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Team Work Item Automation Rules (Private Preview)
Customers have been requesting to automate state transitions for a while. Take this request from 2018: “When a User Story contains several child tasks, often developers update the child tasks but not the overall state of the User Story. It would be great to automatically update the state of the User Story according to the state of the child tasks. For example, if one Task is changed to Doing then the User Story should be set to Doing. If all Tasks are in Closed, then the User Story should be Closed.” You can automate this on your own, but it requires web hooks and custom code. However, it really needs to be p...
New Azure DevOps scopes now available for Microsoft Identity OAuth delegated flow apps
We have added new Azure DevOps scopes for delegated OAuth apps on the Microsoft Identity platform, also colloquially known as Azure Active Directory OAuth apps. These new scopes will enable app developers to announce specifically which permissions they are hoping to request from the user in order to perform app duties. They may look familiar as these new scopes are the same ones available via Azure DevOps OAuth today. Previously, was the only scope available for app developers to choose from. This scope gives the app full access to all Azure DevOps APIs, which means it will be able to do anything that the user ...
Achieve Code Consistency: MegaLinter Integration in Azure DevOps
In this blog I present a solution to implement automated linting in Azure DevOps for platform engineers
Managed identity and service principal support for Azure DevOps now in General Availability (GA)
After announcing the release of Managed Identity and Service Principal support in public preview last March, we were overcome by the positive response many of you had. We’re grateful to those who have taken the time to implement a managed identity within your apps and tools. With your help, we’ve collected valuable feature feedback and resolved some hidden bugs to improve the overall performance of this feature, bringing us to today, when we’re happy to announce that the feature is now in General Availability (GA). Some notable GA user-facing updates worth calling out: 1. Set object-level permissions on ser...
New Boards Hub Rollout Update
In July, we provided an overview on the steps for New Boards hub to go GA. In this blog post, we wanted to provide a short update on where things are at and what you can expect over the next couple of months. Roll out schedule So far, the New Boards Hub “on by default” initiative has been enabled for over 30% of the active organizations. We have been enabling one ring at a time, collecting feedback and fixing bugs along the way. About 95% of the users continue to use the new experience. On average we are fixing 25-35 bugs per sprint. Most of the new bugs reported are edge cases that happen under very specifi...
Revolutionizing Requirement Gathering: Azure DevOps Meets Azure OpenAI using Semantic kernel
This blog is a deep dive into the future of requirement gathering. This blog explores how Azure DevOps and Azure OpenAI are joining forces to transform the way we capture project requirements. From automated requirement generation to intelligent analysis, learn how these powerful tools are reshaping the landscape of project management. Stay tuned for an enlightening journey into the world of AI-powered requirement gathering!
Now Generally Available: GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps is ready for you to use
We’re excited to announce that GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps is now generally available and is ready for you to use in your own Azure DevOps repos! You can now enable code, secret, and dependency scanning within Azure Repos and take advantage of the new product updates. Learn how to enable Advanced Security in your Azure Repos > Thanks to your great feedback, we were able to identify issues and deliver updates that address key improvements since our public preview. You wanted: and we delivered. Instead of registering to get your organization onboarded to Advanced Security, we’ve done away w...
Introducing Azure DevOps Server 2022 Update 1 RC1
Today we're very excited to announce the first release candidate (RC1) of Azure DevOps Server 2022.1! With this release, we've added many new features that you've been asking for. Here are a few of the highlights: There are many more features with this release, and you can read all about those features in our release notes. You can download Azure DevOps Server 2022.1 RC1 today. A direct upgrade to Azure DevOps Server is supported from any version of TFS, including Team Foundation Server 2015 and newer. Let us know any feedback or questions via the Developer Community. Resources
September patches for Azure DevOps Server and Team Foundation 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 3 Update: If you downloaded patch 3 for Azure DevOps Server 2022.0.1 on September 12, you must download patch 3 again. The links published on September 12 were downloading patch 2 instead of patch 3. If you already installed patch 4 published on October 10, you don't have to reinstall patch 3 since patches are cumulative and include changes for previously released ...