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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.
June 2026
Highlights
New features
- Introduction to Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM) — New documentation set introducing Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM) from Azure DevOps to GitHub.
- Get started with Copilot code review for pull requests — New guidance on using Copilot to review pull requests in Azure Repos.
- Copilot Autofix for code scanning in GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps (Preview) — New article introducing Copilot Autofix for code scanning alerts.
- Agent software version 5 — New reference for the v5 pipeline agent.
- GitHub-hosted agents for Azure Pipelines (pay-as-you-go) — New article covering pay-as-you-go GitHub-hosted agents for Azure Pipelines.
- Convert service connections from the Azure DevOps issuer to the Microsoft Entra issuer — New guidance for migrating workload identity service connections to the Microsoft Entra issuer.
Other notable updates
- Use backlogs to manage projects — Major refresh of backlog management guidance.
- Default processes and process templates — Significant revisions to default processes and process templates.
- Review and comment on pull requests — Substantial updates to pull request review guidance.
- Configure and pay for parallel jobs — Major updates to parallel jobs configuration and billing.
Updates by scenario
CI/CD
- Agent software version 5
- GitHub-hosted agents for Azure Pipelines (pay-as-you-go)
- Convert service connections from the Azure DevOps issuer to the Microsoft Entra issuer
- Configure and pay for parallel jobs
- Set a Resource Manager workload identity service connection
- Troubleshoot Azure Resource Manager service connections
Work tracking
- Use backlogs to manage projects
- Default processes and process templates
- Update Work Items with Templates in Azure Boards
- Connect Azure Boards to Excel (legacy)
- Understand CMMI process template artifacts
- Scale Agile practices with Azure Boards
- Bulk Modify Azure Boards Work Items with Excel
- Use GitHub Copilot with Azure Boards
- Configure your backlog view in Azure Boards
- About work items and work item types
Code and version control
- Introduction to Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM)
- Get started with Copilot code review for pull requests
- Copilot Autofix for code scanning in GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps (Preview)
- Review and comment on pull requests
- Use SSH key authentication
Other
- Publish and restore Cargo packages
- Use npm scopes
- Set up the remote Azure DevOps MCP Server (preview)
- Get started with Azure DevOps Data Migration Tool
- Markdown Syntax for Files, Widgets, Wikis
By documentation area
Azure Artifacts
Updated articles
Azure Boards
Updated articles
- Use backlogs to manage projects
- Default processes and process templates
- Update Work Items with Templates in Azure Boards
- Connect Azure Boards to Excel (legacy)
- Understand CMMI process template artifacts
- Scale Agile practices with Azure Boards
- Bulk Modify Azure Boards Work Items with Excel
- Use GitHub Copilot with Azure Boards
- Configure your backlog view in Azure Boards
- Quickstart - Use your Kanban board
- About work items and work item types
- About Kanban boards
- Agile Workflow in Azure Boards
- Best practices for Agile product management
- Configure and customize Azure Boards
Azure DevOps MCP Server
Updated articles
Azure Pipelines
New articles
- Agent software version 5
- GitHub-hosted agents for Azure Pipelines (pay-as-you-go)
- Convert service connections from the Azure DevOps issuer to the Microsoft Entra issuer
Updated articles
- Configure and pay for parallel jobs
- Set a Resource Manager workload identity service connection
- Troubleshoot Azure Resource Manager service connections
Azure Repos
New articles
- Get started with Copilot code review for pull requests
- Copilot Autofix for code scanning in GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps (Preview)
- Introduction to Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM)
- Prerequisites for Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM)
- Start an Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM)
- Monitor an Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM)
- Cutover to GitHub for an Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM)
- Post-migration activities for Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM)
- Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM) CLI reference
- Troubleshoot Enterprise Live Migrations (ELM)
Updated articles
Migrate
Updated articles
Project
Updated articles
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
Administration
Updated articles
- Change project visibility to private
- Default rule reference
- Restrict organization creation
- Automate security auditing and administration
Azure 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 DevOps MCP Server
New articles
Updated articles
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
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
Azure 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