Azure DevOps docs: What's new for May 2020
Welcome to what's new in Azure DevOps docs for May 2020. This article lists some of the major changes to docs during this period.
Boards
New articles
- Implement Scaled Agile Framework®
- SAFe® concepts & Azure Boards
- Configure Azure Boards
- Customize Azure Boards
- Manage SAFe® programs and portfolios
- View roadmaps and monitor progress
These articles reflect the following additions and updates:
- Updated to support SAFe® 5.0
- Updated screenshots to reflect Azure DevOps Services UI
- Quick reference conceptual mapping of SAFe terms and Azure Boards terms
- Shared Services configuration
- Enablers and Capabilities
- Wiki and sharing information
- Added information around customization and SAFe®
- Added a section on importing a top-down plan using Excel
- Added information about reports, rollup, and roadmaps
Updated articles
- Bulk add or modify work items with Excel - Content performance updates to Bulk modify with Excel
- Link type reference - Update list link types
- Connect Azure Boards to an Office client - Content performance updates
Integrate
Updated articles
- Rate limits - Publish details about rate limit headers
Organizations
New articles
- Create auditing streaming - Auditing streaming
Updated articles
- Add users and manage access in Azure DevOps - Accounts docset improvements cont., merge articles add users
Pipelines
New articles
- How to deploy an app using an Azure Resource Manager (ARM) template - ARM Template with Azure Pipelines
Updated articles
- Microsoft-hosted agents
- Updates to hosted agents topic to address support questions
- How to retrieve hosted agent IP ranges from the Weekly file example
- Build, test, and deploy JavaScript and Node.js apps - Updating npm publish instructions and fixing other issues
- Expressions - Adding stage dependencies
- Release artifacts and artifact sources - Release artifacts and artifacts sources
- Classic release and artifacts variables - Release and artifacts variables
Report
Updated articles
- Track progress with status and trend query-based charts - Content performance updates to Create query-based charts
Test
Updated articles
- New Test Plans page - Revamp of "New Test Plans Page"
GitHub issue content updates
Thank you for your feedback on our documentation. This month we made updates to our content to address the following GitHub issues.
- Arguments example #8402
- image out of date #8373
- _apis/Settings/Entries/globalme "401 unauthorized" #8361
- Example of Package Promotion with REST API #8350
- Is path exclude required? #8317
- It is not clear how the "Remove SourceFolder" works #8316
- Syntax Error #8297
- Confusing comment #8281
- Typo in markdown to list shelvesets for all users #8280
- Documentation missing for metadata labels for self-hosted agent #8271
- "HTML tags and fontawesome aren't supported in the Mermaid diagram syntax." #8267
- git push --mirror is dangerous #8259
- Move the Note to the pre-requisites if it is true, but please make it NOT true ;) #8258
- Build.DefinitionName ? #8253
pkgArtifactNamesays optional but build task says otherwise #8252- fatal: Authentication failed for git clone with PAT #8222
- "General work item feature access" wrong default permission documentation #8198
- Old screenshot with alternate authentication credentials #8196
- This page about automated tests sits under node "manual testing" #8183
- Referencing Output Variable from Dependency does not work as described #8163
- Need details on how to handle execution bit on .sh scripts #8139
- Inaccurate information regarding adding users to organization. #8137
- Checkout path clarify #8136
- Duplicate Cron Syntax In "Supported cron syntax" #8129
- One needs to be Project collection Administrator to achieve this. #8120
- Type of pipeline variable in expression #8108
- Note on scalar parameters not correct according to eq expression docs #8090
- Runtime parameters - out of date banner #8087
- nobuild not working for publish #8079
- Update UseDotNet@2 availability #8076
- Enum not listed as a parameter type #8070
- Parallel classic release jobs on horizon #8067
- Minimum Azure CLI requirement confusion #8060
- How many caches can exist on a single pipeline? #8059
- Clarifying example for oauth token yaml #8056
- Pwsh and PowerShell example use wrong syntax #8032
- Command example for removing a VM is incorrect. #8031
- This document is no longer the "comprehensive list of system variables" it is said to be in other areas of documentation #8014
- Add a Note Warning of AAD Policy Which can Cause Import Failures #8011
- Agent IP Range section is mostly useless #8010
- "Preview: Report deployment status to Boards" not shown1st image #7993
- Environment Resource Type "appService" #7971
- System.PullRequest.SourceBranch example should have refs/heads/ prefix #7970
- An editor is mentioned twice in the "Preparation and required setup for this tutorial" step. #7947
- Please clarify: What permission is needed to create a new (build) pipeline? #7929
- Trigger fails when pipeline name contains whitespace #7787
- partially successful/warning condition #7597
- Combination of Microsoft hosted and self hosted agents #7595
- Versioning NPM packages #7469
- addSpnToEnvironment variable names are incorrect #7267
- .artifactignore file may not contain '+' characters #7151
- How to deprecate / un-promote package that was promoted to a view for Maven? #6960
- What will happen when cache consumes all allocated organization storage #6902
- Parameter expansion does NOT happen before conditions are considered in a template. #6896
- Upgrade path #6524
- Stage/Job breakup with npm tasks is misleading #6463
- Present full working azure-pipelines.yml examples #5683
@fabrikam:registry=<your feed URL>doesn't work #4965- Screenshot shows options that are not available on Azure DevOps Server 2019 (on prem) or on Azure DevOps (hosted) #4479
- run locally . but doesn't run on Azure DevOps Cloud pipeline #4445
- Firewall Rule PowerShell Scripts Will Not Work For ARM Subscriptions #2894
Community contributors
The following people have contributed to Azure DevOps docs in May 2020. Thank you! You can learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
- Jominana - Jorge Minana (3)
- iamsrivatsa - Srivatsa (2)
- akaszynski - Alex Kaszynski (1)
- Alenano360 - Alejandro Villalobos Chaves (1)
- Chibuikekenneth - Chibuike Kenneth (1)
- eakoning - Emiel Koning (1)
- flcdrg - David Gardiner (1)
- giansalex - Giancarlos Salas (1)
- hyoshioka0128 - Hiroshi Yoshioka (1)
- ManuelGalindo (1)
- MarkIannucci - Mark Iannucci (1)
- m1pl - Mihai Plasoianu (1)
- parsamzand (1)
- PedroLamas - Pedro Lamas (1)
- phillipsj - Jamie Phillips (1)
- raydixon - Ray Dixon (1)
- riQQ (1)
- robinminto (1)
- ronaldbosma - Ronald Bosma (1)
- rudfoss - Thomas Haugland Rudfoss (1)
- simskij - Simon Aronsson (1)
- stefanes - Stefan (1)
- tigran-a (1)
- winniehell - Winnie (1)