Azure DevOps Updates - October 2022

Azure DevOps continues to evolve with new features across Boards, Repos, Pipelines, and Artifacts. This post covers the latest updates available in October 2022.

Pipelines Improvements

# azure-pipelines.yml
trigger:
  branches:
    include: [main, develop]
  paths:
    exclude: ['docs/*', '*.md']

pool:
  vmImage: 'ubuntu-latest'

stages:
  - stage: Build
    jobs:
      - job: BuildApp
        steps:
          - task: NodeTool@0
            inputs:
              versionSpec: '18.x'

          - script: npm ci && npm run build
            displayName: 'Build application'

          - publish: $(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/dist
            artifact: webapp

  - stage: Test
    dependsOn: Build
    jobs:
      - job: UnitTests
        steps:
          - download: current
            artifact: webapp

          - script: npm test
            displayName: 'Run tests'

  - stage: Deploy
    dependsOn: Test
    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/main'))
    jobs:
      - deployment: Production
        environment: 'production'
        strategy:
          runOnce:
            deploy:
              steps:
                - download: current
                  artifact: webapp
                - script: echo "Deploying..."

New Features

• Improved YAML pipeline editing
• Enhanced environments and approvals
• Better integration with GitHub
• Template expressions improvements
• Agent pool management updates

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