Azure DevOps docs: What's new for January 1, 2021 - January 31, 2021
Welcome to what's new in the Azure DevOps docs from January 1, 2021 through January 31, 2021. This article lists some of the major changes to docs during this period.
Artifacts
Updated articles
- Get started with npm packages in Azure Artifacts
- Publish a Maven artifact using Gradle
- Delete and recover packages
- Publish and then download a Universal Package
Boards
New articles
Updated articles
- Tasks supported by Backlogs, Boards, Taskboards, and Plans
- Azure Boards extensions developed by Microsoft
- Portfolio management
- Review team Delivery Plans
- Add work item tags to categorize and filter lists and boards
- Define a query as a hyperlink
- Manage and organize queries
- Query by date or current iteration
- Query by assignment or workflow changes
- Query quick reference
- Perform a semantic work item search
- Query by titles, IDs, and rich-text fields
- Define a query
- View, run, or email a work item query
- Manage change with the CMMI process
- Manage risks with the CMMI process
- Code review and feedback field reference
- Work items quick reference
Integrate
Updated articles
Migrate
Updated articles
Organizations
New articles
Updated articles
Pipelines
Updated articles
- Overview of Artifacts in Azure Pipelines
- Quickstart: Build an image
- Build, test, and deploy .NET Core apps
- Key concepts for new Azure Pipelines users
- Service connections
- Configure and pay for parallel jobs
- Deployment jobs
- Process parameters
- Specify jobs in your pipeline
- Use approvals and gates to control your deployment
- Logging commands
- Prepare data, train, deploy, and monitor machine learning models with Azure Pipelines
- Azure CLI task
- Azure Function App task
- Package: Python Twine Upload Authenticate
- Publish Pipeline Artifacts task
Project
New articles
Report
Updated articles
Repos
Updated articles
- Improve code quality with branch policies
- Git preferences and settings in Visual Studio
- Repository settings
- Use SSH key authentication
User guide
Updated articles
- Compare Azure DevOps Services with Azure DevOps Server
- What features and services do I get with Azure DevOps?
- Sign up, sign in to Azure DevOps
- What is Azure DevOps?
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, January 1-31, 2021.
- [azure-devops-docs] Update the external links to GitHub Actions documentation #10053
- coverlet.msbuild is not accurate for .NET 5.0 #10009
- Documentation improvement needed for Markdown image resize syntax #9974
- Pipeline publish path incorrect #9959
- Incorrect casing of env var #9947
- Link Create a build definition and follow-through are #9858
- Arguments examples #9791
- Cross project sharing feature is available for all accounts #9546
- Incorrect link? #9545
- Missing information on how to actually create process parameters #9354
- version control artifact sources - yaml pipelines #9350
- Creating a service connection to BitBucket Cloud is incorrectly documented #9339
- Note about DevOps Servers without Internet Access #9289
- Problem converting to Base64 #9262
- Add note for users who have no subscription in connected AAD. #8900
- Incorrect validation information for Generic Service connection properties #8795
- The publish shortcut should be covered here #8676
- vsts-npm-auth on-premise different screenshots / sections #8641
- URL to ADO Service Connection is wrong #8602
- Unknow lifecycle phase "build". You must specify a valid lifecycle phase or a goal #8449
- Missing argument description for: restoreArguments #8352
- Undocumented arguments #7616
- Lifetime of the service principals #7436
- nothing about filtering groups #6899
- artifactName is optional, and it's default is NOT drop #6765
- documentation for how to use service connection in PowerShell #5860
- Sentence correction #4621
Community contributors
The following people contributed to the Azure DevOps docs during this period. Thank you! Learn how to contribute by following the links under "Get involved" in the what's new landing page.
- hyoshioka0128 - Hiroshi Yoshioka (14)
- NandanHegde15 (3)
- kmadof - Krzysztof Madej (2)
- a30001539 - Leif (1)
- abhishek0220 - Abhishek Chaudhary (1)
- ankur198 - Ankur Nigam (1)
- ArielMorales - Ariel Morales Solano (1)
- charlesbetros - Charles Betros (1)
- chris1234p - Chris Putnam (1)
- christianfosli - Christian Fosli (1)
- dariogriffo - Dario Griffo (1)
- derrix060 - Mario Apra (1)
- ekrof (1)
- flcdrg - David Gardiner (1)
- gan3i - Ganesha Nageshappa (1)
- Hex052 (1)
- janis-s (1)
- JFolberth (1)
- jvesthansen1990 (1)
- kant2002 - Andrii Kurdiumov (1)
- koldou98 (1)
- ksmis-gh - Kshiteesh (1)
- KuSh - Nicolas Le Cam (1)
- MarkIannucci - Mark Iannucci (1)
- marlun78 - Martin Eneqvist (1)
- martin-morin - Martin Morin (1)
- memark - Magnus Markling (1)
- michha - Michael (1)
- mitchelsellers - Mitchel Sellers (1)
- nilushancosta (1)
- Potherca - Ben Peachey (1)
- qsharker - Adam (1)
- rackley096794 - Ray Ackley (1)
- SeanKilleen - Sean Killeen (1)
- tevoinea - Teo Voinea (1)
- theClueless (1)
- v-nealva (1)