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Azure DevOps customers frequently ask us when GitHub Copilot will be available to them. What many don’t realize is that GitHub Copilot for Business is already accessible to all customers, including those using Azure DevOps. Even better, much of its powerful functionality is integrated into tools you already use, like Visual Studio and VS Code. The post GitHub Copilot for Azure DevOps users appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

Update 2/13: We have re-released Patch 3 for Azure DevOps Server 2022.2 to fix the YAML pipelines failing issue reported in the Developer Community. You can use the link provided in this blog post to download the patch for the first time as well as fixing the issue if you have previously installed Patch 3. The post February Patches for Azure DevOps Server appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

We’re happy to announce that we’ve made significant progress in updating our web authentication stack on Azure DevOps services and partner web properties to utilize Microsoft Entra tokens to handle web sessions. By replacing our previous cookies with Entra tokens, we’ve deepened the integration we have with Microsoft Entra ID on our web experience. This The post Full web support for conditional access policies across Azure DevOps and partner web properties appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

We are excited to announce some important upgrades to our networking infrastructure that will enhance the performance and reliability of our service. As part of these infrastructure upgrades, we are introducing new IP addresses that you will need to allow list in your firewall configurations. What’s Changing And Why? We are transitioning from the current The post Update to Azure DevOps Allowed IP addresses appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

Multiple versions of our on-premises product will reach the end of support on October 14, 2025. Customers are encouraged to start planning and deploying upgrades now to ensure that installed products remain supported and secure, and to take advantage of new capabilities offered in successor products. The latest version of our on-premises product is Azure The post Upcoming support lifecycle milestones for older on-premises products appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

The Azure DevOps Demo Generator is a tool that allows you to create projects in your Azure DevOps organization, complete with pre-filled sample content. This includes source code, work items, iterations, service connections, and build and release pipelines, all based on a template you select. Starting February 28, 2025, we are eliminating the need for The post Changes to provisioning Azure DevOps projects using the Azure DevOps Demo Generator appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

In the new year, we’ll be making moves towards strengthening Microsoft and our customers’ security posture in regards to the usage and creation of personal access tokens (PATs). If you’ve been following this blog, you may have noticed we’ve been distancing away from PATs as the recommended authentication method for Azure DevOps APIs by offering The post Reducing personal access token (PAT) usage across Azure DevOps appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

The current content delivery network (CDN) provider Edgio, used by Azure DevOps is retiring. We’re urgently transitioning to a solution served by Akamai and Azure Front Door CDNs to maintain the responsiveness of our services. What this means for you For most of you, this transition will be seamless. To ensure that you can continue The post Important: Switching CDN providers appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

Although the process may seem slow, we are steadily progressing toward rolling out the New Boards Hub to all customers. Our plan is to deprecate the old Boards experience for all Azure DevOps service users by the end Q1 2025. The rollout is advancing on two fronts. First, we are setting the New Boards Hub The post New Boards Hub Rollout Expectations appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.

The Microsoft DevLabs publisher was created as a hub for internal teams at Microsoft to channel their passion for Azure DevOps into experimental extensions. These extensions helped address product gaps and fostered innovation, ultimately benefiting Azure DevOps customers via the public marketplace. The challenge Over time, as the original creators of these extensions moved on The post Microsoft DevLabs Extensions appeared first on Azure DevOps Blog.