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Welcome to what's new in the Azure DevOps docs. The following sections provide details on the previous three months of new and updated content.
May 2026
Highlights
New features
- Troubleshoot the remote Azure DevOps MCP Server — New troubleshooting guidance for the remote Azure DevOps MCP Server.
- Set Up Automated Testing With Azure Test Plans — New overview for setting up automated testing with Azure Test Plans.
Other notable updates
- Access a private key vault from your pipeline — Major refresh of guidance for accessing a private key vault from your pipeline.
- Triggers in Azure Pipelines — Substantial revisions to triggers in Azure Pipelines.
- Use Azure Key Vault Secrets in Azure Pipelines — Significant updates to using Azure Key Vault secrets in Azure Pipelines.
- Change project visibility to private — Major refresh of project visibility guidance.
- Use backlogs to manage projects — Significant updates to the backlog management overview.
- Set up the remote Azure DevOps MCP Server (preview) — Major refresh of remote Azure DevOps MCP Server preview setup.
Updates by scenario
CI/CD
- Access a private key vault from your pipeline
- Triggers in Azure Pipelines
- Use Azure Key Vault Secrets in Azure Pipelines
- Query and Use Azure Key Vault Secrets in Your Pipeline
- Retention Policies
Work tracking
- Use backlogs to manage projects
- Filter backlogs, boards, and plans for focused work management
- Copy or clone work items
Code and version control
- Configure GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps features
- Security overview on GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
Testing
Security and admin
- Change project visibility to private
- Default rule reference
- Restrict organization creation
- Automate security auditing and administration
Extensibility and integration
Other
- Publish and download NuGet packages with Azure Artifacts
- Connect to an Azure Artifacts feeds with NuGet CLI
- Publish packages to NuGet.org
- Connect to Azure Artifacts feeds - dotnet
- Configure images
- Troubleshoot the remote Azure DevOps MCP Server
- Set up the remote Azure DevOps MCP Server (preview)
- Test run migration
- Resolve migration errors
- Manage work item fields using witadmin
By documentation area
- Administration
- Artifacts
- Azure Boards
- Azure Pipelines
- Azure Repos
- Azure Test Plans
- Integrate
- Managed DevOps Pools
- MCP Server
- Migrate
- Reference
Administration
Updated articles
- Change project visibility to private
- Default rule reference
- Restrict organization creation
- Automate security auditing and administration
Artifacts
Updated articles
- Publish and download NuGet packages with Azure Artifacts
- Connect to an Azure Artifacts feeds with NuGet CLI
- Publish packages to NuGet.org
- Connect to Azure Artifacts feeds - dotnet
Azure Boards
Updated articles
- Use backlogs to manage projects
- Filter backlogs, boards, and plans for focused work management
- Copy or clone work items
Azure Pipelines
Updated articles
- Access a private key vault from your pipeline
- Triggers in Azure Pipelines
- Use Azure Key Vault Secrets in Azure Pipelines
- Query and Use Azure Key Vault Secrets in Your Pipeline
- Retention Policies
Azure Repos
Updated articles
- Configure GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps features
- Security overview on GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
Azure Test Plans
New articles
Integrate
Updated articles
Managed DevOps Pools
Updated articles
MCP Server
New articles
Updated articles
Migrate
Updated articles
Reference
Updated articles
April 2026
Administration
New articles
Updated articles
- Add a Team to Your Azure DevOps Project
- Assign an owner to an orphaned organization
- Buy access to Azure Test Plans
- Change project visibility to public or private
- Delete, remove, restore project
- Manage Teams and Configure Team Tools
- Rename a Project - Azure DevOps
- Stakeholder access quick reference
- Start Azure Test Plans Free Trial – Azure DevOps Services
- Troubleshoot notification emails
- Access Azure DevOps Audit Logs, Export, and Filter
Artifacts
Updated articles
Azure Boards
Updated articles
- Define, capture, triage, and manage bugs in Azure Boards
- Features timeline and roadmap
- Remove, delete, and restore work items in Azure Boards
- Resolve nest, display, and reorder issues for work items
Azure DevOps Reporting and Analytics service
Updated articles
- Add a Team slicer to a Power BI report
- Add Markdown content to a team dashboard
- Aggregated view for test suites sample Power BI report
- Analytics Widgets Overview for Azure DevOps
- Bug trends sample queries and Power BI report
- Connect to Power BI Data Connector
- Create an Active bugs Power BI report
- Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) sample Power BI report
- Feature Progress rollup sample Power BI report
- Lead time and Cycle time sample Power BI report
- List linked work items sample queries and reports
- Manual test Configuration by Outcome history report sample Power BI report
- Manual test execution trend sample Power BI report
- Manual test progress status sample Power BI report
- Manual test Tester by Outcome matrix sample Power BI report
- Open bugs sample Power BI report
