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Now available: Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1
Today, we released Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 RTW. This is our final release of Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1. You can directly install Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 or upgrade from Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 RC, Azure DevOps Server 2022, Team Foundation Server 2015 or newer versions of the product. You can find the full details of the fixes we've included with this release in our release notes. Here are some key links: We’d love for you to install this release and provide any feedback at Developer Community.
New Boards Hub Update, Sprint 221
Our team remains dedicated to improving New Boards Hub by addressing any issues that may arise. We're happy to report that the New Boards Hub has been steadily progressing with each sprint. Although it is not quite ready for general availability yet, we're making significant strides with each iteration. Be sure to keep an eye out for updates. In the meantime, we've resolved a number of bugs in sprint 221, which we've listed below. Notable bugs fixed We appreciate and need your feedback to ensure the New Boards Hub is successful. Feel free to email me with any issues you find.
Use Power Automate to update Azure DevOps queries
In this blog post, I’ll explain how to set up automation to automatically update Azure DevOps (ADO) queries. Using an automated Power Automate flow, you save time by not having to manually update your queries for each sprint. Everyone using your queries benefits by having data and details that are always current and accurate. Solution overview The solution uses a Power Automate flow to update ADO queries. The queries contain a sprint number. For example, the sprint query contains 2303. This number represents the third month (March) of the year 2023. Fortunately, the sprints that I’m working with follow strictly...
New Boards Hub Update, Sprint 220
Sprint 220 was again dedicated to fixing bugs. We continue to drive down that bug backlog as quickly as we can. 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. New feature We added a small usability feature to the work item save button. The button choice between “Save” and “Save and Close” is now sticky for the next time you save a work item. This prevents making an extra click if you prefer “Save” over “Save and Close”. We appreciate and need your feedback to ensure the New Boards Hub is successful...
Service Connection guidance for AKS customers using Kubernetes tasks
Kubernetes tasks & Service Connections Azure DevOps supports Kubernetes deployments with a number of included tasks: These tasks can be configured to target a Kubernetes cluster in a number of ways, using the property: Kubernetes Service Connection limitations when accessing AKS You can create a Kubernetes Service Connection with any of the below options: When selecting the 'Azure Subscription' option, Kubernetes needs to be accessible to Azure DevOps at Service Connection configuration time. There may be various reasons Service Connection cannot be created, e.g. you created a private ...
Azure DevOps 2023 Q2 Roadmap update
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 will be moved into public preview! GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps is a suite of developer security analysis tools integrated directly into Azure DevOps to protect your Azure Repos and Pipelines. With GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps, we bring th...
Announcing Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 RC
Today, we are releasing Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 RC. This is a go-live release, meaning it is supported on production instances, and you will be able to upgrade to our final release. Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 includes bug fixes for Azure DevOps Server 2022. You can find the details of the fixes in our release notes. You can directly install Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 RC or upgrade from Azure DevOps Server 2022 or Team Foundation Server 2015 or newer. Here are some key links: We’d love for you to install this release candidate and provide any feedback at Developer Community.
Introducing Service Principal and Managed Identity support on Azure DevOps
We are proud to announce that Service Principals and Managed Identities can now be used to authenticate with Azure DevOps. For those who have not heard of them before, these Azure Active Directory identities enable teams to gain access to your Azure DevOps organizations acting as their own application, not as a human user or service account. Why is this important? Service principals and managed identities provide an exciting new alternative to personal access tokens (PATs), one of our most widely used authentication methods that is tied to the user that created the token. Teams have traditionally relied on PA...
New Boards Hub Update, Sprint 219
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 days to a couple weeks. We appreciate and need your feedback to ensure the New Boards Hub is successful. Feel free to email me with any issues you find.