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Node runner update guidance for Azure Pipelines task authors

January 6, 2023 Jan 6, 2023 01/6/23
Eric van Wijk
Introduction This blog post contains important guidance for Azure Pipelines task authors. Task authors are developers that create custom pipeline tasks that are published on the Marketplace and/or used internally in their organization. Background Azure Pipeline tasks are executed using Task runners, which in turn are bundled with and ...

December patches for Azure DevOps Server

December 13, 2022 Dec 13, 2022 12/13/22
Gloridel Morales
This month, we are releasing fixes that impact our self-hosted product, Azure DevOps Server. The following will be fixed with this patch: Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.2 Patch 4 If you have Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.1, you should first update to Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.2. Once on Update 1.2, install Azure DevOps Server 2020.1.2 Patch...

New Boards Hub, Sprint 214 Update

December 12, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 12/12/22
Dan Hellem
List of New Boards Hub bugs fixed in sprint 214. We enabled the "Try New Boards Hub" message across another ring of accounts. The process continues to go slower than originally expected. Every time we enable the message, we receive more feedback on issues that need to be fixed. This process will continue over the next couple of sprints. We ...

Upgrade of .NET agent for Azure Pipelines

November 23, 2022 Nov 23, 2022 11/23/22
Bohdan Janousek
We are upgrading the .NET used by Azure Pipelines agent from current .NET Core 3.1 to .NET 6. This is to support new Apple silicon hardware as well as newer operating systems such as Ubuntu 22.04, or Windows on ARM64. Another reason for the .NET upgrade is the fact the .NET Core 3.1 version is already in maintenance phase and the support ends ...

New Boards Hub, Sprint 213 Update

November 16, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 11/16/22
Dan Hellem
Nothing exciting to report for sprint 213. We spent most of our time fixing issues and continue to make good progress. You will also see the new usability feature added below. 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. Copy link...

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 ...

New Boards Hub, Sprint 212 Update

October 27, 2022 Oct 27, 2022 10/27/22
Dan Hellem
In sprint 211 we enabled the "Try the New Boards Hub" banner and popup. This has resulted in a lot of great user feedback, and in turn, a pile of bugs. Our main focus in sprint 212 was fixing these bugs. That trend will continue through sprint 213. Oh, and we did squeeze in one new usability feature (see below) that has been a problem for a ...

Azure DevOps Server 2022 RC2 now available

October 25, 2022 Oct 25, 2022 10/25/22
Gloridel Morales
We have released Azure DevOps Server 2022 RC2. This is our last planned prerelease before our final release of Azure DevOps Server 2022. You can upgrade from Azure DevOps Server 2022 RC1 or previous versions of TFS and Azure DevOps. You can find the full details in our release notes. Here are some key links: We’d love for you to ...