- Pipeline duration sample Power BI report
- Pipeline duration trend sample Power BI report
- Pipeline failed test sample Power BI reports
- Pipeline flaky test sample Power BI reports
- Pipeline outcome summary for all pipelines sample report
- Pipeline pass rate sample Power BI report
- Pipeline pass rate trend of a test sample Power BI report
- Pipeline stage wise failures sample Power BI report
- Pipeline test duration sample Power BI reports
- Pipeline test duration trend sample Power BI reports
- Pipeline test summary sample Power BI reports
- Pipeline test summary trend sample Power BI reports
- Publish a Power BI Desktop file to Power BI
- Release Burndown sample queries and Power BI reports
- Reporting roadmap and migration guide
- Requirements tracking, Stories overview report
- Requirements tracking, Stories overview rollup report
- Sprint Burndown sample Power BI report
- Troubleshoot an Analytics view
- About Analytics views
Azure Pipelines
New articles
Updated articles
Azure Repos
Updated articles
- Configure GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps features
- Set up code scanning for GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
- Use Go install command support with Azure Repos Git
- Use SSH key authentication
Azure Test Plans
New articles
Updated articles
- Run Manual Tests with Azure Test Plans
- Test Objects and Terms Overview in Azure Test Plans
- Navigate Test Plans in Azure DevOps
- Bulk import or export test cases
- Create and manage test plans
- Manage test runs in Azure DevOps Test Plans
- Request and provide stakeholder feedback
- Test different configurations
- Create and manage manual test cases
- Permissions, licensing, and access for manual testing
- Associate automated tests with test cases
Extend
Updated articles
- Add a Custom Build or Release Task in an Extension
- Package and publish extensions
- Extensibility Points
- Authenticate and secure web extensions
- Create a custom consumer for service hooks
- Add a custom control to the work item form | Extensions for Azure DevOps
- Develop a web extension
- Service endpoint authentication schemes
- Contribution model
- Publish an Azure DevOps Extension From the Command Line
- Create modal dialogs in Azure DevOps extensions
- Add a hub
- Work with Organization URLs in Azure DevOps Extensions
- Samples overview | Extensions for Azure DevOps
- Develop extensions for public projects
- Extend the work item form
- Basic styles for widgets
- Package and publish an integration
- Add a menu action
- Add a Dashboard Widget
- Add Panels to Azure DevOps Backlog Pages
- Upload pipeline tasks to Azure DevOps
- Extension Manifest Reference| Extensions for Azure DevOps
- Add tabs on query result pages
- Deploy extension backend to Azure
- Extensions overview
Managed DevOps Pools
Updated articles
Marketplace
Updated articles
Migrate
Updated articles
Miscellaneous
Updated articles
Project
Updated articles
User guide
Updated articles
- Tools and Clients that Connect to Azure DevOps
- Look up your Azure DevOps platform and version
- Get support and submit feedback
March 2026
Administration
Updated articles
- Select backlog navigation levels
- Apply rules to workflow states (Inheritance process)
- Change a project process from Agile to Scrum
- Change a project process from Scrum to Agile
- Customize the web layout for a work item type (Inheritance process)
- Add and manage work item types
- Customize a project by using an inherited process
- Sample custom rule scenarios
- Restrict organization creation
- Data locations for Azure DevOps
- Add a Microsoft Entra group to a built-in security group
- Look up an Azure DevOps Administrator
- Manage access to specific features
- Set object-level permissions
- About teams and Agile tools
- Manage permissions with command line tool
- Add organization users and manage access
- Revoke personal access tokens for organization users (for admins)
- Assign access levels with group rules
- Set up Conditional Access policies on Azure DevOps
- Connect your organization to Microsoft Entra ID
- Create an organization
- Remove users from Azure DevOps
- Manage access with Microsoft Entra groups
- Manage personal access tokens using policies (for administrators)
- Assign an owner to an orphaned organization
- Use personal access tokens
- Access, export, and filter audit log
- Manage paid access for users
- Manage billing
- Manage notifications for your team, project, or organization
- Manage your personal notifications
- Default and supported notifications
- Create a project in Azure DevOps
- Delete a project
- View and update project summary page
- Rename a project in Azure DevOps
- Create or add a team
- Add and manage information banners in Azure DevOps
- Rename or remove a team
- Define area paths and assign to a team
- Define iteration paths (sprints) and configure team iterations
- Add and manage fields (Inheritance process)
- Customize the workflow (Inheritance process)
- Tutorial: Create and manage inherited processes
- Manage and configure team tools
- Turn a service on or off
Artifacts
New articles
Updated articles
- Consume packages from Python package index (PyPI)
- Package sizes and count limits
- Universal Packages upstream sources
Azure Boards
Updated articles
- Drive Git development from a work item in Azure Boards
