization as it stores Application Lifecycle Management artifacts (code, work item, pipelines, packages, test data etc.) of an Organization. Hence, key roles like Project Collection Admin must not be available forever with anyone and access needs to be enabled on a need basis for certain period of time. This article details the steps to be performed to enable Project Collection Admin ac...
Improvements to code coverage experience under test automation
If you're using Azure DevOps for your CI/CD pipeline, you may be interested in our recent improvements to code coverage testing. Code coverage tests can help you identify areas of your code that are not tested, or not tested enough, and improve the quality of your automated tests and overall code quality. With our recent updates, you can now view code coverage results in a default view for .coverage format, using the default vstest task to publish code coverage. Additionally, if you have enabled code coverage policy, you will see comments in the pull request indicating whether or not the policy has been met, inc...
Setting up AAD Policies in Azure DevOps
Recently we deployed Azure DevOps end to end at a customer environment and while deploying, we applied all necessary policies as per best practices. These policies can be applied by all customers and this blog aims to make it easier for our customers. The details are shared in a Q&A format for better understanding. 1. Who can set up these policies? Identify a custodian user who would be managing Azure DevOps in your organization. The user can be same as your Azure Active Directory Administrator as well. Once, a user is identified we need to go to Azure Active Directory in Azure -> Roles and administrato...
New Boards Hub Path to GA
March of 2022 is when we announced the official preview of New Boards Hub. Since then, we have been actively taking feedback, fixing bugs, and adding new features. It’s been a long journey. In this post we will outline the last few steps on making New Boards Hub the default experience for all users. Features only available in New Boards In order to convince customers to try New Boards Hub, we had to bring additional value. We did this by adding some of the top requested features in our backlog. Below is the list of features (can also be found on our public roadmap) that are exclusively available to New Boards u...
Azure DevOps 2023 Q3 Roadmap update
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 features we plan to deliver will have on our customers' success! Azure Boards For the last several months our team has been focused on collecting feedback about the New Boards Hubs and addressing bugs based on this feedback. This quarter we plan to turn on the New Boards Hubs a...
New Boards Hub Update, Sprint 224
Yet another sprint has come to an end, accompanied by a wave of bug fixes 🌊🪲. Our team's hard work has allowed us to eliminate over 40 New Boards Hub bugs last sprint. With sprint 225, we are ready to activate the "Try the New Boards Hub" message for all organizations. This exciting step will undoubtedly generate another round feedback, which we anticipate, and we expect in dedicating another two or three sprints to address the feedback received. Additionally, we are going to start the process of turning on New Boards Hub as the default experience for those customers in the earlier deployment rings. Notable bugs...
Choose an image for your organization
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 your ideas and help us prioritize improvements by sharing and voting on community suggestions. Help us make Azure DevOps a tool you love to use to get things done! Thanks, Andrew Brenner
New Boards Hub Update, Sprint 223
With the risk of sounding repetitive, sprint 223 was dedicated to resolving bugs. Looks like sprint 224 will be much of the same. We continue to make great progress, but we have a little way to go before the New Boards Hub is ready for general availability. Notable bugs fixed We appreciate and need your feedback to ensure the New Boards Hub is successful. Please to email us with any issues you find.
June patches for Azure DevOps Server
This month, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. The following versions of the products have been patched. Check out the links for each version for more details. Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 Patch 1 If you have Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1, you should install Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 Patch 1. Release notes Verifying Installation Azure DevOps Server 2022 Patch 4 If you have Azure DevOps Server 2022, you should install Azure DevOps Server 2022 Patch 4. Note: This will be the last patch for Azure DevOps Server 2022. Going forward, you shou...