- Manage problems or impediments in Azure Boards
- Manage columns in a work item list in Azure Boards
- Set Work in Progress limits
- Use the Dependency Tracker extension
- Add status badges for your GitHub repo
- Connect Azure Boards to GitHub (cloud)
- Example query charts
- Set permissions on queries and query folders
- Add tasks to backlog items for sprint planning
- Adjust work to fit sprint capacity
- Sprint and scrum best practices
- Customize cards on a sprint taskboard in Azure Boards
- 5. Share your sprint plan
- 6. Update and monitor your Taskboard
- Upload or download a process template
- Modify work items in bulk in Azure Boards
- Copy or clone work items
- Define features and epics to organize your backlog
- Filter and focus your work in Azure Boards
- Define, capture, triage, and manage bugs in Azure Boards
- Manage work items effectively
- Bulk move work items and change the work item type in Azure Boards
- Tutorial: Organize your backlog and map child work items to parents in Azure Boards
- Remove, delete, or restore work items in Azure Boards
- Manage columns on your board
- Tutorial: Add tasks or child items as checklist items
- Customize cards on a board
- Expedite work using swimlanes
- Add board features and epics
- Plan and track work in Azure Boards
- Add or edit a Delivery Plan
- Configure a hierarchy of teams
- Manage product and portfolio backlogs
- Use team delivery plans in Azure Boards
- Implement SAFe® with Azure Boards - Complete guide
- Track dependencies in Delivery Plans
- Add work item tags to categorize and filter lists and boards
- Create a query based on build and test integration fields
- Query work item history and discussion fields
- Export, update, and import bulk work items with CSV files
- Query work items by link or attachment count
- Query by rank and picklist value
- Query by area or iteration path
- Query by date or current iteration
- Query by assignment or workflow changes
- Query by field value comparisons
- Query by numeric fields
- Run a semantic work item search
- Query by titles, IDs, and rich-text fields
- Define a work item query
- View, run, or email a work item query
- Work Item Query Language (WIQL) syntax reference
- 1. Assign backlog items to a sprint in Azure Boards
- Manage sprint timelines
- End-of-sprint activities
- Forecast your product backlog
- 3. Determine and set sprint capacity in Azure Boards
- Autocomplete work items with pull requests
- Send an email with work items
- Follow work items and pull requests
- Move work items from one team to another team
- View and add work items
- List work item fields and attributes
Azure DevOps Reporting and Analytics service
Updated articles
- Transform Analytics data to generate Power BI reports
- Create a Power BI report from a default Analytics view
- Query trend data with OData aggregation
- Create an Analytics view in Azure DevOps
- Aggregate work tracking data by using Analytics
- Configure and monitor sprint burndown
- Track progress with status and trend query-based charts
- Construct OData queries for Analytics in Azure DevOps
- Configure a burndown or burnup widget
- Configure lead time and cycle time widgets
- Design effective dashboards in Azure DevOps
- Define basic queries using OData Analytics
- Create a Power BI report with an OData query
- Connect with data by using Power BI and OData queries
- Secure your analytics and reporting
Azure Pipelines
New articles
Updated articles
- Deploy multiple branches to different stages with Classic release pipelines
- What is Azure Pipelines?
- Use secure files
- Build, test, and deploy PHP apps
- Create your first pipeline
- Customize your pipeline
- Key Azure Pipelines concepts
- Logging commands
- Define variables
- Check out multiple repositories in your pipeline
Azure Repos
Updated articles
- Set Git repository settings and policies
- Create a README file for your repo
- Delete a Git repo from your project
- Move Git repositories to another project with full-fidelity history
- Remove a large binary from your Git history to manage the size of cloned repositories
- Rename a Git repository in your project
- Set Git repository permissions
- Configure GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps
Azure Test Plans
Updated articles
- Bulk import or export test cases
- Copy or clone test plans, test suites, and test cases
- Create test plans and test suites
- Create and manage manual test cases
- Test Plans FAQs
- Run automated tests from test plans
- Manage test runs in Azure DevOps Test Plans
Extend
Updated articles
Integrate
Updated articles
- Authentication methods for Azure DevOps
- Best practices for integration
- Use service principals and managed identities in Azure DevOps
- .NET client library samples for Azure DevOps
- REST API samples for Azure DevOps
- Get started with the REST APIs
- Create a bug in Azure DevOps Services using .NET client libraries
- Fetch work items with queries programmatically
Marketplace
New articles
Miscellaneous
Updated articles
Reference
Updated articles
- Add or modify a work item type
- Add a portfolio backlog level
- Customize the work tracking web form
- Change the workflow for a work item type
- Provide help text, hyperlinks, or web content on a work item form
- Rollup of work and other fields